Knight Rider 2000 is a 1991 television sequel movie to the television series Knight Rider. It is included in the Region 1, Region 2 and Region 4 versions of the Knight Rider Season One box set The movie served as a pilot for a proposed new series, but despite high ratings, the plan was abandoned.
The movie is set in San Antonio, Texas in the year 2000, handguns have been banned and law enforcement carry non-lethal "stun" pistols. Criminals are sentenced to cryonic suspension instead of conventional jail cells. Due to an assassination and an attempted assassination, the mayor demands a solution, which is found in the form of the "Knight 4000" – a car that will become the next generation of the Knight Industries' supercar KITT.
The theme song, Knight Rider 2000, by Jan Hammer was released on his 1994 album Drive.
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