Watch: Smokey and the Bandit II 1980 123movies, Full Movie Online – It’s been a few years since Cletus and the Bandit made their famous 28-hour run to Texas for a few cases of Coors. Bandit is now a washed-up has-been living in the past, until Big Enos and Little Enos make him another offer: Transport a live Elephant across country in 3 days or less..
Plot: The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail.
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A Big Letdown From the Original
The Bandit (Burt Reynolds) goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason) is on his tail.I loved the first film, I loved Burt Reynolds, I loved Jerry Reed and I even liked Sally Field for the first (and probably last) time in my life. But this second film just does not have the same vibe and simply does not appeal to me on the same level. An elephant? How does that have the same feel as Coors? It is just silly. It is one thing to be a comedy, but another thing to be silly.
I have not yet watched part three, but from what I hear it is even worse… with Reynolds almost entirely out of the story! What the heck? Original only, please!
A Wasted Effort
When compared to it’s predecessor, Smokey and the Bandit II is a complete waste of time. The film makers were fortunate enough to reunite the complete cast of the original but chose to make a live action cartoon instead of another great movie with fast cars, loose morals and entertaining characters. I would have much rather seen Bandit, Carrie and Cledus’s trip to Boston to pick up some clam chowder, sans the Trans Am and rig, than see the weak effort put forth here. In some places the film is a sloppily done rehash of the original: Carrie is about to marry Junior again, Buford T. is hot on the trail of the Bandit with Junior in tow as a result and the Bandit is driving alongside Cledus in a black Trans-Am. Given the situation in this movie, why was the Bandit even needed? They drive the speed limit most of the movie! Cartoonish elements missing from the original include Buford’s summoning of his brothers to help him catch the Bandit, a man falling out of an ambulance in a most strange looking gurney and Sheriff Justice’s car being dropped from a toll bridge, only to appear again unscathed later in the film. It seems the writer of this piece of garbage said, “Let’s take what worked in the original, increase its outlandishness 100 times over, add some weak one liners and throw in something for the kids while we are at it.” Honestly, what minister answers a phone during a wedding ceremony? Everything that worked in part one was forgotten in part two.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 41 min (101 min), 1 hr 40 min (100 min) (USA)
Budget 17000000
Revenue 66132626
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director Hal Needham
Writer Hal Needham, Robert L. Levy, Jerry Belson
Actors Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed
Country United States
Awards 1 win & 5 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Panavision Panaflex
Laboratory Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm