The bit where he ignores the senior citizen and takes out the hospital staff instead...priceless! 😂 Here's a fun fact. Mary Woronov who plays "Calimity Jane" Kelly in this movie also appeared early on Babylon 5 Season One as Ko'Dath the Narn aide attached to Ambassador G'Kar. Unfortunately she had a bad reaction to the extensive makeup and had to back out of the role. 😢
Every time I am at a traffic lights and someone walks across the road, I always mutter "Fifty Points !". This is where I got it from, classic movie. Cars that Ate Paris is another.
I love this movie. I saw it in the mid 90s at some point as a teenager. Definitely have seen it a bunch of times since. They actually had a Death Race 2000 arcade game based on the movie. I remember reading about it. Never saw it in an arcade, though.
The Carmageddon games were HEAVILY inspired by this move. You can win a race by hitting all the checkpoints and finishing the laps first OR being the last surviving vehicle OR you can win by default if you manage to kill every single pedestrian on the map. There are also vehicles pretty much lifted straight from the movie with others taking the theme and running with it.
The 70's, maybe lacking in "modern" SFX, but for ideas and concepts for movies almost an unequalled decade. BSG, Capricorn One, Rollerball, Parallax View, Soylent Green, etc etc
@@RKnights I attend or work three to four sci-fi comic cons a year I'd love to take Alligator to the con and park it by the replica Mach fives and Road Warrior interceptors.
Guys, howdy! 🤠 Good! There are remakes and/or sequels to be seen! Someone took the term "Blood Drive" and punned it as the title for a "SyFy" series in which someone invented automobile motors/engines that use blood as a fuel source! 😮 Hence the title! 😂
That show was so insane that I couldn't believe what I was seeing when it aired. Sadly it never got a second season. Back when SyFy tried to do interesting things.
The the Jason Statham reboots does not hold a candle to this, as the original is brilliant satire and his versions just had some comedy. Roger Corman did a follow up movie a few years back with that is incredibly funny, though with much less impressive cars and no budget at all,
Corman produced DEATH RACE 2000 to rip off/cash in on the major studio release ROLLERBALL, but in my humble opinion DEATH RACE 2000 is by far the superior film (it was directed by Paul Bartel, who also appears in the film as Frankenstein's surgeon). The Jason Statham reboot - and the sequel and two prequels it spawned - are just meat-headed action movies in comparison (not that there's anything wrong with meat-headed action flicks). The Asylum made DEATH RACERS to cash in on the Statham film, and while it's not a 'good' movie, it at least attempts to capture the satire of Bartel's movie. I consider Corman's own sequel/remake/reboot/whatever DEATH RACE 2050 to be a worthy follow up to the original.
"Why is this not a board game?" Published in 1980 Steve Jackson's Car Wars captures the feel of driving combat cars in a no rules race, either cross country or in arenas. They recently updated and released a new version.
David Carradine as Frankenstein was bad ass I remember watching this at the drive-in it was Carradine’s first movie after his Kung Fu tv series which you should review. Love your reactions.
4:19 Mark! Oh, so you missed out on "Kung Fu" and "Kung Fu: The Next Generation" unless the "Next" should be "New"? 🤔 Kenny Rogers has a song called "The Gambler" that eventually got used as the basis for a series of made-for-television movies. They served as a crossover hub for the old television Western series, one of which was "Kung Fu"! Burt Reyinolds made a series of theatrical movies about "The Cannonball Run" and David Carradine may be in at least one, made before or after "Death Race 2000"? 🤔 There was a rival movie called "The Gumball Rally"! 😂 Those comedy movies probably inspired this movie. 🤔 David plays a Navy man in "Gray Lady Down" I think? 🤔 There's more than one submarine movie! "The Neptune Odyssey" comes to mind as well. 🤔 He's in one of them? Unless it is "Raise the Titanic"? 🤔
After DEATH RACE 2000, David Carradine starred in the cross-country road race movie CANNONBALL (aka CARQUAKE), which despite the similar title was not part of the CANNONBALL RUN franchise.
20:47 Mark! "Cheesey"? Okay, Ray! Maybe you will be the one to finally answer my question?! When something is made of cheese or from cheese or covered in it, I know what it means in the literal context. But in the context that you just used it, why did you use it that way? 🤔 And how different is it from "campy"? 🤔 "Google" gives unsatisfactory answers. 😮
Frankenstein's car is a roadster inspired Corvette. Since they have fiberglass bodies, its no wonder he was in the lead. And suffered such extreme injuries from crashes. Lol 😆 Roger Corman was executive producer on the newer Death Race movies. So yes there is a connection to the original IP at least in the basic premise. 😂 David Carradine also starred in Roger Corman's Deathsport (1978). Also starring playboy playmate Claudia Jennings. Similar to Death Race but with motorcycles instead. 😂 After driving through that fake tunnel...she should have bought a squirrel. (Rat Race reference).
