Deathsport
“DeathSport isn't just a game. In the year 3000, it's the only way to survive!”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 62, rated by 1 admin.
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A future ruler forces a desert warrior into lethal motorcycle combat. Mystical heroics, rayguns and relentless engine noise turn the arena into a noisy bargain space opera without much need for space. A useful rental for viewers who consider another explosion a plot development.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 6/10
- Plot
- 7.5/10
- Effects
- 5.5/10
- Dialogue
- 5.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 6.5/10
“Ancient wisdom meets the exhaust pipe.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 62
Synopsis and movie facts
1,000 years into the future, after the Great Neutron Wars, the world is divided into desert wastelands and isolated city-states. Notorious 'Desert Ranger' Kaz is forced to fight in the DeathSport, dueling on futuristic motorcycle 'Death Machines'. With the help of renegade vixen Deneer, Kaz must face his past and fight to save himself and his people.
- Released
- 1978
- Directed by
- Allan Arkush
- Running time
- 82 min
Starring
- David Carradine as Kaz Oshay
- Claudia Jennings as Deneer
- Richard Lynch as Ankar Moor
- William Smithers as Doctor Karl
- Will Walker as Marcus Karl
- David McLean as Lord Zirpola
- Jesse Vint as Polna
- H.B. Haggerty as Jailer
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 28735.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review identifies the space-opera ingredients transplanted into a post-holocaust motorcycle adventure.
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