Where do I begin???? I hope that Mr. Gleason is looking down at us right now asking for forgiveness for making this train wreck of a movie!!! I am the BIGGEST Smokey and the Bandit fan but even I have to draw the line somewhere.............and this is it!!! This movie had to have been one of those "has to be made cuz of a contract" movies. I can't even begin to tell you what is SO horrible about this movie, to the acting right down to the stunts, awful!!! The ONLY thing saving this stinker from the garbage heap is Jackie Gleason. He still is spouting off those great one-liners such as "Don't go in there. You might get a herpes on you." but even some of them are tired and sound forced. At some point, even he must have thought "OOOFF!". Jerry Reed as the Bandit just doesn't work for me. There are so many bad things about this movie. The editing is horrible!! There are times when you can plainly see what is said is NOT what is really said. It looks like a Japanese Godzilla movie at times. The mistakes such as the spelling of Big and Little Enis?? It is supposed to be Enos, the wrecking of the cars in one scene and in the next scene there is no damage to the vehicle, the change in the Trans-Am's wheels during a chase scene....I could go on but my fingers are hurting. I bought the Smokey and the Bandit pursuit pack, all three in one, so I could watch #3 for the first time in years to see if what I remember was true and, sadly it was. Even the soundtrack is downright horrible. They even threw in nudity to, I guess, spice things up. My guess is to keep the guys watching this awake, didn't work. Even the nudity is boring!!! I have heard over the years that there was an alternate version filmed of this movie called "Smokey IS the Bandit". It might be interesting if nothing else to see Jackie Gleason playing the Bandit. Watch this ONLY for curiosity then bury it and never dig it back up!!!!
Review of Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
