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Forever Knight - The Trilogy, Part 1 (1992 - 1993)
Product Group: DVD
Studio: Sony Pictures
ISBN: B0000C23T1
UPC: 043396012912
Binding/Media: DVD
Running Time: 1035 minutes
Release Date: 2003-10-21
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
SKU: AZN-COL001291
Condition: New
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Editorial Reviews
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Description
Nick Knight is a 13th-century vampire living in modern-day Toronto. In an effort to regain his mortality, Knight atones for 700 years of evil by fighting crime as a homicide detective for the Toronto police.
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Amazon.com
The complete first season of the much-maligned supernatural television series Forever Knight makes its DVD debut in a five-disc set that should satiate its devoted fans and intrigue first-time viewers with its well-blended mix of horror and crime detection. Forever Knight first aired in 1989 as a two-hour TV-movie titled Nick Knight, starring Rick Springfield as a thirteen-century vampire who moonlighted as a police detective. Though the movie was not a hit for CBS, the network created a new two-part version of the pilot titled Forever Knight featuring Welsh actor Geraint Wyn Davies as the undead sleuth. The series was launched in May of that year as part of a late-night syndicated package called Crimetime After Primetime. The first season outlined the series' essential storyline: Knight wanted to atone for his bloody past and regain his humanity, but was challenged by master vampire Lucien LaCroix (Nigel Bennett). Knight's partner in crime-solving was the smarmy Det. Schanke (John Kapelos), and scientist Natalie Lambert (Catherine Disher) aided Knight in his desire to become human and struggled with her attraction to him (which would endanger her in episode 16, "Only the Lonely"). Knight's adventures yielded a small but loyal following over its three-season run, which was constantly threatened with cancellation; a letter-writing campaign saved the program after CBS axed it in '93, but failed two years later, when Knight's adventures came to a permanent end. Columbia-TriStar's DVD set compiles all 22 episodes of the first season (note: the series was presented in three different formats--a 40-minute version for American audiences, a 47-minute version for Canadian and Australian viewers, and a European version which contained nudity; the episodes compiled here are the Canadian versions save for the first episode, which has the American network running time). Hardcore fans may be disappointed by a lack of any extras aside from trailers for three vampire-themed Columbia features (including Tsui Hark's Vampire Hunters), but should be consoled by having the full debut season in one attractive package. --Paul Gaita
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Customer Reviews
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Great Item
Rating  (4)
Date: 2009-08-28
I loved this item ..it was a show I enjoyed watching in the past, and it was nice to watch it again. and it was offered at a low price. :)
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Hope at least the quality will be ok
Rating  (3)
Date: 2009-06-22
0 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I ordered the complete series, paid extra for faster shipment and what happened? I have ordered many times from US, never had to pay any taxes. Now I got my delivery from New Zealand (???) and had to pay 28.68 Dollars additional taxes. If I had known that beforehand I never would have placed that order. This is cheating people, honestly! I hope that at least the copies are fine. Really spoiled my day.
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The Best Vampire Story Ever...........
Rating  (5)
Date: 2009-03-23
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I was so exited to find that Forever Knight had at last gone to DVD. I was a bit sceptical at first having read past reviews about the Trilogy but went ahead and bought it anyway. It is just as I remembered it and more. It is good quality material and who cares if there is no extra footage. It is easy to see where Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel got their inspiration from. I will be buying part 2 soon as well. Good old Nick, still as cute as ever............
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Forever Knight Serries
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-01-18
Happy with product, no hassle with order, no problems with product and delivery sooner than expected. Great! 5 stars...
Pauline
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A good idea, poorly executed
Rating (3)
Date: 2008-04-12
1 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
"Forever Knight" has a really great concept: a centuries old vampire, Nick Knight (Geraint Wyn Davies) develops a conscience and decides that he wants to be mortal again and atone for all of his sins. While doing this, he works as a police detective in modern day Toronto and solves assorted crimes, both "natural" and supernatural. No, the similarities between this show and "Angel" didn't escape me, and before you can scream out "rip-off", I will just point out that "Forever Knight" came first. Besides, even though the concepts sound similar, after watching a few episodes of this series you will realize that the differences far outweigh the similarities.
Although I didn't dislike "Forever Knight" (I did watch every episode in this set), I didn't think it was a great show, either. The writers had some really great ideas (take, for example, an episode in which Knight joins an addicts anonymous group to try to deal with his addiction to blood), but unfortunately, most of them are either poorly executed or let down by bad acting and a low budget. The vampire effects in this show are so cheap that they are just plain laughable. The series also takes itself too seriously. There are moments of humour, and Knight's partner, Det. Schanke (John Kapelos), serves as a comic relief on the series, but most of the series, particularly the flash-backs to Knight's past, are more like something out of an Anne Rice novel than "Buffy".
Fans of this series should note that the pilot episode of this series (episodes 1 and 2 in this set) is, in fact, the second attempt at a pilot. The first attempt was made several years earlier with Rick Springfield in the lead, under the title "Nick Knight" and using an almost identical script. I saw "Nick Knight" before I saw "Forever Knight" and initially thought that Rick Springfield was the better of the two actors, but after 22 episodes of "Forever Knight", I found that Wyn Davies had grown on me.
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