Knight Rider: Season Two Review Score: 3/10 | Date Posted: April 13th 2005 In: DVD Reviews The Knight Rider: Season Two Review by Vince D’Amato Starring: David Hasselhoff. Directed by: Various. Released by: Universal. The Show: True to form, Knight Rider once again can’t decide if it’s a soap opera or an action episodic. Or is it a sci-fi-esque mystery-thriller? Who cares? Oh, man, the inane cheesiness of Knight Rider would actually be highly amusing – if it wasn’t so damn boring! The Season Two opener is a two-part episode named “Goliath”, and this is probably the show I remember most from when I was watching Knight Rider religiously as a kid. There’s David Hasselhoff’s goatee-faced evil twin who builds a mammoth 18-wheeler trailer truck using the same uber-molecular shell exterior as KITT – and then they face-off in a game of chicken in the Nevada desert. Even as...kid, I remember when they fiiiiiinaly go to the main show down that the network had been touting for a week, I thought – that’s it? Seeing it now – all four lame cuts of the whole showdown, I realize why I was so deflated even as a kid. There was no substance there. No excitement. The premise of Knight Rider is that David Hasselhoff is working for an organization called “The Foundation”, who are not really the FBI – and not really a detective agency – but go about solving cases for people who get involved with criminals “who operate above the law”. The main problem with this series – aside from it relying highly on narrative, and the fact that the narrative is neither exciting nor suspenseful – nor particularly clever, for that matter – the main problem is the fact that these ridiculous characters are almost impossible to relate to. David Hasselhoff plays an agent who is so damn cool; it seems he’s not even interested in the opposite sex – sexually speaking. No character on the show has a normal social life, or interacts with anyone else in normal situations. It’s over-the-top soap operatics, is what it boils down to. Only adding to this major flaw is that it seems like the producers hired stars and co-stars (and guest-stars) based on looks alone, without really considering any actual acting talent. David Hasselhoff, for one, is probably one of the greatest high-camp actors ever. Double trouble in the season opener in which he plays a dual role opposite himself! The editing of the show only serves to heighten Hasselhoff’s campy performance(s) to near mind-boggling levels (Were they actually trying to be serious?). But this kind of entertainment, while undoubtedly amusing to some fans, can’t stand on its own to bring in new viewers – let alone to keep the show even remotely time-resilient. The Extras: Nah-thing! Not even a lame cross-advertisement for The A-Team! Oh, well, less for me to have to sit through...

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