Finally, Carle Bensen plays Harold, an obvious parody of Howard Cosell, right down to the monotone laughter that brings me to fits.

Select from 61 premium Death Race 2000 of the highest quality. What matters about Death Race 2000 is the awesome concept of a brutal sports race, the excellent performance from the most prominent antagonist, and absolutely sparkling black humour. Find the perfect Death Race 2000 stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. Joyce Jameson plays sideline girl Grace Pander, in a breathy, sultry performance. The scenery shots are generally quite empty. As strong as the cast is in relation to the film’s quality, it’s obviously still fairly weak in the. David Carradine and a yet unknown Sylvester Stallone lead a cast which includes lesser names but with familiar faces like Simone Griffeth, Mary Woronov, and Martin Kove. Bartel favorite Don Steele (also from Eating Raoul, notice a pattern?) plays Junior Bruce, the lead announcer and his voice and cadence are near impossible to get out of your head. Death Race 2000 has perhaps the best cast ever assembled for a B movie. Also of note is Bartel standby Mary Woronov ( Eating Raoul) as Calamity Jane, a rootin' tootin' cowgirl with a ton of sass.Īs fun as the contestants are, my personal favorites here are the announcing team that calls the race. He also gets some of the more gruesome kills during the race thanks to the giant knife that he has a hood ornament. Stallone is almost too great here, delivering some ridiculous dialogue and classic soundbites. His main rival, Machine Gun Joe Viterbo, is played by a young, unknown at the time, Sylvester Stallone. and Sylvester Stallone for starters) have made this movie into one of the definitive. Anyone over 75 years old are worth 100 points.įrankenstein, played with relish by David Carradine (Kill Bill), is the reigning champ and scores points early and often, being the fan favorite. Death Race 2000 is a 1975 action movie directed by Paul Bartel.

Women are worth 10 points more than men.Points are earned by taking out pedestrians with a heavily modified car. Be the first to make it across a decimated post-apocalyptic America with the most points and you're declared the champion. The rules of the Death Race are simple enough.

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