Stroker Ace | 
 enlarge | Director: Hal Needham
Actors: Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Jim Nabors, Parker Stevenson, Loni Anderson
Studio: Warner Bros.
Category: Movie
Buy New: $9.98
Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 11326
Genre: Action
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Theatrical Release Date: June 30, 1983
Release Date: November 8, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Synopsis:
Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe and Emmy-winning superstar Burt Reynolds ("Boogie Nights," "Evening Shade") is Stroker Ace, a fast-living, hard-driving stock car racer whose high spirited antics finally catch up with him when he's forced into the clutches of a greedy fried chicken magnate, who wants him for all he's worth, both on and off the track. Co-starring Reynolds' "Deliverance" co-star, Ned Beatty. |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
 Horrendous to say the least. November 1, 2008
T. Rehagen
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of the most insipid, lackluster, unoriginal, and pointless movies ever made! It almost feels like everyone involved in this project didn't even try to make an appealing movie. This is nothing more than a continuation of a tiresome series of films that attempt to cash in on the success of Smokey and the Bandit, which I think is the best film of them all. As for this waste of film stock, Burt Reynolds sleepwalks his way through the entire movie, Jim Nabors is wasted, the other actors aren't given very much to do, the car races are obviously stock footage, the humor is uninspired, and many of the scenes are more dull and lifeless than staring at a wall for two hours. "Stroker Ace" is simply a superfluous film with nothing unique or distinctive about it.
 Not bad at all May 6, 2008
M. Quigley (Ohio)
The main reason I had bought this movie was because my favorite Nascar driver (R.I.P.) Dale Earnhardt and my bf's favorite (R.I.P.) Neil Bonnet are in it. But after I started watching the movie I found it to be funny and loved Burt in that chicken suit! Even though Dale and Neil were only in it for a few seconds I still loved the movie.
One of many nails in Burt's career... August 12, 2006
Grigory's Girl (NYC)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This film (along with the Cannonball Run movies) pretty much destroyed Burt Reyonlds's career. It's a shame, because anyone who has seen Deliverance knows that Burt Reyonlds can actually act. Instead, he wanted to be a "good ole boy", and he did a plethora of airheaded, terrible films like this. Reportedly, Burt turned down the role of the astronaut in Terms of Endearment for this. Now that's depressing!
 Not a four or five star film, but certainly didn't deserve the * that socalled expert critics gave it! May 28, 2006
Ricahrd A. Salzer (Chesapeake, Virginia, USA)
Reynolds, Beatty, Anderson, Nabors and
even Bubba Smith are very fine in here.
Funny, short Comedy movie about egoman-
iac NASCAR (BACK WHEN THE SPORT WAS worth
watching!) driver and hillbilly friends
and pit crew who keep running out of spon-
sors. Reynolds signs on with fried chicken
magnate Beatty without reading the fine
print of contract, to his dismay. Lonie
and Burt started a relationship after
meeting on this set! Funny, especially
Jerry Reed's critique at the end in
outtakes! Director Hal Needham's best
effort with Reynolds! I really like it.
stroker ace March 15, 2006
Nora J. Gneda
It's an oldy but a goody. Looked all over for it for my boyfriend and was so glad I could make his day and find it. He can sit there and watch it over and over. Really good movie.
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