I just finished watching the new Knight Rider movie that debuted on NBC tonight. The movie revolves around Sarah Graiman (Deanna Russo) and her attempt to find her father after a car he created picks her up. On the way, the car (K.I.T.T.) decides to pick up Mike Traceur (Justin Bruening) so he can help protect her from the evil men trying to kidnap Sarah and force her to decrypt her father’s files in order to use K.I.T.T. to take over the Pentagon’s wireless remote network and start some wars. That is probably the quickest and ugliest plot description ever.
I have to say that I didn’t fall in love with this movie. There were some fears that it was going to be a continuation of the Knight Rider storyline, and that is exactly what it was. Yeah, it was a made-for-TV movie. Yeah, it is probably a jumping off point for a new series (at least it left you with that feeling at the end). It really wasn’t that good. The acting was stale and over done. The visual effects were late-90s at best. There was one time that I could actually tell that the car was put on the road in post production. And boy howdy did this movie LOVE the fuck out of some green screen. I’ve seen better green screening done in the tutorials at VideoCopilot.net and they were doing it quick and dirty just to show you how to do it.
I have to admit that I didn’t hate EVERYTHING about the movie. I did like K.I.T.T. as voiced by Val Kilmer. He was amusing and the quick cameo return of the Hoff’s character and the reason he showed up was also good for a chuckle. In fact there were several times that I laughed out loud because the movie was so ridiculously bad. From choices of organization names (”BlackRiver”, guess what they do) to just plain ol’ bad acting, this movie had unintentional funny moments all over it.
There you go. I didn’t like it, but I watched it anyway. Feel free to tell me what you thought of it, whether you thought my (quick) review is accurate or complete bull.
My car is getting fixed, so hopefully Lexy and I can get up to Independence this week to see a movie and I will let you know what we saw and what I thought of it. I should have my first Audio project done tomorrow, so I can upload that and those that want to torture themselves can listen to it and tell me what they think.
Tags: K.I.T.T., Knight Rider, NBC, The Hoff, TV Movies
I enjoyed the movie and thought the new KITT was cool once I got over the fact that he sounded just like Batman (I guess that’s due to Val Kilmer doing the voices). Dialogue was admittedly mediocre but a few notches better than the original Knight Rider, which I guess is not saying much. I thought the Hoff came across as a complete dork, however! He should go back to singing…
Well my reaction was similar. I read on some forums they really didn’t like the fact that KITT was not a TA. But honestly Pontiac doesn’t produce the car anymore so how could they REALLY make KITT into another one? KITT was BADASS!!! I loved the car. He could have used a bit more personality. But I have always found anything Val Kilmer did to lack a bit of personality.
I was really hoping it would have been a reimagination. Or atleast leave KITT 2000 way in the past. Which in a way they did in the scene when they panned through the garage and you saw KITTS motor. Although KITT 2000 was an 82 and GM didn’t use the TPI until 85, but that is neither here or nor there.
I guess having the Hoff in the end was a way for them to pass the torch so speak. All in all. I thought it was okay. If they decide to make the series I am all for it. And hopefully given a few episodes the actors will settle into the roles and do a much better job. Much like in almost all of the Star Trek series. Given the type of shows i ussually watch and enjoy I would give the movie a solid 7. Dropping from a 8 simply because of the Hoff cameo and KITT lack of personality.