Cannonball Run II is a 1984 action comedy film starring Burt Reynolds and an all-star cast, released on June 29 1984, the film cost about $22 million and made $56 million. Plot: Having lost the first Cannonball Run race, Sheik Abdul ben Falafel is ordered by his father to go back to America and win another Cannonball Run in order to "emblazon the Falafel name as the fastest in the world". Trivia: The file was directed and written by stuntman Hal Needham. Hal was also responsible for the movies R