Director Dick Lowery
Starring Jackie Gleason, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams and Jerry Reed
Rated M
Score 1/6

Big and Little Enos are opening a sea food restaurant. They bet Sheriff Buford T. Justice that he cannot drive from Miami to the Enos ranch in Texas in a given amount of time. If Buford loses he has to give up his badge.

I finally got around to watching Smokey and the Bandit Part 3, for those of you who might be aware of the other four Bandit telemovies that where released in 1994 directed by Hal Needham that serve as a prequel series as they focus on events that took place prior to the original film.  I have no immediate plans to take a look at these telemovies.

Now getting back to the review, I suppose the question that needs to be asked. Was a third movie to round out the trilogy a good idea? Honestly, no not really. Mainly due to the lack of involvement of Hal Needham as director and Burt Reynolds’ role as “the Bandit” was nothing more then a brief cameo at the end of the movie.
Now it was good to see that Jackie Gleason, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams and Jerry Reed returning in their roles, it should be noted that Reed did not make for a good fake Bandit. Now I will admit if scenes of vehicular mayhem is your thing then part 3 certainly is watchable (though some of the traps used by Big Enos and Little Enos probably would have been better featured in an episode of Whacky Races) and there certainly where a few funny moments throughout the movie but it certainly wasn’t enough to make it a rewatchable movie.