Smokey and the Bandit II the Bandit to sober up, since Big Enos has raised the stakes to $400,000. Frog abandons her second attempt at marrying Buford T. Justice's son Junior. She is initially persuaded more by the money than her love for Bandit. She buys him a 1980 Pontiac Trans Am named "Son of Trigger," powered by the Pontiac 301 Turbo, by trading in Junior's car. A race ensues as the trio once again tries to outrun and outwit Justice and Junior. They make it to Miami with little trouble, even fooling a Florida Highway Patrol speedtrap along the way. Their cargo is in
The Dukes of Hazzard (film) also had an adjusted-dollar rank of number 24 all-time for August releases. The film eventually collected $111 million worldwide, although it was much less successful financially outside the United States. Roger Ebert gave the film one star, calling it a "lame-brained, outdated wheeze" and wondered that Burt Reynolds' part in the film is "karma-wise... the second half of what "Smokey and the Bandit" was the first half of". Ebert also named it the second-worst film of the year and Richard Roeper named it the worst film of 2005. According to review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 14% of critics gave the film