Stroker Acereviewed by Brian "the Naked Gun" Felts
This is one of the many Burt Reynolds movies that took place in the late 70's early 80's after he
became a star. Unfortuently this is not a very good movie.
The movie is about Stroker (Reynolds), a NASCAR driver who is so trying to when the championship
even though he has problems with his sponsor, Clyde Torkel (Ned Beatty), a racecar driver Aubrey
James (70's icon Parker Stevenson), and Torkel's secretary Pembrook Feeney (Reynolds ex-wife Loni
Anderson.)
The movie is as clean T and A film, which means it's got no nudity but lots implied. One of the
things I enjoy about the movie is that you can see the stereotype of the southern male and their
likeness of NASCAR in the movie. Unlike now where NASCAR is enjoyed nation wide, for the most
part, NASCAR was a southern thing in the 70's and 80's and you can see all of the hillbillies,
shirtless, carrying beer and food. Actually quite frightening to look at and funny.
Overall, this movie blows but I like it. It is almost a carbon copy of Cannonball Run, Smokey
and The Bandit, and other movies directed by Hal Needham in the early 80's. Don't watch it,
its ok, but I will, a lot.
Brian - the Naked Gun
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