Cool Runnings

Day 11/192-Cool Runnings: Starring John Candy and Leon Robinson

For a long time Cool Runnings was a film that eluded me. I remember being around 5 years old when I went to see it in the cinema, fell asleep and had never got round to seeing it fully. People I told this story would stop and shout "You haven't seen COOL RUNNINGS?!" I really do not understand why.

As one of many films that I have only recently seen and therefore been unable to fully appreciate (Ghostbusters, Aliens, Back to the Future, etc.) Cool Runnings was one I particularly didn't understand.

I know Cool Runnings is silly and daft but it is lacking in most humour throughout. And just relies on Sanka, who is a bit of an idiot, for laughs.


The storyline being that a group of lads, who have missed out on being sprinters for Jamaica at the Olympics, decide to form a bob-sled team instead. Cue much hilarity in this fish-out-of-water setting.

I can't really be bothered spending any time on this because it was just a bit rubbish and I didn't feel particularly strongly in any way I just would rather not have watched it. So I'll just give it 4/10 and move on to the next film.

4/10