"Death Race 2000" (1975), Dir: Paul Bartel
$300,000 in Budget vs. $5 Million in Gross
Whoever thought that Death Race 2000 would make for a good franchise of serious action movies obviously never saw the original, and they missed out. Watching Death Race 2000 in all its B-movie glory, what you essentially have is David Carradine in a gimp suit, Sylvester Stallone so high on coke that you can't understand a word he is saying, and a whole bunch of ridiculous-looking cars trying to rundown innocent people to score points. Question is, what more could you want?? A sardonic sports film with cheesy production values, ludicrous violence, and silly social commentary, Death Race 2000 is a milestone in the exploitation genre with howls of laughter never ceasing. Who would have thought that of Carradine and Stallone that Sly would come out the less sleazy at the end of his career, having started out as a porn actor? Probably the gem of the Roger Corman collection, Death Race 2000 is the perfect bad movie to get drunk to and watch with your friends. It's a fiesta of bad taste that was never meant to be taken seriously.
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