The Gumball Rally

For better or worse, The Gumball Rally was the catalyst for a short-lived cycle of "illegal cross-country race" flicks. As thick-headed cop Roscoe (Norman Burton) does his best to stop the titular rally, a vast and varied contingent of contestants prepare to burn rubber from New York to California. ...more

Although it has been eclipsed by the better-known The Cannonball Run, The Gumball Rally is a better version of the comedic car-race movie. Writer Leon Capetanos and director Chuck Bail wisely treat the film like a live-action cartoon; Capetanos punctuates his madcap storyline with plenty of sense-defying stunt set pieces and gives the characters colorful personalities to match the story's wild tone, while Bail conducts the onscreen mayhem with a fine sense of slapstick-comedy timing and an eye ...more