DEATH RACE 2000 FILM 1975 MOVIE
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DEATH RACE 2000 FILM 1975 TV

Not only are the cars incredibly fun to look at, the race sequences are really well-filmed and thoroughly exciting. So IвЂ™ve managed to go this long without talking about the major component of this film: the racing. ItвЂ™s one of StalloneвЂ™s iconic traits, so it was an absolute pleasure to get a small taste of it here.

DEATH RACE 2000 FILM 1975 MOVIE

HeвЂ™s loud, garish, and in his introduction even shows us the wonderful вЂњwildly firing a gunвЂќ face that would later make up something like 75% of Rambo: First Blood Part II (and thus machine-gunning his way into my heart), as well as becoming a recurring & integral visual motif in nearly every other movie heвЂ™s ever been in.

This movie is hilariously fucked up, like any truly great social satire is.ДЄ pre- Rocky Sylvester Stallone is superb as our main villain, playing a mobster named вЂњMachine-GunвЂќ Joe Viterbo who has twin Tommy guns on his front fenders and a gigantic knife mounted on his hood. And when one of the cars breaks up a picnic and a character yells, вЂњIf they scatter, go for the mother and the baby!,вЂќ I was getting one hell of an ab workout. When the newscaster explained the updated point values for each group of pedestrians, I giggled with glee. When the first pedestrian gets murdered, I was howling. Maybe itвЂ™s just me, but I usually laugh at fucked up things. Instead of having one thing and driving it into the ground, Death Race 2000 has more prurient and trashy delights than you can digest in one viewing.Д«ut before I got sidetracked I was gonna talk about the over-the-top, dark comedy. You might think the gratuitous nudity during the pit stop scenes is more вЂњexciting,вЂќ and just the fact that there could be that argument shows that low-budget films of the 1970s are a far cut above the genreвЂ™s current offerings. The two major components to Death Race 2000вЂs continued success are the comedy and the car chase scenes.

DEATH RACE 2000 FILM 1975 TV

The race is all televised for the publicвЂ™s enjoyment, much like reality TV is now, so thereвЂ™s a heavy dose of effective satire and still-relevant social commentary going on as well. ThatвЂ™s as much as you need to know going into it anyway. HeвЂ™s racing against four other cars to get to New L.A., hitting as many pedestrians along the way as they can, racking up extra points for babies and the elderly. ItвЂ™s a fine line, but it makes a world of difference.ДЄnyway, the plot is super simple: Frankenstein (David Carradine) is the most badass racer in the US, augmented by replacement, artificial limbs, and sporting a dope, skin-tight black leather suit and a super-cool car that looks like a monster. Instead, Death Race 2000 is a dystopian version of the future by way of Wacky Races, where American spectators rally around a show that glorifies vehicular violence.

DEATH RACE 2000 FILM 1975 DRIVERS

WeвЂ™re introduced to all the crazy drivers and their wacky cars, and instantly I realized that this was not the dystopian version of the future I had expected, where American spectators rallied around a show that glorified vehicular violence. There are moments here and there that donвЂ™t hold up as well as they wouldвЂ™ve nearly 40 years ago, but thatвЂ™s OK Death Race 2000 more than makes up for it with heaped-on excess and wonderful satire.Дeath Race 2000 doesnвЂ™t really concern itself with setting up the world, and weвЂ™re dropped right into the raceвЂ™s opening ceremonies as the film opens. ItвЂ™s one of the most famous low-budget movies of the вЂ™70s! Of course IвЂ™m excited!Дo you have a buxom beauty of a navigator sitting by your side as you read this review? No? Well, then youвЂ™re doing it wrong! ThatвЂ™s the only way to successfully make your way through the Annual Transcontinental Death Race! Death Race 2000 is a movie that defies all expectations and delivers pretty much non-stop fun throughout.

Starring David Carradine, Simone Griffeth, Sylvester Stallone, Mary Woronov, Roberta Collins, Martin Kove, Louisa Moritz, Don Steele, Joyce Jameson, Carle Bensen, Sandy McCallumД®xpectations: High.

Death race 2000 film 1975