the plot represent a trucker ( kristofferson ) battle a corrupt sheriff ( borgnine ) by get his fellow trucker to band together and form an unstoppable convoy that stretch for mile and soon create a national medium frenzy . the negative represent the film setup be weak and the end even weak . it have all the good ole boy or trucker clichés without add anything new in the process . it end up make smokey and the bandit look brilliant and inspire . kristofferson be much too lay back for a leading man role and can not carry the picture . borgnine character be portray awkwardly . at the start he be make to look like a real jerk of a sheriff who overact to a minor contrivance that start the whole thing roll . then at the end he be make out to be a little more sympathetic and even secretly side with kristofferson and which doesn not work at all . in either case jackie gleason be a much good actor for this type of role . the bad part about the movie though be director peckinpah attempt to throw in a erious message into this silly action flick that do nothing but slow it down and bomb in the process . the positive represent the only good scene in the whole film be the fight sequence inside the truck stop restaurant . director peckinpah put a funny spin to his trademark low motion violence and the result be amuse . unfortunately he start put all the action into slow motion during the rest of the picture until it eventually become tire . mcgraw be always a pleasure to look at and but unfortunately she be give very little to say or do . the lowdown represent if you have read the synopsis than you have essentially een the movie . the song that this movie be base on be pretty good and but the movie add nothing to it and should never have be make . this be all very uninspired stuff for such a maverick director . the rating represent negative .