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: Image Entertainment
: Cult, Science Fiction
: 78 min.
: English
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Cult hero Paul Bartel directed this low-budget satire in which America's passion for cars, violence, and sporting events are finally brought together in one convenient package. In the not-so-distant future, the United States has become a totalitarian regime overseen by the charming but sinister Mr. President (Sandy McCallum), who, in order to satisfy the masses' need for entertainment (and to quench their thirst for violence), has created a new national sport -- the Death Race, a nationwide road rally in which the winner is not determined by who finishes first, but by who scores the most points along the way by running over hapless pedestrians. Aspiring champions Machine Gun Joe Viterbo (Sylvester Stallone), Calamity Jane (Mary Woronov), Nero the Hero (Martin Kove), and Matilda the Hun (Roberta Collins) are all looking to take the top honors away from Frankenstein (David Carradine), a half-man/half-machine who has been built to be the best racer on Earth and can outrun and outkill anyone on the circuit. However, not everyone likes the Death Race, and revolutionary leader Thomasina Paine (Harriet Medin) wants to sabotage the event in the name of restoring democracy; her plan is to foil Frankenstein's expected victory by smuggling her daughter Annie (Simone Griffeth) into Frankenstein's race car as his navigator. Featuring David Carradine at the height of his Kung Fu fame (and Sylvester Stallone a year before Rocky), Death Race 2000 was a major drive-in hit in 1975; Bartel and Carradine teamed up for another road race movie, Cannonball, a year later, and a semi-sequel, Death Sport, appeared in 1978. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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| Horrible yet awesome.
by siddigger
January 18, 2008 - 12:21 PM PST
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0 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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| This is one of the worst ideas for a movie I have ever seen yet they managed to make it so corny and offensive that it is actually really fun to watch. If you have a morbid sense of humor this movie is worth it. |
| Cult Classic, but not for all
by mrmayhem
March 21, 2006 - 1:51 AM PST
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2 out of 2 members found this review helpful
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| Ok, I found this movie to be very good. Having read the short story it was based on, the movie managed to capture a lot of the feel that went into it. a lot of the back story is omitted from the movie, which makes it a little confusing at first, but that will be clarified a little into the movie. You also have to remember this movie was made in '75, and on a small budget, so the effects are not very good. Crappy, actually. But this is a character driven tale, and the satrical look at our obsessions as a country are actually not that far off. I recommend it to sci-fi fans, Stallone and Carradine fans, and to anyone who likes their social commentary wrapped in a healthy dose of fiction. |
| See this once (or not at all)
by PJohnson
May 23, 2004 - 12:52 AM PDT
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2 out of 9 members found this review helpful
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| This is better than a crappy action/drama, but not a really good flik. Anyway see it because david carradine and stalone r in it. If you have any respect for those actors then watch it, if not don't, (yes a 7 of 10 is too high). |
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