The follow up to 1973's White Lightning, and premiering just about one year before the iconic Smokey and the Bandit, 1976's Gator both stars and was directed by Burt Reynolds. Now, the film isn't one of Reynolds best, as evidenced by it's 5.8/10 IMDb score and it's whopping 0% on Rotten Tomatoes. However, I like the movie despite it's shortcomings and I think it's worth checking out.
In the film Reynolds plays a moonshine runner and ex-con named Gator McKlusky who is coerced by a federal agent to gather tax-evasion evidence against racketeer, and old friend of Gator's, Bama McCall (played by Jerry Reed). Along the way Gator meets local journalist Aggie Maybank (played by Lauren Hutton) and the two join forces to take down Bama McCall.
While it isn't that great of a movie overall, it has it's highlights. There is a pretty fun high-speed boat chase through a swamp early on, and some decent comedic beats sprinkled throughout. Sure the acting is hit or miss, it's about 20 minutes too long, and on the whole the film feels a bit underdeveloped... but it's entertaining enough.
I give it a 2 out of 5.
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