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Knight Rider TV movie: Yikes

Mike February 18th, 2008 Features, Television

I wont lie, I only watched like 36 minutes of the Knight Rider movie that was on NBC Sunday night, so who the heck knows how it all turned out.

But truthfully, that was about all I could handle.

The opening scene was actually decent, with these men breaking into an old scientist/inventor’s house, killing him and then watching a black Mustang wake up and zoom out of the garage. I had hope for a brief second.

Then the commercial break was over and the movie went into full-throttle suckage.

It was shown at 7pm on a Sunday night, everyone knows that those of who were kids for the original series LOVED a talking car with Turbo Boost, so there is no doubt that kids today might be intrigued.

So naturally the movie opens with a guy in bed with two other girls, and then a female police officer leaving for work after a one-night stand with another woman.

Trying too hard to be edgy? Why?

From there I had a hard time taking it seriously. The acting was so bad it felt like one of those American Idol contestant commercials for the Ford Focus.

Not to mention Val Kilmer’s last minute work as the voice of KITT left a lot to be desired. I never heard Will Arnett, but I have to believe he was the better choice.

Also, as the Cap’n pointed out to me earlier today, that Mustang couldn’t outrace a Ford Minivan/SUV whatever it was?

I had no hopes of it getting better, and my DVR had a choice between the rest of the NBA All-Star Game and the 4th new episode of Breaking Bad, so Knight Rider got turbo-boosted right out of this house.

And from what I heard, it didn’t improve much.

The most amazing thing is that my NBC friend told me it got an 8.4/13 share last night in the Phoenix market and killed FOX.

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