Stroker Ace (Stand on It) (1983)

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 80’s (1525 movies items)

" Stroker Ace, a champion NASCAR driver, is standing at the top of his career, but is getting fed up with having to do as he's told. In between rebelling against his sponsor (a fried chicken chain)'s promotion gimmicks (like making him dress up in giant chicken suit) he spends the rest of the movie trying to bed the buxom Pembrook. The film was adapted from the 1973 novel “Stand on It”, an autobiography of fictional driver "Stroker Ace." The novel's joint authors, William Neely and Rober"

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 80’s (1525 movies items)

" Stroker Ace, a champion NASCAR driver, is standing at the top of his career, but is getting fed up with having to do as he's told. In between rebelling against his sponsor (a fried chicken chain)'s promotion gimmicks (like making him dress up in giant chicken suit) he spends the rest of the movie trying to bed the buxom Pembrook. The film was adapted from the 1973 novel “Stand on It”, an autobiography of fictional driver "Stroker Ace." The novel's joint authors, William Neely and Rober"

Tier Ranking: The Worst Films of 1982 - 1983 (44 movies items)

"Critics felt that Cannonball Run, and Smokey and the Bandit were way better films. My thoughts? It crashed and burned after the first 20 minutes."

Movies the giraffe watched in 2019: November (22 movies items)

"First viewing - Nov. 23rd I was hoping this would be in the same quality range as Smokey & the Bandit, but, well, no, it's not. Oh the cast is fine, but the plot is so thin it's barely worth bothering with. Add to that a main character that never experiences any real catharsis and a lazy approach to filmmaking, and it's tough to see who the audience for this film even is. Maybe just for the Burt Reynolds die-hards. During racing scenes any time there's a crash they just insert stock footage fro"