Meanwhile, a posse of militant grassroots activists is trying to bring down Mr President’s regime by bumping off the racers.The cars were created by a team led by legendary builder Dick Dean, and included Dean Jeffries.As you may have already gathered, a black sense of humour, a strong stomach and an ability to suspend disbelief will come in handy when viewing Death Race 2000. He drives ‘The Monster’, an alligator-themed ’68 Vee-Dub with a modified Corvette body, powered by a flat-six Corvair.Frankenstein’s arch-rival, ‘Machine Gun’ Joe Viterbo – played by Sly Stallone, who gives an hilarious performance as the perennial runner-up – runs a black rod with a machete on the bonnet and mounted machine guns.Matilda the Hun is a Nazi who commandeers ‘The Buzz Bomb’, a Karmann Ghia shaped like a V-1 bomb cowgirl Calamity Jane’s ride is fitted with bull’s horns while the toga-wearing Nero the Hero drives ‘The Lion’, a cat-shaped Fiat 850 Spider.They all hop in their buggies and start mowing ’em down, stopping at various checkpoints so the filmmakers can squeeze in a few gratuitous sexual interludes. Supposedly part-human and part-machine, rebuilt after numerous prangs, he wears an S&M mask to hide his disfigurement. Mysterious hero Frankenstein (David Carradine) is the government’s champion and a national icon.
Death Race 2000 Points Full Of Cheap
This piece of B-movie history cost just US$20K. Sounds like a positive review to us! CARS:A bunch of kooked-out VW kit cars, most notably ‘The Monster,’ a modified Shala-Vette COOL FLICK FACT:In 2011, ‘The Monster’ popped up for sale at Volo Auto Museum, Illinois. Uppity film scribe Roger Ebert gave it zero stars, calling it “unnecessarily gratuitous in both nudity and violence”. But as a camp classic full of cheap thrills and mindless carnage, it’s a winner.
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