With one foot in moonshine exploitation and one foot in
Smokey & The Bandit, this Roger Corman drive-in
fare is not half-bad and not half-good. The acting is
some of the very worst possible. The film is basically
one long series of chases and some of the stunts
are quite nice. There's a bit of a general goofiness
throughout. This is one of those that is so bad
you can't help at laugh at it all. Using my Palm
Springs Rating System, this one gets a paltry
One & 1/2 Palm Tree....The Horror!!
Smokey Bites The Dust (1981)
In the world of cheap, exploitative, disposable drive-in flicks, Roger Corman stands proudly atop a heap of celluloid monstrosities that have given many a movie theater maven pause for concern. This is a worldview, after all, where cheap is good, fast is better and profitable is best. And all three...
TRASH FILM GURU VS. SMOKEY BITES THE DUST (1981) - Daily Grindhouse
Back in the halcyon days of 1981, you'd have been hard-pressed to find two more popular slang terms in the English language than "Smokey" - a catch-all euphemism for any and all members of our nation's law enforcement community - and "bites the dust" - which meant, of course, to get killed.
Australian daybill.
THE HORROR!!
