Bandit (film series) a prequel as it focuses on events that took place prior to the original film. The car featured in these films is a Dodge Stealth while the "Smokey and the Bandit" films featured three generations of the Pontiac Trans Am. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> On October 12, 2010, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment released all four television films on DVD along with the "Smokey and the Bandit" trilogy as part of Smokey and the Bandit: The 7-Movie Outlaw Collection. Bandit (film series) Bandit is a series of four American made-for-television film spin-offs based on the popular "Smokey and the Bandit" film series. The
Smokey and the Bandit II by a car rental agency in Phoenix, who refused delivery when they discovered the cars were not equipped with air conditioning. Pontiac took the cars back and eventually gave them to the producers to be used in the film. "Smokey and the Bandit II" was filmed simultaneously with "The Cannonball Run", in which Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise also starred. Football player Joe Klecko also appears in both films. Smokey and the Bandit 2: Original Soundtrack was released on vinyl, cassette tape and 8-track tape by MCA Records in 1980. The film received almost completely negative reviews from critics who