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Contains very strong language
The spirit of 70s cult hit The Gumball Rally lives on in Gumball 3000. It's a thoroughly shambolic but breezily engaging record of a real-life road race between San Francisco and Miami, which took place in spring 2003.
"GREASE, GLAMOUR, AND GUTS"
Narrated by Burt Reynolds, whose Cannonball Run movies make him a veritable icon in this field, it's a tale of "grease, glamour and guts" that is sure to appeal to lovers of gasoline-drenched capers like Gone In 60 Seconds and The Fast And The Furious.
Everyone else will derive sadistic pleasure at the sight of its reckless cast being constantly pulled over by assorted highway patrolmen, who probably couldn't believe their luck when they saw these flamboyantly customised vehicles tearing past them.
Jumping frenetically between the drivers, there's just enough time to register Jackass star Ryan Dunn, supermodel Jodie Kidd, and three Cuban 'brothers' whose relentless mugging is inexplicably indulged by director Steven Green. For the most part, though, we can only identify the players by whichever overpriced roadster they happen to be speeding in.
They include a Lamborghini-loving British lass who, rather predictably, has no sense of direction; a Ferrari-owning grandfather with a girlfriend 30 years his junior; and a Chevy-driving couple who - having hit on the novel idea of obeying the speed limit - win virtually every stage of the race.
"SHEER GORMLESSNESS"
For sheer gormlessness, though, you'd be hard pressed to beat the luckless Londoner who gets stopped 12 times in one day and whose sports car is so unreliable he has to be followed across America by his own team of mechanics.
At the end, Burt tells us that this 3,000 mile convoy resulted in 14 arrests and $50,000 in fines. It's a testament to the anarchic folly of the enterprise that this is somehow seen as something to be proud of.
