everything you have heard about this movie is true.

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Knight Rider is a fond memory from my childhood like many out there. Though I was VERY young when it was on air, it still made an impact on my childhood, though maybe not as much as one of Hasselhof's more memorable shows, Baywatch which had a huge impact on my teenage years :) Anyways, Knight Rider made so much of an impact on my childhood, with owning a toy Kitt car, and a Michael Knight figurine, I couldn't help but post about it on a website I recently worked on http://humorousphotos.com/the-best-digital-photo-camera/ though not perfectly in line with digital cameras, Knight Rider was a great show, and is a great part of American nostalgia!

Knight Rider is a classic show and one that made my youth enjoyable and worthy. However with hindsight it is a TV classic but not a great classic which it could of been. I will summarise why it is a notable show and how it was badly executed. First the strengths. The Pontiac Firebird is appealing and catchy, the music is good and notably memorable, the idea is fresh, new and exclusively modern instead of a traditional crime unit investigating we have gadgetry and technology and how this in a specialist manner is effective to fight crime in the mobility of a car and the view of the leading character consolidated in to the required fast action scenario. lastly it was done at the right time in the right decade. Now the gripping negative aspectsThe leading characters are wooden, adolescent and corny which goes hand in hand with the story lines making it more like a cheesy soap based and the exhausting quantity of episodes that dragged the series rather then the quality. For the scenario formula to work efficiently the leads should be limited and the quality of character has to be advanced, formal and deep. The criteria must be genuinely crime based and sophisticated such as trafficking, smuggling, vice, corruption and espionage with hardcore action but not violent for it to be viewable to a wider family audience within 3 seasons and a sensible amount of episodes whilst reaching its maximum potential. Knight Rider 2000 does insures some of these mistakes but the other spin-offs over do and spoil the original idea. in short a notable TV classic but a tragedy not a disappointment

Sure the story lines and the acting can be cheesy and not the best standards but still, you have to love this blast from the past thing.Ex-soap star and now reality TV star, David Hasselhoff who would become more famous on "Baywatch" later on. Stars as Michael Knight who was Michael Long, an ex-cop and Special Forces operative in the Army.As he is left for dead in the pilot after being doubled crossed and shot in the face. As kind-hearted billionaire Wilton Knight(played by the late great, Richard Basehart), who founded the Foundation of Law and Govt FLAG for short, to help out when the police or feds could not.As FLAG went with no limits unlike the authorities. They picked Michael and gave him the last name Knight to make sure he does not exist like a ghost agent. After a mental plate in his head helps him to survive due to his military service.After Wilton dies of an undisclosed illness and gives the car the Knight Industries Two Thousand aka KITT who also talks(voiced with humor by William Daniels) to Michael. Michael now reports to his new boss and new FLAG director Devon Miles(the late great, Edward Mulhare).Despite butting heads early on, both later become friends, confidants, and kind of like father-son. As Devon gives Michael his missions on each and every show.Also helping out are mechanic Bonnie(played by Patricia McPherson), whom Michael flirts frequently on every occasion he gets to. Despite at times, not returning the favor to him from Bonnie but both become really great friends.Show really was an original. And really one of a kind! Despite being cheesy at times. But a blast from the past!

I like this show a lot. Not as much as, say, The A-Team, but it was great fun! As others have pointed out, some people get a real stick up the butt and complain that its corny, implausible, some of the acting is dodgy etc... So if we agree, whats the problem? lol But seriously, what do you expect from a show like this? A new Shakespeare? Does everything have to reach that standard of excellence? Surely there's nothing wrong with some light-hearted fun. If you're still not convinced that this was from the golden age of TV, turn on your TV set and just see how things have improved since those awful 80's. Have a look at the horse doo doo passing for entertainment THESE days. "Reality" TV shows featuring half-wits sleeping, sitting on sofa's or getting drunk and talking rubbish (Big Brother, anyone?). Tons of similar, generic sit-coms that need to have laugh tracks to let you know when to laugh (ever sit there and think "was that the funny part?"), propaganda channels posing as news, MTV is a shadow of what it used to be... Yeah, thank God the 80's are over and Knight Rider is a thing of the past, huh? The trouble with comedies these days is that they take themselves too seriously. There always has to be a serious love story alongside the "comedy", always some feigning of intelligence and seriousness going on. I wish the people making TV shows these days would realise that you don't need that boring rubbish. Shows like Knight Rider were corny, implausible, but GREAT fun!