Following the blockbuster success of
Smokey and the Bandit
, Burt Reynolds, Sally Field and director Hal Needham reunited to make the very similar
Hooper
, an action-laced comedy about a Hollywood stunt man who enters a dangerous rivalry with a younger stunt man. Hooper (Reynolds) and the younger stunt man (Jan-Michael Vincent) compete in a series of increasingly complex stunts in order to earn the title of "the greatest stunt man alive."
is lightweight, mindless fun that doesn't have much story, but it is a stronger film than
, largely because the characters are somewhat stronger. Everyone involved looks like they're having fun; the good-humor translates on screen.