Ray, I'm getting the biggest kick out of watching you react to this. I was going to recommend this a long time ago but it's just so damn cheesy, I thought you'd make fun of me and my taste in movies. I see now that I could not have been more wrong. Thanks for the laughs, I needed that.
The remakes were good, but pale in comparison to the fantastic Death Race 2000! This movie gave me a crush on the beautiful Mary Woronov! This movie brings a new meaning to Hand Grenade!
This is a Roger Corman film, he made films cheap and fast, he famously had no patience for artistry, he was in film making to make money, and... there's nothing wrong with that. Fun Fact! Sylvester Stallone, who has always been a writer first and actor second, rewrote the script to fix his character's dialog. He also does most of his own vehicle stunt work in this movie because Corman was too cheap to keep the stunt people on staff for one second longer than it took them to perform the more dangerous work.
I have loved this movie since 1980 when I was 12 years old and my older brother introduced it to me. The remake is OK for what it is, but there is no beating this movie in my opinion.😂
THere's a bunch of really grim jokes in this one. :D Looking forward to your reaction on the crotch-wheelie. :D And yes, you're right, this COULD be out of Heavy Metal! Now THAt was some cool weird stuff!
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The bit where he ignores the senior citizen and takes out the hospital staff instead...priceless! 😂
Here's a fun fact. Mary Woronov who plays "Calimity Jane" Kelly in this movie also appeared early on Babylon 5 Season One as Ko'Dath the Narn aide attached to Ambassador G'Kar. Unfortunately she had a bad reaction to the extensive makeup and had to back out of the role. 😢
So good
This movie gave me a crush on Mary Woronov!
Every time I am at a traffic lights and someone walks across the road, I always mutter "Fifty Points !". This is where I got it from, classic movie.
Cars that Ate Paris is another.
I still do it too
I love this movie. I saw it in the mid 90s at some point as a teenager. Definitely have seen it a bunch of times since. They actually had a Death Race 2000 arcade game based on the movie. I remember reading about it. Never saw it in an arcade, though.
The Carmageddon games were HEAVILY inspired by this move. You can win a race by hitting all the checkpoints and finishing the laps first OR being the last surviving vehicle OR you can win by default if you manage to kill every single pedestrian on the map. There are also vehicles pretty much lifted straight from the movie with others taking the theme and running with it.
Video games?
@@RKnights Yes. 4 of them in total now. all 4 are on steam.
The 70's, maybe lacking in "modern" SFX, but for ideas and concepts for movies almost an unequalled decade. BSG, Capricorn One, Rollerball, Parallax View, Soylent Green, etc etc
70s might be the best decade for film and tv
Rollerball is so good
The surviving Frankensteins Alligator car and the cows hyde Bullcar with horns still exist.
That is great to hear
@@RKnights I attend or work three to four sci-fi comic cons a year I'd love to take Alligator to the con and park it by the replica Mach fives and Road Warrior interceptors.
1:11 Mark! The arcade video game "Spy Hunter"! 😊
Guys, howdy! 🤠 Good! There are remakes and/or sequels to be seen! Someone took the term "Blood Drive" and punned it as the title for a "SyFy" series in which someone invented automobile motors/engines that use blood as a fuel source! 😮 Hence the title! 😂
Thanks for that
That show was so insane that I couldn't believe what I was seeing when it aired. Sadly it never got a second season. Back when SyFy tried to do interesting things.
The the Jason Statham reboots does not hold a candle to this, as the original is brilliant satire and his versions just had some comedy. Roger Corman did a follow up movie a few years back with that is incredibly funny, though with much less impressive cars and no budget at all,
I saw the first reboot and it was ok. This is a masterpiece
Corman produced DEATH RACE 2000 to rip off/cash in on the major studio release ROLLERBALL, but in my humble opinion DEATH RACE 2000 is by far the superior film (it was directed by Paul Bartel, who also appears in the film as Frankenstein's surgeon). The Jason Statham reboot - and the sequel and two prequels it spawned - are just meat-headed action movies in comparison (not that there's anything wrong with meat-headed action flicks). The Asylum made DEATH RACERS to cash in on the Statham film, and while it's not a 'good' movie, it at least attempts to capture the satire of Bartel's movie. I consider Corman's own sequel/remake/reboot/whatever DEATH RACE 2050 to be a worthy follow up to the original.
