Riding with Death

1976 "An unforgettable excursion into adventure."
1.9| 1h37m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 01 January 1976 Released
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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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Micitype Pretty Good
Lightdeossk Captivating movie !
Tayyab Torres Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
Aaron1375 This 'movie' was featured on the cult television show Mystery Science Theater 3000...I have movie in quotes, because this is just another in a long line of television episodes strung together to form a sort of movie. It is kind of like the Master Ninja movies that MST3K also riffed where the two movies were just four episodes of the show mashed together. Though, they try to add some dialog into this on to make it seem like it is one continuous film, though you can tell the things that were added such as the comments about the elusive Robert Denby and the strange scenes where Abby, one of the characters, is watching what is going on with the main character through a television. The show this particularly bad movie came from is a show called the Gemini Man starring Ben Murphy as some sort of agent who can turn invisible. Like the Incredible Hulk in that it was one of those shows made during this era where they would lead up to the grand effect. In that one, it was waiting for David Banner to become the Hulk and in this one it was waiting for Ben Murphy to become invisible, though that is a lot less awesome than Banner becoming the Hulk which is probably why this show would have long been forgotten if not for being riffed by MST3K.The story is a bit messed up in places, but first things first, we are introduced to Intersect where Sam Casey is an agent who can go invisible. He is tasked with driving some sort of fuel additive to an installation, but the creator of it just wants to embezzle some money. He does what he can to get his fuel additive to explode as it becomes extremely volatile after a certain length of time. Abby, a woman who also works with Intersect, gets caught and is trapped with the bottle of additive. Then we are thrust into the car racing portion of the movie that really does not make any sense. One can say a lot of things about the first portion of the film, but you do know what is going on. This one just has a guy named Robert Denby, who is elusive, blowing stuff up at random. Why he is going to blow up the race car may have been explained better in the actual show or perhaps the reasoning was cut by MST3K, but this portion of the film is a bit confusing and the only thing that binds these two episodes together is Jim Stafford as Buffalo Bill, an annoying redneck type who sings lousy! This made for a rather funny episode of MST3K as they were making fun of the 70's a lot in the first portion of the film and making fun of Stafford and the strange nonsensical plot during the second portion of the film. The bumps for this one were also very funny as I loved the one featuring Servo doing his song for the 70's. All in all a very good episode as they had a lot to work with, this television episodes or some times pilot episodes always make such funny episodes of MST3K.I cannot say whether the actual show this 'movie' was made from was any good, but I am pretty sure it was not as these two episodes are pretty bad. It also only lasted like eight total episodes, though there were a lot of shows that only lasted this long or maybe a bit longer that I enjoyed. Manimal, Automan and Tales of the Golden Monkey are three shows off the top of my head that did not last long that I loved as a kid, but then again, kids are stupid. This one probably did suck as the only thing that differentiated it from other things was Casey's invisibility and that was not that awesome of an effect to pull off. Short lived show that was turned into a movie that would have been buried had MST3K not unearthed it.
Greg Eichelberger This "film" is nothing more than two episodes of the short-lived (actually, that's an understatement, considering the show lasted only from Sept. 23-Oct. 28, 1976) NBC series, "Gemini Man," which was itself simply a re-warmed version of David McCallum's "The Invisible Man," also a failure from the same network earlier that year. In this program, Ben Murphy ("Being From Another Planet," "Alias Smith & Jones") plays "Sam Casey," an employee of Intersect (a government think-tank of some kind), who, because of an underwater explosion, and by using a special watch, has the power to become invisible -up to 15 minutes a day. This is based, very loosely, on something that H.G. (Homer Gump) Wells wrote-once. Murphy's co-workers include Katherine Crawford as "Dr. Abby Lawrence," who serves no useful purpose other than to get in the way (or observe the proceedings on a large TV screen), and his boss, "Leonard Driscoll (played by William Sylvester, "Devil Doll," "Gorgo," "2001: A Space Odyssey)," who is also obsessed with the "elusive" Robert Denby. First segment has an evil scientist (John Milford) trying to embezzle money for some reason by hiring the dimwitted Murphy to drive a semi full of explosive "tripaladene" (so named because it "triples vehicle mileage"), across the country.During this silliness, he (and, unfortunately, the audience, as well) meets up with one-time minor league pop and country star, Jim Stafford ("Spiders And Snakes," "My Girl Bill," "Wildwood Weed"), typecast perfectly as a braid-dead, redneck trucker named "Buffalo Bill. His introductory shouts of "Ah'm on t'hair! Ah'm on t'hair!" over his citizen's band radio bring back all of the horrible memories we thought had vanished with C.W. McCall, Cletus Maggard and all of the other idiots who populated the high point of the C.B. craze. Later on, Richard Dysart (a decent actor who starred in "L.A. Law," and "Being There") makes a cameo appearance, but it doesn't do any good, although the conclusion of that part, when Milford is taken away and Sylvester's hair looks like Bill Murray's at the end of "Kingpin," is drop-dead (unintentionally) hilarious. Part two features Murphy, posing as a pit crewman for the ever-annoying Stafford, who has miraculously become a stock car racer. Both work for Denby, who finally shows up in the form of Ed Nelson ("Teenage Caveman," "Night of the Blood Beast"), and is a villain who invents a radio that can blow things up, or something to that effect. This half is lamely tied to the first by Murphy saying to Sylvester, "I understand you grew a mustache while I was away," and proves, if nothing else, that stock car racing was just as boring in 1976 as it is today. Highlight comes as Stafford, attempting to perform during "Amatuer Night" at the Pit Stop Saloon, gets into a fight with a Robert Shaw look-a-like and a Margo Gortner clone. He later lets out an embarrassing series of whoops in a public restroom because he's allowed to drive a car that eventually explodes. While all of this takes place, Crawford is watching, unemotionally, on a big TV screen from Intersect headquarters. There is NO explanation for this, and no practical demonstration on HOW there can be cameras at the various locations, but thinking about this too much can be mind-boggling, so I'll leave it at that. The end has Stafford "singing" a "thank you for saving my life" song to Murphy, while Crawford continues to watch - this time in SLOW MOTION! This garbage should have been left in NBC's dumpster where it belonged, and only serves as an interesting episode for the smartly satirical cable program, "Mystery Science Theatre 3000."
Victor Field Yes, another one who saw this "movie" on the late, lamented "MST3K" (and WHEN will Sci-Fi start showing this again? Who wouldn't swap "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World" for this, even if it means swapping Jennifer O'Dell for Pearl?). A weak-as-water meshing of two episodes of Universal's second attempt to get an invisible man series to work, this gives away its roots at every turn, from the awful attempts to link the two stories onwards.Harve Bennett and the late Leslie Stevens have good track records in TV, but this wasn't a boon for either of them; and to make matters worse, Lee Holdridge's stirring theme tune isn't even here! (At least Sci-Fi in the UK had the decency to also show "Gemini Man" at around this time, including the two episodes that make up this movie.) As is often the case, all the entertainment to be had comes in the MST3K version - and as Mike put it, "Is there such a thing as 'Starring Ben Murphy'? Isn't it more accurate to say that most of the time the camera's pointed in the direction of Ben Murphy?" From his mouth to God's ear.The thought that somewhere in the world this might have actually gotten into a cinema is horrible...
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.

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