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Street Hawk [VHS]

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Im 20 now but the last time i saw this film it was 1985....along side knight rider this was my favourite TV show... this is a great film for bringing back those childhood memories or even for your kids to watch...if u can get hold of the series as well, ull be impressed....great film

Yeah this is the series, folks- I have always been a fan of S/H, since 1985, and after 15 years (I've just got the entire series on video, along with my original PAL and NTSC versions of the pilot), I can honestly say that my allegiance to Michael Knight seems to be wavering... Okay, so the guy's name is Jesse, but aside from that, this is the series that should NEVER have been canned. If you've only seen the pal version of this vid, (British and Canadian versions had different effects in the pilot to the US version), you'll be over the moon with the US NTSC version. Cleaner effects, notably the particle weapon beam, and the hyperthrust, and also has the opening credits from the series, that the pal does not have. What else can I say? COOL music by Tangerine Dream, reasonably undated action, yep, buy it NOW If you don't, and it gets deleted, well you've only yourself to blame! Love, Stu. (RankinAce@aol.com)

An excellent series for its time in the 1980's. A few special effects look slightly dated today, but mostly it's aged well and is still very enjoyable and nostalgic. The superb music (by Tangerine Dream) is particularly memorable. Contrary to what others may have said, the series has never been released on DVD anywhere. Any DVDs advertised are unofficial, recorded from TV and will be transfers from VHS tape to DVD (not good quality), as the series has not been on TV for some years (since 2001). Despite a strong fanbase, an official DVD release does not seem likely in the near future. Only the pilot episode has ever been officially released on VHS. Universal, please bring the complete series (13 episodes) out asap. on DVD; many fans are waiting for this.

After Knight Rider was a success Street Hawk came along. Basically the same type of story as Knight Rider, but with a suped up motorcycle. This movie is the 90 min. pilot of the ABC 1985 TV series, though this tape only runs approx. 1 hour(so I'm not sure what was cut if anything). The TV series only ran for about 1 season and only had 13 episodes, thats including the pilot, but was a lot fun.

Los Angeles 2019 AD. The world was ravaged by nuclear holocaust and the surviving humans are fighting a desperate war against the crime scum.

A Street Hawk motorcycle that would go 280 mph in traffic while firing small rockets, with a total video uplink to the master crime lab in Jesse Mach's, a desk bound cop, helmet, and a racing suit form-fitted to his body by immersing him in a vat of high-tech foam. Silly.

There wasn't an interesting story during the entire run, just lots of flash; TV will never learn that if the story is good everything else will fall into place. Each episode was the same. Lots of boring people fighting, the motorcycle moving somewhere, lots of boring people fighting.

This sounds like "Knight Rider" on a motorcycle, and it was. But at least most of the episodes on "Knight Rider" had a plot.

I have brought street hawk and I want to buy the rest of the collection. There was more than one series made. Rex Smith made 12 series and I have got the frist video I want to see the rest of them if anyone has any for sale please E Mail me at Martinmoulds@freeserve.co.uk

When you say the word "1980's" to me, two things come to mind. Duran Duran and Streethawk. Im not too sure what the appeal of this series was to me, but somehow im hooked. All you need to say to me is the word Hyperthrust and my pulse will indeed race. If you liked Night Rider you'll love this. I mean what can I say....Night Rider would drive at the bad guys, Streethawk would blow the s**t out of them. No contest, quality stuff. Buy this video!

I likegSTREETHAWKhvery much.But,we can see the pilot only(by the video-soft).Is the soft of these series released?(&exist?)

The actual dvd box set is here. Its been in Europe for the longest time. You can get the DVD box set on Ebay (again, not a copy) the original, from a seller name "jrwmkaw". F Mac

this movie/pilot was awesome. i remember re-runs of this show as a kid. it was so cool having jesse playing desk jockey by day and FBI vigilante by night. this was a great show. too bad the suits didn't see it that way Street Hawk would still be kickin' tail if they just let the show develop