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Smokey and the Bandit Part 3

This absolutely sucked...and I'm still wondering how in the world it got a PG rating. The first Smokey was great, and the second one was still pretty good...better than most sequels anyway. I thought that Smokey 3 would be a fun movie simply because of the first two. I am also very pleased to know that Burt Reynolds had no part in this film; if he did, I would be ashamed. What really got me though was all the nudity and sexuality. It was completely ridiculous and could have been completely taken out of the movie, and you wouldn't have missed a thing. Unfortunately, it appears that Smokey and the Bandit too had become subject to the raunchy sexuality of the times. It truly was a waste of my time, and I wish it had never been made.

i only used to watch this movie as a kid because it was a smokey and the bandit film,sure it was the worst one with no Burt Reynolds(who i was and still AM a massive fan of)but it was a smokey so purely out of nostalgia i bought a copy, never to watch for a long time, upon watching it i noticed one thing!! Gleason is the only reason to watch this movie, with his perfect performance of Buford T Justice and a catchy song in his honour!!! the worst of the series but Gleason deserved a full film to himself after stealing every scene in the first two movies!!! Burt Reynolds used to call Gleason the "great one" and i could not agree more he is hilarious as Sheriff Buford T Justice sure the film is full of continuity errors(some are even funnier than the movie itself) but ignore them and watch (and enjoy)Sheriff Buford T Justice show the same grit and determination as the cyotee trying to catch the road runner

This film is pitiful in its lame attempts at trying to get me to laugh. I can`t for one moment believe that the makers of steaming pile of horse manure didn`t realise that this was going to be an absolute turkey . I will admit that I`m not a fan of comedy films and " Spectacular " comedy never works . I hated THE BLUES BROTHERS but do admit some people loved it , I hated 1941 but concede some people liked it , I hated this film and don`t believe that anyone will like SATB 3 which consists of slo mo car crashes , car chases , the KKK , bikers , a Basset hound , CB talk and nothing in the way of funny scenes . How bad is this film ? Burt Reynolds turned it down . That says it all This movie` s bad I know son . I can smell it

Just when you thought it could not get any worse? Smokey and the Bandit 2 was lame, and the answer is yes part 3 was worse. Part Three had no Bandit! No Burnt Reynolds! Smokey and the impostor would be a better title. Beside no Reynolds part 3 had no plot. Grabbing a plastic shark off Buford T Justice car was the story. Lame and more even lamer the story became.. The adventure has cheap gags, T & A, and lame comic skits. The only positives out of Part 3 was a few cool stunts involving fire and the ending were Buford would rather chase the Bandit the go back to retirement. 1 or 3 out of ten. Depends what mood I'm in!

Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason) is retiring despite never having caught the Bandit. Big Enos and Little Enos challenges him to transport a fish sign from Florida to Texas for his beloved badge. After getting hounded, Buford accepts the challenge with his son as his co-pilot. Big Enos hires Snowman (Jerry Reed) for $250k who dresses up to be the new Bandit. Dusty Trails (Colleen Camp) has have enough of her lecherous boss and quits on TV. She hitches a ride with the new Bandit. This is a mess and I don't care about any of it. Other than the archival opening, Burt and Sally are not even in this movie. It is really Smokey and the Fake Bandit. The movie doesn't even make geographic sense. He leaves Florida for a shortcut through Mexico which is complete non-sense. The first two movies survived on Burt and Sally's charisma and chemistry. That cannot be recreated with Fake Bandit. It's an impossible task.

The big question here is whether a "Smokey and the Bandit" movie can be done without Burt Reynolds and Sally Field. I guess that's a yes, but you really shouldn't try it. "Part 3" has Buford T. Justice once again tailing the Bandit (now Jerry Reed behind the wheel) and at least they go back to the car chases; that, and the Knight Rider Firebird looks good on the road. It'd be easy to say that Reed is much better as a side player, but really, he didn't have anything to work with here. These gags are terrible. Urban legend tells of a workprint with Jackie Gleason playing both roles ("Smokey IS the Bandit!") and that I'd like to see. The potential for irony speaks for itself. But this TV-grade movie is a weak effort. 4/10

There's absolutely nothing redeeming about this embarrassment of a sequel. No Bandit equals no fun. Why they thought they could make a Bandit sequel without the Bandit is a mystery for the ages. While it does have Jerry Reed and stars Jackie Gleason, it just isn't fun at all. Colleen Camp is a poor substitute for spunky and charming Sally Field. The plot is about Buford T. Justice (the villain in the prior films, now the protagonist) transporting a large stuffed fish from Florida to Texas. I feel stupider for just having typed that. I can't believe someone thought this sounded like a good idea. Apparently the original idea was to have Gleason play two roles, Buford and a new Bandit character. Test audiences hated it so much they re-shot the "Bandit" scenes with Jerry Reed's character Snowman. The original idea sounds equally terrible, if not more so. It seems there was never any chance Smokey 3 would have been anything but god-awful.