Obviously, this grandly made for TV movie stars, well, the camera mostly stays on Ben Murphy as Sam Casey; supposed Harvard grad who gains awesome power to disappear, much like the audience's interest. I thought Ben really stunk it up as Prof. McCadden in Being from Another Planet , the only other film (than goodness!) I've seen him in, but this one is less agonizing as say repeatedly rubbing your hand to a bloody pulp on sharp coral. Honestly, this really cool title Riding with Death is far from it, but watch it enough, it's actually so crappy and bad that you just have to laugh!What are you in store for? Well there's our Harvard alum trucking a highly volatile chemical, less than honorable doctor highly anal over patent papers, one really not so great gal Abby (nice tissue toss Abby!), spies doing bad deeds in front of corporate buildings or in restaurant parking lots, really hilarious amateur night, race car event in Ontario(?), less than helpful gas attendant, that elusive Robert Denby who likes to make things go kablooey!, Riding with Death is aptly named as your senses take in the stimuli and cry in horror. Also, Jim Stafford aka Buffalo Bill is the most stereotypical yokel who hootenannys and YEE-HA's at any chance, that he actually steals the spotlight from Ben Murphy (not that hard a task). Lots of mumbling, nonsensical plot, and you have yourself one laugher. Mike and the bots were right: what's the deal with New England journalism?

(spoilers) That was my favorite scene of this groovy 70's cheese fest, when Murphy's doing the stupid flashback to when the accident(He wet 'em!)first made him invisible. He's wearing bandages around his head, and there's no holes in the bandages for him to breathe through! Not that Murphy really needed any oxygen to his brain to make this lame movie. He and the really annoying cracker Jim Stafford had to be two of the stupidest people I've ever seen. How could this guy be a secret agent? he doesn't have the brain cells to be a counter worker at McDonald's. Then there's the (she's some gal) oh-so-perky Abbey, and Leonard Driscoll who never stops washing his glasses. Round this out with not one but TWO incomprehensible plots, having to listen to the grating Stafford actually sing several songs and howl like a deranged dog, and two of the lamest villians to ever be put on celluloid, and you have the glory and wonder that is Riding With Death. And remember, Death does not pony up for gas-so you're pretty much on your own when viewing this meatball.

If you really want to "enjoy" this movie, check out the Mystery Science Theatre 3000 version, I think it's from the 8th or 9th season. (Find the MST3K page under the sci-fi channel's website.) It's one of the best episodes of that show; the first half being much funnier than the second half.

Two episodes of atrocious 70s TV show stapled together to make a film. Secret agent has ability to become invisible due to exposure radiation or something. Has a "Southern" character only slightly less annoying than The Dukes of Hazzard. If you see a copy of it somewhere in a used bin, buy it then burn the video.