It would normally be wrong to want Burt Reynolds to kill someone just because he laughed all the time and for no reason. But it was only Jerry Reed and he was playing a violent criminal.
I'd never seen Gator before. I decided to watch it when I found out it was a sequel to White Lightning.
White Lightning had a similar problem with Burt Reynolds smiling as the police wrecked their cars. I didn't see Steve McQueen laughing when he ran the Dodge Charger off the road in Bullitt. Burt was trying to avenge his brother's horrible murder. You'd think he'd show greater seriousness of purpose.
Part of the charm of White Lightning was that pretty much every car was a Ford LTD. They had various makes and models in Gator.
The speedboat stuff in the swamp was disappointing. It was all at the beginning of the movie and was unrelated to the plot.
With Mike Douglas as the Governor of Georgia. With Lauren Hutton, Jack Weston and Alice Ghostley.
Gator is available on Amazon Prime.
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