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Run, Bandit, Run: "Bandit: Bandit Goes Country" (1994)

  It's Tuesday, and the sound of the big rig horn, and revving of the Trans-Am pulls me out onto the highway into the sights of ol' Smokey once more... Bandit is on his way to his hometown, when he winds up rescuing singer Mel Tillis from a situation, and agrees to get him to his next gig.  Soon, old loves and rivalries, old town traditions and feuds, a bootleg operation, and big wooden bear bring Bandit more trouble than old Smokey ever could... There is a lot happening in the fourth installment of the "Smokey and the Bandit" franchise.  The multiple plot threads are distributed in a nice, quick pace without leaving your head spinning- and is even a little entertaining at times.  But it comes across as a bit of a weird " 90210 "/" Dukes of Hazzard " hybrid that didn't fully work out. The character of "Bandit" isn't the one we all know and love... unless you decide in your head that this TV movie is actually a prequel of sorts.  S...