Bored wealthy businessman Michael Bannon (Michael Sarrazin) instigates the Gumball Rally with the code word "Gumball". Various people from differing backgrounds accept the challenge for an illegal cross country rally car race.
This is Cannonball Run with less comedy. It doesn't have Burt at its center and the crazy cast has no wacky fun. What it is is one of the progenitors of that genre. It follows It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World but it cuts out the need for a buried treasure. The race is the goal and any money is just extra. They can't go 55 and they won't accept any rules. It takes a few tries and a few years before we get to the much funnier Cannonball. There are a lot of crashing here but they all start looking the same after awhile. There aren't any characters to care about and that is its biggest deficiency.
This is Cannonball Run with less comedy. It doesn't have Burt at its center and the crazy cast has no wacky fun. What it is is one of the progenitors of that genre. It follows It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World but it cuts out the need for a buried treasure. The race is the goal and any money is just extra. They can't go 55 and they won't accept any rules. It takes a few tries and a few years before we get to the much funnier Cannonball. There are a lot of crashing here but they all start looking the same after awhile. There aren't any characters to care about and that is its biggest deficiency.