"Why is this not a board game?"
Published in 1980 Steve Jackson's Car Wars captures the feel of driving combat cars in a no rules race, either cross country or in arenas. They recently updated and released a new version.
David Carradine as Frankenstein was bad ass I remember watching this at the drive-in it was Carradine’s first movie after his Kung Fu tv series which you should review. Love your reactions.
This movie was 100 percent bad ass
4:19 Mark! Oh, so you missed out on "Kung Fu" and "Kung Fu: The Next Generation" unless the "Next" should be "New"? 🤔
Kenny Rogers has a song called "The Gambler" that eventually got used as the basis for a series of made-for-television movies. They served as a crossover hub for the old television Western series, one of which was "Kung Fu"!
Burt Reyinolds made a series of theatrical movies about "The Cannonball Run" and David Carradine may be in at least one, made before or after "Death Race 2000"? 🤔
There was a rival movie called "The Gumball Rally"! 😂
Those comedy movies probably inspired this movie. 🤔
David plays a Navy man in "Gray Lady Down" I think? 🤔 There's more than one submarine movie! "The Neptune Odyssey" comes to mind as well. 🤔 He's in one of them? Unless it is "Raise the Titanic"? 🤔
After DEATH RACE 2000, David Carradine starred in the cross-country road race movie CANNONBALL (aka CARQUAKE), which despite the similar title was not part of the CANNONBALL RUN franchise.
This is my go to movie when I don't feel well. Thanks for diving into my childhood
This movie reminds me of the late 60's cartoon series the wacky races.
20:47 Mark! "Cheesey"? Okay, Ray! Maybe you will be the one to finally answer my question?! When something is made of cheese or from cheese or covered in it, I know what it means in the literal context. But in the context that you just used it, why did you use it that way? 🤔 And how different is it from "campy"? 🤔
"Google" gives unsatisfactory answers. 😮
I believe cheesey is the same as campy. I grew up using cheesey alot more than campy
Frankenstein's car is a roadster inspired Corvette. Since they have fiberglass bodies, its no wonder he was in the lead. And suffered such extreme injuries from crashes. Lol 😆
Roger Corman was executive producer on the newer Death Race movies. So yes there is a connection to the original IP at least in the basic premise. 😂
David Carradine also starred in Roger Corman's Deathsport (1978). Also starring playboy playmate Claudia Jennings. Similar to Death Race but with motorcycles instead. 😂
After driving through that fake tunnel...she should have bought a squirrel. (Rat Race reference).
This movie has my favorite airplane ever invented. The Rutan Variviggen is the closest thing to an F16 most mortal men will ever know.
The modern movie ratings system started in 1968. 😮
Ray, I'm getting the biggest kick out of watching you react to this. I was going to recommend this a long time ago but it's just so damn cheesy, I thought you'd make fun of me and my taste in movies. I see now that I could not have been more wrong. Thanks for the laughs, I needed that.
Did you guys notice "Gopher" from The Love Boat? "Blitzkrieg!"
The remakes were good, but pale in comparison to the fantastic Death Race 2000!
This movie gave me a crush on the beautiful Mary Woronov!
This movie brings a new meaning to Hand Grenade!
It sure does lol 🤣🤣🤣
This is a Roger Corman film, he made films cheap and fast, he famously had no patience for artistry, he was in film making to make money, and... there's nothing wrong with that.
Fun Fact! Sylvester Stallone, who has always been a writer first and actor second, rewrote the script to fix his character's dialog. He also does most of his own vehicle stunt work in this movie because Corman was too cheap to keep the stunt people on staff for one second longer than it took them to perform the more dangerous work.
I have loved this movie since 1980 when I was 12 years old and my older brother introduced it to me. The remake is OK for what it is, but there is no beating this movie in my opinion.😂
Roger Corman would have made a great gladiator agent in ancient Rome.
Both versions of this movie are in my collection.
Stallone is hilarious.
You lactose intolerant viewers will appreciate the reboot. It's totally cheese free.
..and now for the gratuitous nudity...
THere's a bunch of really grim jokes in this one. :D Looking forward to your reaction on the crotch-wheelie. :D
And yes, you're right, this COULD be out of Heavy Metal! Now THAt was some cool weird stuff!
😂 I still have my DVD
Carradine died from auto erotic strangulation. Better he died making this movie.