 | Cheesy Fun.
rating: 3
Not as good as I remember form my childhood,(back then running over people to score points was considered controversial). Still lots of fun though. Check out Sly on the cover art. That silly grin should prepare you for the inane( but funny) premise of this film. Vehicular high-jinks aplenty!!!
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Wow...
rating: 5
When I was a kid and saw this film I thought that it was the greatest...Wow have things changed! Bad acting, terrible movie plot but still hysterically FUNNY!
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'Death Race 2000' is a winner!
rating: 4
Lookin' to add a little something to my already-overflowing collection of cult/cheeseball/trash cinema classics, 'Death Race 2000' appeared to be a promising "keeper" for my video shelf. Fortunately it didn't disappoint-- there's plenty of over-the-top antics, hilariously dark humor, and one of the most poorly-done fistfights between the film's two most notable stars, Sylvester Stallone and David Carradine. I tell ya, if ever there was a scene that coulda' used a little bit more of the fight choreography that Stallone used in the "Rocky" flicks, his dust-up with the future star of "Kung Fu" really needed it! Also notable is Sly's acting range, which is almost as broad as that of Carradine's-- which is to say it ain't that broad, really.
Alongside the silliness is the premise of the racers running over pedestrians to score points in this transcontinental confrontation, a sporting event that's used as a tool by the dystopic United Provinces of America to distract the citizenry from what their government is doing to them. Throw in a little intrigue by the rebel forces out to sabotage the race, and a highly unflattering take on overly-cheerful newscasters & sports announcers, and you've got a very satirical "message movie" with violence that's so over-the-top, you'd swear it was something outta the mind of Paul Verhoeven! 'Course, seeing as how I enjoyed such Verhoeven-helmed future-based fare as 'Starship Troopers', 'RoboCop', and 'Total Recall', it's no surprise that I highly enjoyed 'Death Race 2000' as well. Which makes me wonder what a re-make of this movie under the direction of cinema's maddest Dutchman would be like. Hey, a guy can dream, right? And it'd be a perfect vehicle (so to speak) for the guy to get out of the box-office-bomb rut he's been in since 'Showgirls'...
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