Rating: PG
Genre:
Comedy
Release Date: 10/20/1998
Sound: 5.1/1
Run Time: 95 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
The action and stunts in this fourth racing vehicle for
Burt Reynolds could be accurately foreseen by most youngsters. Stroker Ace (Reynolds) is a race car driver who gets the short end of a contract with a fried-chicken entrepreneur (
Ned Beatty) but can be expected to end up with the woman (Pembrook) in compensation -- and actually did (Pembrook is played by
Loni Anderson in her first movie with Reynolds). By this time, the formula of racing cars, wild stunts, blond co-stars (
Goldie Hawn,
Farrah Fawcett, and
Dolly Parton were the most recent) was wearing thin and Reynolds starred in only one more "Cannonball" film, ending his car-chase series there.
~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
