Riding with Death

1976 "An unforgettable excursion into adventure."
1.9| 1h37m| NR| en
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Agent Sam Casey is in a satellite explosion and the radiation turns him invisible. He gets a watch that keeps him visible, and he uses it to switch from visible to invisible. He is assigned to transport a chemical called Tripolydine, which is purported to be the most efficient fuel; when the cover is blown on that and he uncovers and stops the Tripolydine fraud, he must then stop a terrorist from blowing up race cars.

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Karry Best movie of this year hands down!
Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece
ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.
Rosabel One of my favourite MST3K episodes, this 1970s monstrosity was just painfully bad. First you have to get past the premise of a man exposed to radiation who can not only become invisible at the push of a button, but whose invisibility extends to his *clothes* too. H.G. Wells has a credit at the end of the film, but I guess the screenwriters figured they were improving on his original idea. However, even if you buy that gimmick, you are then expected to believe that a top-secret spy agency with an invisible spy can think of nothing better for him to do than -- drive a truck. Forget eavesdropping in the Kremlin, we have to get to the patent office before it closes! Absolutely ludicrous movie - watch the MST3K version, it's hilarious.
Mister-6 Way back in the evil, post-hallucinogenic '70s, the TV execs were trying to figure out a way to make the kids tune in and turn on to NBC, and came up with the series "Gemini Man", a series about a secret agent who can turn invisible with the help of his special watch. The kids didn't find it groovy, man, so it went to Nowhere-Ville.What does that have to do with "Riding with Death"? Everything, man! As a gasp of air before going under, the producers decided to not only take a couple of the show episodes and sew them together to make a movie, but did so with different characters in main parts, a five year gap between plots and Jim Stafford. Remember Jim - "I Don't Like Spiders and Snakes"... or cheesy TV movies.And Ben Murphy... WHY stick with television after "Alias Smith and Jones"? Surely there are other movie projects to be made.... Wait, he starred in "Time Walker". Never mind, Ben.As far as the '70s go, not every movie of that decade ages well, and fewer TV shows do, either. Therefore, a TV show that they try to make episodes into a movie with is double trouble. So, instead of "Riding with Death", watch "Then Came Bronson" instead. Michael Parks - Ben Murphy, what's the difference, anyway?Two stars - in fond memory of the '70s, not of this flick.
bat-5 Someone at Universal thought it would be a good idea to make a show about a guy who can turn himself invisible. But, they made him a government agent, and made him mellow. Dr. Heywood Floyd, transported from the year 2001, assigns the ever cool and mellow Sam Casey to transport Murray from the MTM Show, from point A to point B. Oh there's also something about an unstable liquid. Anyway, Captain Stubing intends to doublecross our mellow hero and take off with ten million dollars. Then there's some scenes with Jim Stafford singing and driving a truck, Sam turning invisible and then finally a truck blowing up. Then we go into the fast paced world of raceing! There's the elusive Robert Denby and why he's elusive, we never find out. Dr. Floyd is harassed by his dentist and a woman named Cupcake plots and schemes. Sam and Buffalo Bill, as Stafford is known in this mishmash, throw some punches, drive some cars and thwart the machinations of the ever elusvie Robert Denby. Oh, and Abby is quite a gal. She's such a gal that she can view things in her lab and project her thoughts over space and time. Based on a story by H.G. Wells, and I think he's suing.
NateW Well, I guess two completely ridiculous episodes of an idiotic 70's TV show slopped together incoherently can make a movie, a BAD movie that is. A movie with some of the dumbest dialogue possible and laughable acting. Does everyone exposed to radiation turn invisible? I wish I could make this heap of trash disappear, permanently.

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