2008 · sci-fi · tv-movie · robot
Knight Rider
Directed by Steve Shill1h 50m2008
When a group of ruthless mercenaries kill a reclusive scientist, his creation, a new model of artificially intelligent supercar, escapes to find his daughter and recruit a ex-soldier to thwart them. Pilot for the reboot of the television series Knight Rider.
Our read: Knight Rider (2008) reads as a warm, breathless, inventive sci-fi · tv-movie · robot entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, breathless, measured sci-fi / tv-movie, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- kinetic
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“You want nostalgic KITT action, AI banter, and a TV-pilot conspiracy romp.”
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