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Actors: John Carradine, Sylvester Stallone, Mary Woronov
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Death Race 2000
This movie shows a race where the object is to run over as many people as possible.
--a, Resident Scholar

A typical high-quality, low-budget Roger Corman film. It is about a race where the object is not only to finish first but to score the most points as well. The catch is that the way to score points is to run down pedestrians. The very old and very young are worth the most points. The race was created as a form of population control. The time of the film is a repressive society in the near future and this race has become the national event replacing the Super Bowl. John Carradine stars as the race's defending champion, Frankenstein. A pre-Rocky Sylvester Stallone is another of the competitors. The whole film is VERY campy as the racers are different characters that even pro-wrestling would turn down. But this year's race is different, some freedom fighters have put a spy in as Frankenstein's navigator to recruit him or kill him.
--Preston, Resident Scholar



Analysis of Death Race 2000
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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 75%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 15%



**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
Repressive Society Yes
Repression: - kills without good reason
Game where people get killed? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - killer
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric: Yes
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/medium straight
Body type - very skinny (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - cynical
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique - healthy but a geeky weakling

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - blonde
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type - ample chest & buttocks (female)
Unclothed? - buttocks and chest
How much in movie? - 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male - a fight for survival
Age: - 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 90%-100%
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Body type - muscular (man)
Ethnicity - White
Physical condition - very athletic
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant

Setting
Earth setting: - near future (later in 21st century) - Over controlled society
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Big cities? Yes
Kind of city - Dirty, crime-ridden (like NY)

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
Tone of movie - depressed/sad - funny
Comedy or somewhat funny movie? Yes
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - seeing breasts - seeing nude female butt - seeing nude male butt
Kinds of F/X - exploding vehicles - exploding bombs
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