Synopsis
Coy "Cannonball" Buckman and his blazing red Pontiac enter the Trans-America Grand Prix, an underground road race spanning the continent in which there are no rules, no speed limits and no heed for the law. En route, Buckman jockeys with an international ensemble of racers for a $100,000 purse. But there are none more important than Cade Redman, his direct competition for a guaranteed spot on the elite Modern Motors racing team.
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Cast
- David CarradineCoy "Cannonball" Buckman
- Bill McKinneyCade Redman
- Veronica HamelLinda Maxwell
- Gerrit GrahamPerman Waters
- Robert CarradineJim Crandell
- Belinda BalaskiMaryann
- Judy CanovaSharma Capri
- Archie HahnZippo
- Carl GottliebTerry McMillan
- Mary WoronovSandy Harris
Recommendations
- 67
Austin Chronicle
Sharp-eyed viewers will spot director Corman, Martin Scorsese, Sylvester Stallone, Joe Dante, and Paul Bartel in bit parts while Mary Woronov takes an incredibly long time to maneuver her van through a multi-car pileup. Sure, it's a ripoff. Sure it's brainless. Cannonball is still a definitive drive-in car chase flick that's gonna make you want to tromp the gas pedal and burn rubber on the way home. - 40
TV Guide Magazine
Far from Bartel's best exploitation work but worth a look for low-budget cult fanatics. - 40
Time Out
Cannonball lacks its predecessor's dramatic tension, and by the middle of the film Bartel's disregard for narrative in favour of a series of jokes leaves no dramatic resolution. - 30
Variety
Cannoball will please those who won’t rest until they see every car in creation destroyed and aflame. - 25
Chicago Sun-Times
It tries for the greatest realism in its obligatory shots of gas tanks exploding, and yet includes such absurdities as a local news helicopter that tracks all of the competitors all the way from LA to New York. To be sure, without the traffic copter the story would have been impossible to follow - but then why follow the story anyway? In the meantime, can we possibly hold our breath for "Gumball Rally?" I'll bet I can.
