Filmmakers, including first-time theatrical director Dick Lowry, have wisely returned to the non-stop car-chasing destruction derby of the first movie. But the sense of fun in that original is missing and the countless smashups and near-misses are orchestrated randomly.
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The New York TimesJanet Maslin
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
An interminable car chase punctuated by dumb stunts and even dumber dialogue, plus the well-worth-missing sight of Paul Williams in a dress.
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Austin Chronicle
Austin Chronicle
Director Dick Lowry and scenarists Stuart Birnbaum and David Dasheu's idea of a good time is so crude, they probably think Caveman was a comedy of manners.
This film doesn't even have the basic narrative coherence of the first two, and it rambles about aimlessly with little humor or action. This is commercial filmmaking at its very worst.
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Miami HeraldBill Cosford
Miami HeraldBill Cosford
Smokey aims very low and still doesn't hit. [17 Aug 1983, p.D4]