I am a huge fan of Knight Rider. I collect all the models, books and comics which have been released.
I was hooked on the show when I was a kid in the 80's.
After they unwisely cancelled the show, I never thought I would see anything Knight Rider related again. Until one day my mother rented Knight Rider 2000 home unexpectedly from the video store.
Needless to say I was really excited. After watching the made for tv film, I was let down.
It was a very touching moment to see Michael and Devon reunite. And it was even more exciting to see Michael see KITT for the first time in years. But they were the best parts of the movie.
It was blasphemy to not include KITT in his trans am form. It was also shocking that there were no stunts at all featuring KITT in the Banshee car. Unless you count the scene when he drives on water. Not very exciting or thrilling. And the computer effects were rather bad. KITT didn't need any of the rubbish displayed on his windscreen in the original.
His new partner Shawn was rather annoying. She was ok, but hardly a match for KITT, even sharing an implant in her head related to him.
The most shocking thing of all was killing off Devon. There was no need for that and it honestly served no purpose.
And the personality of KITT himself changed. He was a smart a$$. He could be sarcastic in the original but this new tone did not suit him at all.
It was a backdoor pilot which would have maybe got interesting if a series was picked up. But it seemed like they didn't care. Those who made it never understood the appeal of the original and this comes off more as a cheap low budget fan film which happens to feature some stars from the original.
If you want to see a more true sequel to the original show, watch the 2008 series instead which ignores the events of this movie as well as the awful Team Knight Rider Show which came out in the mid 90's
I was hooked on the show when I was a kid in the 80's.
After they unwisely cancelled the show, I never thought I would see anything Knight Rider related again. Until one day my mother rented Knight Rider 2000 home unexpectedly from the video store.
Needless to say I was really excited. After watching the made for tv film, I was let down.
It was a very touching moment to see Michael and Devon reunite. And it was even more exciting to see Michael see KITT for the first time in years. But they were the best parts of the movie.
It was blasphemy to not include KITT in his trans am form. It was also shocking that there were no stunts at all featuring KITT in the Banshee car. Unless you count the scene when he drives on water. Not very exciting or thrilling. And the computer effects were rather bad. KITT didn't need any of the rubbish displayed on his windscreen in the original.
His new partner Shawn was rather annoying. She was ok, but hardly a match for KITT, even sharing an implant in her head related to him.
The most shocking thing of all was killing off Devon. There was no need for that and it honestly served no purpose.
And the personality of KITT himself changed. He was a smart a$$. He could be sarcastic in the original but this new tone did not suit him at all.
It was a backdoor pilot which would have maybe got interesting if a series was picked up. But it seemed like they didn't care. Those who made it never understood the appeal of the original and this comes off more as a cheap low budget fan film which happens to feature some stars from the original.
If you want to see a more true sequel to the original show, watch the 2008 series instead which ignores the events of this movie as well as the awful Team Knight Rider Show which came out in the mid 90's