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Cannonball Run 2001
Cannonball Run 2001 was a reality television series broadcast on the USA Network in 2001. It was inspired by the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, an outlaw road race of the 1970s which was the source for the famous Cannonball Run movies. The show featured a series of five location-specific challenges along a New York-to-Los Angeles course, as in the original race. Development of the series started without the participation of Brock Yates, organizer of the original Cannonball and holder of the trademark; indeed, the production company paid Yates for the use of the name just before the show debuted. Yates was not pleased with the series, as he felt it was fake and staged. In 2005, Yates teamed up with a Cannonball driver and film producer J Sanchez to produce a more authentic reality series called Cannonball: This Is Reality to run alongside the actual One Lap of America race. The project was shelved in 2006 due to lack of interest from networks.
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Plot Summary
A group of eccentric individuals participate in an illegal cross-country road race known as the "Cannonball Run". The race is fraught with danger, law enforcement pursuit, and outlandish obstacles as the participants push their vehicles and their luck to the limit.
Critical Reception
The film received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics, who largely criticized its crude humor, lack of plot, and reliance on slapstick gags. Audiences were similarly unimpressed, leading to a poor box office performance.
What Reviewers Say
Relies heavily on gross-out humor and predictable gags.
Lacks any semblance of plot or character development.
A low-brow comedy that fails to deliver laughs.
Google audience: Viewers found the film to be extremely unfunny and a waste of time, with many citing the obnoxious characters and juvenile humor as major drawbacks.
Fun Fact
Despite the title referencing the original "Cannonball Run" films, this movie is not a direct sequel or remake, and features a completely different cast and premise, primarily serving as a vehicle for the Jackass crew's antics.
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