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Summary: Very enjoyable!
Review: Fast cars, cartoonish violence, babes, wicked satire, David Carradine being somebody else besides Kung Fu Grasshopper, Sylvester Stallone when he was funny...heck, what more could you ask for? Admit it--we've all thought about running people over with our cars. That guy in the wheelchair? Heck--why not get points for it? And on TV, even! That's the plot of this movie. Yeah, it's corny all right. And it is _funny._
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Summary: THE REAL DON STEELE A LEGEND
Review: FROM THE FIRST TIME I SAW THIS MOVIE(75) IWAS 5 YEARS OLD AND IT STILL IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE FILMS TO DATE. carradine as frankenstein, sly as joe paturbo and the real don steele as junior perhaps the greatest death by car scenes bar none. roger corman is a genius.
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Summary: Awesome
Review: Hey, what more can I add that hasn't already been said? When this first came out in lurid color on the Big Screen I loved it. And I love it today after watching it a hundred times. Carnivorous cars driven by caracature cowgals and gangsters, nazis with names like "Mathilda the Hun" and "Herman the German", and a mysterious champion named Frankenstein whose oft-rebuilt face is always masked, not to mention the Resistance, the French Air Force, and all the other "dear friends". Just don't get to like any of them too much. If you've never seen this sick, hilarious parody, get it now. Mr. President will love you for it.
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Summary: If you like cheap movies you'll love this one
Review: Hilariousy Ba
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Summary: Excellent bad-acting, fast cars and hit'n runs.
Review: I beg you all to watch this film. It never fails with the ladies or to surprise your nerdy friends at how cool you really are. This film has the best of everything you ever wanted to see in an action movie. Mr.Carradine gives a stellar performance as always while Sly Stallone looking a tad tubby still delivers. You can't help but fall in love with the cars and babes...enjoy! Sincerely Ahmet Zappa
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Summary: One of Stallone's worst movies ever made
Review: I decided to watch this movie, because I happen to be a fan of Stallone, but this movie was poorly directed, and poorly made. Stallone did a great job acting in it, and the plot was, a little sketchy. It was sort of unclear and hard to follow. It was a good idea to make a movie that had this kind of popular sport in it, but like I said, the acting and casting was ok, but the directing, and the plot made this movie plunge into the dark pits of wrath. I only recommend this movie for Sylvester Stallone fans who have the extra time and patience to sit and see Stallone act.
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Summary: Fun to watch and a damn good car race
Review: I first watched thisd movie 12 years ago and I still enjoy it because it is not a hard hitting, knock you on your butt sci fi film. But what it is a good sci fi film that does getting the brain going but it also has a pretty damn good car race that runs throughout the film. Well worth buying.
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Summary: This was one of the first of its kind!
Review: I have great memories of this one! In a warped way, today's drivers seem to do this type of racing...(road rage, manic, drunk, etc).I recommend it to all interested. Not highly, due to the bad acting and such. The ending (winners) are a surprise too!
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Summary: If my Auto Insurance Agent only knew!
Review: I loved this movie, actually caught it at a drive-in theater back in 1975, not that long after getting my drivers license. David Carradine, fresh from the cancelled Kung Fu television series, played Frankenstein, a master driver, rumored to be half cyborg. This movies motivation was all about the anti-establishment, post Vietnam War era, and reflected the prevailing attitudes against US Imperialism. Seems a little ironic it takes place in 2000, with our return to that sort of attitude in government today. In about 1978, just before the launch of the video game Space Invaders, the most popular arcade game in America was Death Race. You chased little stick figures (they called them gremlins... but you know :) ) with a car, and ran them down. They squealed, turned into crosses, (tombstones that is) you would hit reverse, and keep driving. At the end of the game, your score was the number killed. The moms of America were outraged at the game, and later a version was modified, (They renamed it Demolition Derby) you were chasing cars, which then turned into wrecks. In a nutshell, the original game is the plot of the movie Death Race 2000. The movie is about a national sporting event, apparently to show that life is cheap, and only the meanest SOB wins. Racers get varied degrees of points, for mowing down pedestrians in a cross-country, racing event. A pre-Rocky Sly Stallone plays the main competition for Frankie. Carradine handles the role with just the right amount of campy acting, and without going too far overboard. While some of this stuff plays like an episode of the Road Runner, they never lose the spirit of the film, so it comes off well. Believe it or not, some of the race itself is very exciting. For a low budget film that was probably made in a week or two, the action sequences were well thought out. The politics may be a little preaching at times in the film, but don't really get in the way of the fun. My five star rating, does not mean I think this is on par with past Oscar winners. What it means is, that for this type of low budget, camp movie, I consider it a classic along the lines of Motel Hell, Little Shop of Horrors, Harold and Maude, and Easy Rider.
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Summary: Fun to watch
Review: I loved this movie, it was one of those great bad movies like Army of Darkness.
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