her car is made to resemble a V-1 rocket and everything about her has a Nazi theme to it. Roberta Collins as Matilda the Hun – She drives a car called “The Buzz-Bomb” which is a modified VW Karmann-Ghia. Fittingly, his navigator is named Cleopatra. In fact the reason his car is designed to look like a lion is to represent the Lions eating the Christians in gladiatorial combat. Everything about him has a Roman theme to it. Martin Kove as Nero the Hero – He drives a car called “The Lion” which is a modified Fiat 850 Spider. I don’t know for certain but I would like to continue to believe this is the case and it would break my heart to have this spoiled by a wikipedia article. In fact I would like to think that Wacky Races was inspired by this movie. The fact that most of these racers/combatants have a specific theme to them makes it feel like a typical episode of Wacky Races but I’m willing to forgive that fact. A group of drives partake in a coast-to-coast, three day automobile race along public roads where points are scored not only for speed but for the number (and type) of innocent victims hit and killed by the drivers.įirst, let’s meet the racers in this epic event. Actually it’s called the Annual Transcontinental Road Race and it is depicted as a symbol of American values and the way of life. Yes there is a fascist police state but we never really get to see the details of it because the whole of this film is focused on the Death Race. Political parties have collapsed into a single Bipartisan Party and the entire USA is controlled by a cult figure simply called Mr.
We get a few glances at life in this future, the manipulation of the media and the lies told my the oppressive government. The things that make Death Race 2000 the most memorable are Bartel’s fun visual style, witty sense of humor and love of campy scenarios.ĭeath Race 2000 takes place in a dystopian future.
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Like Walter Hill’s WiP films that were produced by Corman there is very little Corman look to the movie and much more of the director’s own vision. Yeah, Roger Corman did produce this movie but it doesn’t quite feel like a Corman production – its not as cheap looking and is certainly much more fun. In fact it rather irked me when I watched the remake and it said “based upon Death Race 2000 produced by Roger Corman,” without a mention of Paul Bartel. Of all of his films though I like Death Race 2000 the best. In fact his early short film The Secret Cinema is basically an earlier version of the movie The Truman Show only it’s a quarter of the running time and a lot better at being a social satire. Private Parts is a great film, Eating Raoul is a splendid dark comedy and Lust in the Dust is just plain campy fun. I’ll put this as simply as I can… I FRIGGIN’ LOVE DEATH RACE 2000!!! In fact I really enjoy all the films that Paul Bartel’s directed.
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Stars: David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone, Simone Griffithĭystopia Month continues with a review for what is one of my all-time favorite movies.
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