Death Race 2000

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Death Race 2000

R,

1975,

1h 18m,

Action/

Comedy

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63%

25,000+ Ratings

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In the year 2000, America is a totalitarian regime on the brink of collapse. The most popular sport in this dystopia is the Transcontinental Road Race, where teams earn points for logging the fastest time and for mowing over the most innocent pedestrians in the process. This year's competitors include Frankenstein (David Carradine), who is rumored to be more machine than man, and the tough-as-nails "Machine Gun" Joe Viterbo (Sylvester Stallone). Some have a plan to stop the race.

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Critics Consensus

Death Race 2000 is an unabashedly cheap, deliriously fun B-movie that revels in its first-rate racing sequences, vividly grotesque characters, and comic-strip absurdity.

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David Robinson

The Times (UK)

Dec 22, 2025

Death Race 2000 was frankly aimed as a rip-off of Rollerball, but it has a number of advantages over the original. It never takes its pretensions or its future projections too seriously.

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

Dec 22, 2025

The picture zips along, and there's a flip craziness about it -- it's an ideal drive-in movie.

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Sight & Sound Staff

Sight & Sound

Dec 22, 2025

A fast-moving offshoot of Rollerball, much more entertaining than its predecessor, mainly motored by a gallery of grotesque characters and a high-spirited enjoyment of its own absurdities, rendered in a black comedy comic-strip form.

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Charles Brock

Florida Times-Union

Feb 4, 2026

The action is fast and furious, even if the premise is a little spooky.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Dec 30, 2025

3/4

Impossible to defend but easy to enjoy.

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Dilys Powell

Sunday Times (UK)

Dec 22, 2025

Death Race 2000 isn't boring... but the style has a mixture of irony and flatness which as it were detaches the spectator.

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Jan 31, 2019

The best thrilling movie ever made!

Finn P

Jan 17, 2019

It must be some sort of film watchers blasphemy having seen the Statham reboot before having watched this one. I have no excuses, this just never made its way on my pile before. Until now! I must say it delivered in a lot of ways, while also being a bit of a fun mess. I have to admit that I really enjoy the dedication to camp and style that the old cult movies have. As I watch a plethora of bad movies, cult movies, and new and unknown films, I find myself enjoying the films that at least stay with their premise. Films that know they are weird and off-putting, yet stay the course. It's what makes a memorable film even if it's a cult classic b-movie. Death Race 2000 grabs a hold of its world and squeezes the weird juice from it. Didn't need a high budget to be entertaining, didn't need to make sense to be entertaining. It just made me believe in its Schtick and had me go along for the ride. Something that seems to be missing in newer indie films for the most part. I know this really wasn't a review of Death Race 2000 more than me wondering why we don't see movies like this anymore. Even though we live in a world of streaming sites that buy anything. Still, you've probably seen or talked about this before and as always I find myself late to the game. Death Race is fun and should be watched even for its flaws and dated everything.

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Finn W

Oct 15, 2018

I have watched already few times using boxxy software. great movie. brings back some memories

Luke S

Sep 27, 2018

I love Death Race 2000 on paper, but I find myself talking about the premise more than the actual movie.

Rey S

Mar 10, 2018

Death Race 2000 is cheesy, gory, over-the top, and not subtle in any way - and that's exactly why it's so great. David Carradine is fantastic as Frankenstein, and the effects are awesome.

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George R

Jan 20, 2018

It has every thing for a Corman produce. It's one of those "so cheap there good" type films, full of low budget car chases and crashes, terrible dialogue, extremely dull acting and awful blood effects. It's a silly film, for sure, but it's entertaining and it's fun to see young Sylvester Stallone act in this one. Recommended!!

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Synopsis

In the year 2000, America is a totalitarian regime on the brink of collapse. The most popular sport in this dystopia is the Transcontinental Road Race, where teams earn points for logging the fastest time and for mowing over the most innocent pedestrians in the process. This year's competitors include Frankenstein (David Carradine), who is rumored to be more machine than man, and the tough-as-nails "Machine Gun" Joe Viterbo (Sylvester Stallone). Some have a plan to stop the race.

Director: Paul Bartel
Producer: Roger Corman
Screenwriter: Robert Thom, Charles B. Griffith
Production Co: New World Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Action, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 30, 1975, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2017
Runtime: 1h 18m

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