The 2008 Movie Ruined by Burt Reynolds' "Alarming" Unprofessionalism

The 2008 movie ruined by Burt Reynolds' "alarming" unprofessionalism

Hiring late-career Burt Reynolds for any movie was always a risk, with the veteran becoming increasingly prone to phoning it in and sleepwalking through most of the last two decades of his professional life. He was never the greatest or most talented actor to begin with, but since he was still a relatively well-known name, albeit one who’d peaked by the early 1980s, there was still some residual value attached to having him aboard a picture, esp…

Burt Reynolds’ Forgotten 1970s Action Movie Duology Predates Smokey And The Bandit

Burt Reynolds was one of the biggest stars of the 1970s, and his forgotten action movie series helped define the cinema of the decade.