By Chris Snellgrove
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What if you could have a racing film with all the chills and the speed you want with hilarious characters you love? It turns out that the perfect example of such a film also includes a secret weapon: Burt Reynolds, better known here under the name of man, myth and mustache. He makes the headlines Smokey and banditAnd this Lowbrow classic in High-Octana is now in difficulty on Netflix.
Smokey and bandit Defines the high bar for Crazy Netflix plots: after all, the story begins when a rich man decides to hire a bootlegger who can transport hundreds of cookbooks of coors (hey, wealth cannot buy a taste) from Texarkana to Atlanta in just 28 hours. He eventually hired Bandit, a driver who uses his Pontiac Trans Am to keep the heat of the truck of his boyfriend full of beers. But the heat will not disappear thanks to a persistent sheriff which stops at nothing to see these boots behind the bars.
Looking Smokey and bandit on Netflix Allows you to enjoy a better career work of truly legendary actors, in particular Burt Reynolds (the best known outside this film for Boogie nights And Canon meat racinganother classic race). He also features Jerry Reed, better known outside Smokey and bandit For his first sequel and his share in the hit Adam Sander The waterboy. Meanwhile, the charming interest in the film is played by Sally Field, an actor better known for Lincoln And Steel Magnolias.
Decades before Smokey and bandit Airred on Netflix, this film won over an entire generation of moviegoers, earning $ 127 million against a budget of $ 4.3 million. It was enough profit for Universal Pictures in Greenlight two suites, although none corresponds to the quality of killer of the original film. The second film (Smokey and Bandit II) is a decent but still disappointing continuation, and the third film (Smokey and the bandit party 3) could just as easily be a cinematographic war crime.
On Rotten tomatoes,, Smokey and bandit has a critical score of 72%. In general, criticisms have noted that even if the film is a bit stupid, it allows you to entertain things through a constant flow of car wrecks and make fun of charismatic distribution. And the film has an audience score of 85%, indicating that the consumer public had even more Fun with this classic redneck races than criticism.
Critics are mostly reason: Smokey and bandit is a deliciously stupid film, even according to the standards of Netflix comedies. But the important part is that it is stupid amusingAnd the charm of this film helped him win a legitimate place in the cannon of Hollywood classics. It is your chance to enjoy one of the most expensive and baking films ever made while experimenting with something really special: Burt Reynolds at its peak.
Do you want to find Smokey and bandit As good as we did when you watch it on Netflix, or is this the kind of film you prefer to report to Johnny Law? As you ask if you could transport thousands of beers to Atlanta in 28 hours, you won’t know before trying it for yourself. Be notified, however: as the credits roll, you will want to drive faster than you Never have before.
