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Death Race 2000
A Cross Country Road Wreck!
A Cross Country Road Wreck!
Action, Comedy, Science Fiction - 1975
6.2
81%
58
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.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
80 min
Release date:
30 Apr 1975
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$300,000
Revenue:
$8,000,000
Awards:
N/A

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
In the end, it reveals itself to have nothing to say beyond the superficial about government or rebellion. And in the absence of such a statement, it becomes what it seems to have mocked -- a spectacle glorifying the car is an instrument of violence.
– ,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
fresh:
Overall the movie isn't as synchromeshed as it might be; the rivalry between champions Carradine and Stallone isn't very interesting, and some of the gags aren't sick or funny enough. But it's a great audience film.
– ,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
fresh:
Script, from an Ib Melchior story, makes its satirical points economically, and director Paul Bartel keeps the film moving quickly.
– ,
Variety,
28 Mar 2007
fresh:
The story, about a road race in the not-too-distant future for which the drivers are given points for running down pedestrians, becomes an elaborate and telling fantasy about our peculiar popular entertainments. Fine work carved from minimal materials.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
28 Mar 2007
fresh:
Behold the power of cheese!
– Chris Nashawaty,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Jun 2010
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