Knight Rider 2000 (1991) (TV)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Alan J. Levi

Writers:

Rob Hedden (writer)
Glen A. Larson (characters)

Release Date:

19 May 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

He can see through walls. Feel the heat in your veins. Stop you cold in your tracks. And take you beyond your wildest dreams.

Plot:

In the future, guns are banned and criminals are frozen for the duration of their sentences. A recent...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Gun | Car In Water | Prison | Futuristic

Cast

David Hasselhoff	...	Michael Knight
Edward Mulhare	...	Devon Miles
Susan Norman	...	Officer Shawn McCormick
Carmen Argenziano	...	Russell Maddock / Voice of K.I.F.T.
Eugene Clark	...	Officer Kurt Miller
Megan Butler	...	Officer Marla Hedges
Mitch Pileggi	...	Thomas J. Watts
Christine Healy	...	Commissioner Ruth Daniels
Lou Beatty Jr.	...	Mayor Harold Abbey
Francis Guinan	...	Dr. Jeffrey Glassman
John Cannon Nichols	...	Lieutenant Justin Strand
James Doohan	...	James 'Scotty' Doohan
Chris Bonno	...	Andrew
Robert F. Cawley	...	Prison Guard
Philip Hafer	...	Charlie (as Phillip Hafer)

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

Company:

Charles E. Sellier Productions

Trivia:

This was a pilot for a proposed series starring Susan Norman and Carmen Argenziano but it was not picked up.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Most (if not all) the police cars in the movie are Chevrolet Berettas. In the scene where the police are chasing the decoy van that is believed to be hauling the guns, the police cars are clearly Chevrolet Berettas. However, when the villains open the back of the decoy van and fire a missile at the lead police car, the target police car suddenly changes to a totally different car upon impact of the missile. This can be clearly seen with the differences in wheels and headlights in the clips following the explosion (the car on fire has two headlight sections, whereas the Beretta has one).

Quotes:

K.I.T.T.: I suppose, we should at least be cordial. My name is KITT, originally designed with Series 2000 circuitry.
[K.I.F.T. turns on lights]
K.I.T.T.: Terrific. The lights are on, but nobody's home. They spend $10 million building the car and forget the voice. Incredible.
[K.I.F.T starts on and goes behind KITT]
K.I.T.T.: So it's going to be, "Mine is bigger than yours", is it?
K.I.F.T.: Mine is bigger than yours.
K.I.T.T.: So it talks... and sounds suspiciously familiar.
K.I.F.T.: I only speak when it's necessary
K.I.T.T.: Maddock's voice. I knew the man had an ego, but please.
K.I.F.T.: We have nothing further to discuss.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Knight Rider: Knight Rider (#1.0)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Knight Rider 2000

Pointless Movie Designed to Profit From Show's Success

This is one of the most horrible movies that I've seen. The movie happened to be a DVD bonus to season one. The regular episodes were bad enough, but the movie managed to be even worse. At least in the regular episodes the car could do some cool tricks and it had the friendly dialogue between Knight. The director and scriptwriters in KR 2000 evidently didn't know what the hell they were doing. There was no chemistry between cast members. The character development was very poor, especially of McCormick. With her obnoxious stuck up personality, you almost wished she was killed. Also, the car plays a small role in this show unlike the regular television series. On the positive side I thought the acting was better and the fight scenes more realistic than in the regular episodes.