Knightriders

Man - this one is a twister on the judgement factor. The concept seems outrageous, even by today's standards. Maybe being set in the future would have numbed the first look shock of it all.

BUT DAMN IF IT ISN'T FUN.

This could have been a joke under anyone's direction other than Romero's. It became something unique, but not without some of the campiness blasting through, but good performances from Ed Harris and Tom Savini, with some great surprises, including Stephen King and Romero's regular, "I'm Joe Grizzly, bitch" Ken Foree, now, seemingly, a Zombie regular.

The characters are allowed to grow, though some are more annoying than others, particularly Julie, played by Patricia Tillman. She thought every police siren and every alarm was because of her for whatever lazy reason.

Ed Harris took this role so seriously, as much as any other performance I've seen him in. Somehow, it all made sense in this film. Especially today with pro-wrestling, mixed martial arts, and now American Gladiators is returning (but I seriously doubt for very long).

This movie also represented well the kind of people attracted to this lifestyle, the ones that can't settle down in society's norm, because they know it isn't the norm, that the world is not supposed to be full of all of this hate and despair. People like that usually wind up willingly homeless, or a carny; living the lifestyle, at least.

Hustlers or jugglers, they're both out to sell something.