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      Death Race 2000

      R Released Apr 30, 1975 1h 18m Action Comedy List
      82% Tomatometer 39 Reviews 63% Audience Score 25,000+ Ratings In the year 2000, America is a totalitarian regime on the brink of collapse. The most popular sport in this dystopia is the Transcontinental Road Race, where teams earn points for logging the fastest time and for mowing over the most innocent pedestrians in the process. This year's competitors include Frankenstein (David Carradine), who is rumored to be more machine than man, and the tough-as-nails "Machine Gun" Joe Viterbo (Sylvester Stallone). Some have a plan to stop the race. Read More Read Less

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      Death Race 2000 is a fun, campy classic, drawing genuine thrills from its mindless ultra-violence.

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      Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times I was torn between walking out immediately and staying to witness a spectacle more dismaying than anything on the screen: the way small children were digging gratuitous bloodshed. Rated: 0/4 Apr 29, 2018 Full Review Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly Behold the power of cheese! Rated: B- Jun 17, 2010 Full Review Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness The conception and execution are top-notch low-budget trash. Rated: B+ Aug 25, 2008 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies Director Paul Bartel squeezes all he can out of the film’s modest budget, putting together some thrilling race sequences and visualizing a dystopian future that admittedly looks cheap at times but also shows insightful imagination. Rated: 3.5/5 May 28, 2024 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Impossible to defend but easy to enjoy. Rated: 3/4 Jun 17, 2023 Full Review James Berardinelli ReelViews Could it be argued that the movie is "so bad that it's good"? I suppose, especially if you're a connoisseur of cinematic guano. For me, Death Race is merely bad. Rated: 1/4 Mar 1, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Nothing wrong about it as far as I’m concerned! 92% Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/20/24 Full Review Roger B Absolutely classic. Cuts through all the modern nuances and delivers on every level although basic in storyline. If it was architectural it would be brutalist. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/23/23 Full Review James N Would make a good cinephobe episode if it was eligible buts it's a phobe for me. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/21/23 Full Review Anthony C On balance, better than Oppenheimer. Although ridiculous in much of its content, the film is quite predictive of far-right populism (Trump), rise of feminine opposition (Hilary Clinton), economic crash (2008/9), cult of violence (cage fighting?), insane TV coverage (Fox News?), casual sexualisation and nudity (Love Island) and so on. A worryingly inaccurate yet accurate portrayal of the present. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/18/23 Full Review Leaburn This film was average 🤏 Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/11/23 Full Review Bidon d How come I never see this movie before. Excellent , stallone not good though Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/06/22 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis In the year 2000, America is a totalitarian regime on the brink of collapse. The most popular sport in this dystopia is the Transcontinental Road Race, where teams earn points for logging the fastest time and for mowing over the most innocent pedestrians in the process. This year's competitors include Frankenstein (David Carradine), who is rumored to be more machine than man, and the tough-as-nails "Machine Gun" Joe Viterbo (Sylvester Stallone). Some have a plan to stop the race.
      Director
      Paul Bartel
      Producer
      Roger Corman
      Screenwriter
      Robert Thom, Charles B. Griffith
      Production Co
      New World Pictures
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Action, Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Apr 30, 1975, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 23, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 18m
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