Synopsis:
"Camelot Is A State Of Mind.
Knightriders is the story of a troupe of motorcyclists
who are members of a traveling Renaissance Faire. They move
from town to town staging full medieval jousting tournaments
with combatants in suits of armor, wielding lances, battle-axes,
maces and broadswords. The spectacle of this magnificent pageant
soon garners national attention much to the dismay of the
current king of this Camelot.
A conflict arises as they try to maintain their
fairy tale existence in a world wrought with corruption. Can
they hold on to their Camelot state of mind? This is a finely
crafted film written and directed by George
A. Romero who brought us Night
of the Living Dead and Creepshow
and continues in his tradition of visual mastery here with
Knightriders. Newsweek said of Romero's talents, "Romero's
combination of wit and horror is the best since Hitchcock."-
from DVD
Pacific
My oppinion:
Knightriders is a fun little film, and
the first non-horror Romero movie I ever saw. The scenery,
costumes and such look very good, and the stunts are truly
amazing at some points. I can't believe nobody got seriously
hurt at some point during the shooting. The main plot is really
about the conflicts in the group regarding the show going
more commercial or not, and it works well enough. What I enjoyed
most though was the performance by Ed
Harris, which I thought was really
good! It was also fun seeing some other people from Romero's
"Dead-trilogy", like Tom Savini,
which I really enjoyed. I didn't notice, but I've read Stephen
King also appears somewhere in the
movie. There's one problem with Knightriders though, almost
150 minutes were a bit too long in my opinion. Despite that,
I never got bored though, and I found it to be quite an entertaining
movie, though I'm glad Romero's main focus was on horror!
My rating: 
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