Review of Smokey and the Bandit II

This movie was a shameless attempt to cash in on the popularity of the first movie, with absolutely no attempt to write a movie worth watching. It was almost like the producers were trying to test how gullible the public is in paying money to see a sequel which was totally opposite in quality to the original movie. I really like Smokey and the Bandit. It had everything a quality movie could have. Burt Reynolds was charismatic, confident, and secure. In this sequel, he was gutless, confused and spineless. And the Sally Field character was a moralizing, preachy, annoying beau with her eyes set on correcting Bandit in the sequel. Kinda reminds me of most marriages! What we all loved about the original movie, fast driving, southern charm, Sheriff Justice's tough guy charisma, a real sense of urgency, are totally missing from this movie. The writers wrote a real piece of garbage in this one. The Bandit was reduced to a complete loser, who only succeeds because of his friends, not because of his abilities in like in the first movie. Worthless movie, totally.