Konterr
Brilliant and touching
BeSummers
Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.
Juana
what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
Rainey Dawn
This sequel is not all that bad but it is almost the same film as the first but with different comical lines for the cast. So I like the movie but it's just not as good as the original film.The Cannonball Run II has it's own story so it's not exactly like the first movie. But you do have the same theme: an all-star cast, an illegal cross-country race, Burt Reynolds, car chases and wrecks and some cheesy fun comedy - in that way it is like the very first film.Needless to say, if you liked the first film or the Smokey and the Bandit series then you might like The Cannonball Run II.5/10
ultraman007
Truly one of the greatest American films of the 20th Century. Superior comedic timing, wit, intelligence, chemistry-- a poignant social commentary on the conspicuous consumption of the mid-1980s. Hilarity only surpassed by its taut direction, superior pacing and production value, the likes of which had been unseen since Battleship Potemkin or 2001.The editing on this masterpiece (by William Gordean, famous for his genre-defining work on Tank Girl-- yes, that William Gordean) exceeds brilliance. How did they get it to look like Frank Sinatra was really in those scenes? How? How? Magic, my friend. Hollywood Magic. To think that in 1984 this film was overlooked by the Academy for the likes of trivial, petulant "movies" like The Killing Fields and Amadeus is the greatest tragedy in cinematic history. Shame on you, Oscar. Shame. On. You.
justkazuke
The first Cannonball Run is my all time favorite movie, so much that I hope I can forget this one and dare not touch the third. The Remakes may have some hope but on to the review.After having seen the first, I loved the sea-to-shining-sea Racing idea, the fast cars, and the fast girls; I couldn't resist the sequel, Cannonball Run II. But what happens when you have less fast cars, less fast girls and then you take the racing concept out of it? This movie. The ideas such as the nuns and the mafia were not bad ideas. But I have no explanation nor remorse for their failed execution.If I could sum up the movie for those who have seen or wish to see it, take out the racing and add the greed for money. That's it. I can't stop you from watching but I'll sure as hell try.
Theo Robertson
Despite being a very silly film I did think the original CANNONBALL RUN did have several amusing moments . Unfortunately this sequel takes all the bad points of the original and modifies aspects of its own that make it a far lesser film One aspect is the whole feel of the movie .The original was produced as a straightforward road movie similar to THE GUMBALL RALLY whilst here we see post referential lines and parodies of other movies like THE GODFATHER and SOME LIKE IT HOT which makes it resemble something more akin to HOT SHOTS and Repossessed while still retaining bits that are almost identical to the first one . For instance did we really need another set piece battle involving Jackie Chan and a bunch of bikers ? CANNONBALL RUN 2 does have a very funny scene where a bogus nun whispers into Dean Martin's ear who gives a shocked expression . He turns to Sammy Davis Jnr and whispers what was said . Sammy's jaw drops . " You are sick " . I genuinely thought that was amusing . Oh and we get the final silver screen appearance of old blue eyes though strangely I couldn't help thinking that someone edited this via another film . Perhaps Joe Pesci might consider that this wasn't a fitting swan song for Sinatra and he might do another film after LETHAL WEAPON 4 , certainly Sinatra deserved better as his last cinema role
