Movie Reviews for The Gumball Rally

The Gumball Rally

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Movie Reviews of The Gumball Rally

Movie Review: Love this movie
Summary: 4 Stars

Saw this movie when it first came out, and still love this remake of it.

Movie Review: THE ACE PRESTON RALLY
Summary: 3 Stars

Although it did not feature a Dodge Charger "The Gumball Rally" 1976 ranks as one of the best car movies ever made due to a character named "Ace Preston".
Original in it's coast to coast race concept with another car movie titled "Cannonball Run" 1981 which also lacked a Dodge Charger and an Ace Preston, opting instead for a Dom DeLuise as Captain Chaos who later on became Captain USA, "Cannonball Run" should not be confused with another car movie titled "Cannonball!!"1976 featuring David Carradine and a Dodge Charger but no Ace Preston.

What makes "The Gumball Rally" a classic movie is not the vehicles, like we stated earlier it did not feature a Dodge Charger but the character "Ace Preston" played by John Durran not to include his annoying sidekick, Gary Busey who later on resurrected his reputation as an actor in the surf classic "Big Wednesday" 1978 which did not feature a Dodge Charger but then again it was surfing movie and didn't need a car.

There are other great car movies without Dodge Chargers like the "Mad Max" series "The Road Warrior" 1981;
"Two-Lane Blacktop" 1971 featured a 55' Chevy starting James Taylor(Singer/Song Writer) as "The Driver", Dennis Wilson(The Beach Boys) as "The Mechanic", and Warren Oates as "GTO";
"The Vanishing Point" 1971 perhaps the greatest of all car movies didn't even feature a Dodge Charger but it's cousin a 1970 Dodge Challenger driven by Kowalski;
Then there was a Don Johnson & Nick Nolte movie called "Return To Macon County" 1975 with a 57' Chevy; Another Nick Nolte movie called "The California Kid" 1974 featured Martin Sheen driving a customized black 1934 Ford three-window coupe but whatever the movie it should include a Dodge Charger somewhere.
Some cruising and street racing movies that are great but for some reason or another are not considered car movies are "American Graffiti" 1973 & "The Hollywood Knights" 1980 somehow overshadowed by it's soundtrack/script plus considering the scenes take place during an era when the Dodge Charger wasn't even created.

Great car movies with Dodge Chargers are "Dirty Mary Crazy Larry" 1974 which featured a Yellow Dodge Charger, "Bullitt" 1968 starring Steve McQueen and a Black Dodge Charger and then there are movies with Dodge Chargers that sucked like "The Fast and The Furious" 2001 and the Quentin Tarantino film "Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof" which featured Kurt Russell as a psychotic stuntman targeting victims from behind the wheel of his modified 1969 Dodge Charger just as David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone did in "Death Race 2000" 1975. This is so wrong for a car built during an era when America landed a man on the moon and the New York Mets won the World Series but then this movie like "King of the Mountain" 1981 was filmed in California not New York and didn't feature Ace Preston.

Some people are misled into believing that I got the name Ace Preston from the character in the "Gumball Rally". This is not true. "Ace" actually comes from Ace Frehley, lead guitarist from the rock band "KISS" whose real name is Paul Frehley.
As for my last name it comes from Captain Thomas Preston, a British Officer known for an incident called the "Boston Massacre", an event which led to the Boston Tea Party, and eventually the American Revolution which was made into a movie called "Revolution" 1985 featuring Al Pacino not to be confused with the film "The Patriot" 2000 starring Mel Gibson.

Movie Review: Car madness
Summary: 3 Stars

The Gumball Rally is just a fun movie (in the same vein as The Canonball rally)for people that like classic cars. There is no plot, there are no special effects and in general one can see that this was a low budget production.
However there are some great car racing scenes with cars that one doesn't see very often. My favourite being the AC Cobra.

Movie Review: Item great - shipping not
Summary: 3 Stars

Item was the exact movie I wanted. However the case the DVD came in was broken when I opened it. Since it was a gift, I did not have time to return it and get a new one. Ask the shipping department to use a little more care in packaging items.