Death Race 2000
“In the year 2000, hit and run driving is no longer a felony. It's the national sport!”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 69, rated by 1 admin.
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America's favourite race awards points for running people over, and the drivers have dressed to match their terrible personalities. This deliberate satire turns sports coverage into a lethal carnival. Short, vicious and cheerfully outrageous, it gives the viewing party plenty to argue about between crashes.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 7/10
- Plot
- 8.5/10
- Effects
- 3.5/10
- Dialogue
- 7/10
- Rewatchability
- 8.5/10
“The scoring system has made crossing the road extremely political.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 69
Synopsis and movie facts
In a boorish future, the government sponsors a popular, but bloody, cross-country race in which points are scored by mowing down pedestrians. Five teams, each comprised of a male and female, compete using cars equipped with deadly weapons. Frankenstein, the mysterious returning champion, has become America's hero, but this time he has a passenger from the underground resistance.
- Released
- 1975
- Directed by
- Paul Bartel
- Running time
- 80 min
Starring
- David Carradine as Frankenstein
- Simone Griffeth as Annie Smith
- Sylvester Stallone as Machine Gun Joe Viterbo
- Mary Woronov as Calamity Jane
- Roberta Collins as Matilda the Hun
- Martin Kove as Nero the Hero
- Louisa Moritz as Myra
- Don Steele as Junior Bruce
Research behind this pick
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- Film reference · themoviedb.org
TMDB identity and credits retrieved on 2026-11-10: Death Race 2000 (1975), directed by Paul Bartel. The importer rechecks identity, poster, synopsis, release date, runtime, genres and cast against live metadata.
- Review · badmovies.org
The reviewer calls the race fun to watch and highlights the violent driver personas, resistance plot and satirical broadcast dialogue. Full review text retained from earlier catalogue research and consulted again on 2026-11-10; no claim of a fresh page download.
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