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Death Race 2000 Review Page 2



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Part II: For the Patriotic
Part III: For the Misanthrope
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Highway racing have evolved. In the future, you get points for hitting people on the highway. Here's the race announcer explaining how many points racers get for hitting women:


Looking at this guy, you're actually relieved that the points he's alotting are only for killing the women.

While we're on the topic of uncomfortable things, (warning, NSFW image below) here's how race car drivers are interviewed on TV in the future:


There's no joke attached, just thought you'd find that interesting.

But on to the plot! The race, being brutal, has been targeted by anti-violence protesters. Setting out to stop the race, the protesters decide to oppose violence by blowing up all the race cars and killing all the drivers.

The protesters' first target is none other than the Sensei of the Cobra Kai dojos, Martin Kove. He plays Emperor Nero, despot and standard gear driver:

The protest rebels lure Kove with baby bait.


Everything about this picture is awesome.

The dynamite blows up Nero and his navigator, which means that peace wins. Here are the peace rebels who do the demolitions:


More children should blow up race cars, I always thought.

Why is he dressed as a woman just to hide behind a tree? F*cking peace hippies.

David Carradine seems unconcerned that hippies want to kill him, and his navigator wants to know why. (Warning: Spoiler!) So then Carradine reveals that he must win the race at all costs, because only the winner can shake the President's hand and end these barbaric races forever. How does he plan to end them? With a cybernetically enhanced hand!


Click here to see a joke they've been waiting to pull for years.
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There's a lot more to the movie, but the point is, this has slightly fewer murders by little babies and children than a remake of a Japanese horror film, so it's good in our book. As for the extras, they've got some interesting parts for psychiatrists to use against the filmmakers in court. Here's one of the actors explaining the film's themes:


Click here to see how they can sleep at night.
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You see her naked in the film, which makes this image kind of upsetting. In any case, here's a picture of Stallone ramming that guy in the crotch with his car knife again.


Perhaps it'd be NSFW, if it were actually violent. Fortunately, it's not.

If you like your hippies with a bit more punch, your ballroom dancing with more leather torture masks, and your NASCAR with a bit more Sylvester Stallone without any Driven, buy this movie. That's who it's for.



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