Death Race 2050

Plot synopsis:
The year is 2050. In the United Corporations of America, which is plagued by overpopulation and an unemployment rate of 99.993%, the Death Race provides both entertainment and population control. Spanning from Old New York to New Los Angeles, the current Death Race features reigning champion Frankenstein, genetically engineered athlete Jed Perfectus, hip hop sensation Minerva Jefferson, female cultist Tammy the Terrorist, and the self-driving car ABE. Each driver is assigned a proxy, a broadcaster who allows the audience to experience the race through virtual reality. Frankenstein is immediately put off by his proxy Annie Sullivan and ignores her attempts to interview him and her suggestions to let his opponents pass him.
As the drivers race through the East Coast, rebels led by former network producer Alexis Hamilton set traps throughout the sector. Tammy and Minerva form a fierce rivalry when they steal each other's cult followers for kills. After running into a rebel trap, ABE malfunctions, kills its proxy, and abandons the race to discover its purpose. At the first checkpoint, Hamilton orders Annie, who is revealed to be her spy, to kill Frankenstein. Her attempt to seduce him fails, as he cares for nothing but winning the race. Elsewhere, the Chairman explains that Frankenstein has become a liability due to his longevity, whereas Perfectus will encourage his devoted fans to die at his hand. On day two of the race, the drivers pass through the heartland of the country, known for its gun-wielding citizens. Minerva's proxy Chi Wapp is killed by a suicide bomber sent by Tammy. Frankenstein takes a shortcut on another tip, but his car gets stuck in a cornfield. As Annie wanders off, Frankenstein fends off against a group of resistance ninjas to score more points. Upon reaching the next checkpoint, Annie admits to being a rebel and attempts to recruit Frankenstein. Politically apathetic, Frankenstein curses both the rebels and the government, reiterating his desire only to win the race. At a bar, Minerva reveals to Annie that she is an educated intellectual who plays a stereotypical hip hop character to survive. Coming back to Frankenstein's room, Annie saves his life from Perfectus, who is jealous of Frankenstein's popularity and sex appeal. Meanwhile, it is discovered that Hamilton and the Chairman are working together behind the scenes.
On day three of the race, the government sets "approved" routes for the drivers to avoid resistance attacks. Annie helps Frankenstein shift gears due to his right arm being damaged in his fight with Perfectus. Minerva chases Tammy, but she falls off a cliff to avoid Tammy's suicidal proxy. Tammy gloats at Minerva's death before a returning ABE rams her against the wall and self-destructs. Frankenstein and Annie wipe out Hamilton and her rebels while Perfectus takes a secret route toward the finish line. Both cars jockey for position until Perfectus loses control of his car and crashes into the VR control booth. Before crossing the finish line, Frankenstein broadcasts a message to his fans, suggesting the Chairman himself is worth 1,000 points. After killing the Chairman, to the delight of the spectators, Frankenstein encourages them to leave their virtual reality behind and start their own Death Race. As the country erupts into violent chaos, Frankenstein and Annie watch from the distance, suggesting they should repopulate the country after the chaos dies down.

Tags: comedy, murder, cult, violence, insanity, absurd, psychedelic, satire, comic, revenge, sadist, sci-fi

Review:
the other death race sequels got it all wrong, the original was a cult B movie with a very dark sense of humor.
If you liked the original Death race 2000, you will love this movie.
Technology has caused self-absorbed people to live vicariously through others and in the process have become lost in their own "virtual reality." This movie points out the fact that corporate propaganda, ignorance, feminism, identity politics,, religion asexuality, selective fact choosing,and big data feedback have caused our society to degrade and to lose a understandable- controllable overview.
scenes are not funny and they are not even close to be scarry like in horror movie...they were only horrible...whole movie didnt make any sence at all...if you dont watch it you will miss nothing,..even you will spare time...better see some ED Woods film...they are better!.
Not only is it freakishly on point for the new Trump epoch, it also has a very elusive ingredient for B-movies : Intelligent writing!Now keep in mind the film is satirizing a culture of stupidity, violence, and greed, so you have to look closely for the intelligence hiding behind the explosions and vulgarity, but it's there, sometimes winking at you from behind a flaming haystack.
Hopefully There Won't Be Another Movie This Year as Annoying As This One. Death Race 2050 (2017) * (out of 4) The second remake of the cult favorite 1975 film has Manu Bennett playing Frankenstein, one of five racers who is in the cross country race that gives its driver bonus points for running down pedestrians.DEATH RACE 2050 is an extremely lazy, extremely boring and extremely annoying remake that sadly doesn't really get much of anything right.
This one, however, has so many bad things in it that it's hard to recommend anything about it.There are all sorts of annoying things here but I think the most annoying is the fact that the film tries on purpose to be campy and it just doesn't work.
It certainly doesn't help that Bennett doesn't add much to the role but to be fair none of the supporting players bring much to their roles and this includes poor Malcolm McDowell who is picking up another paycheck.The CGI effects are embarrassingly bad and some of them rival what you'd see out of an Asylum movie.
From the title itself, the movie proudly proclaims: "ROGER CORMAN'S Death Race 2050".
Sure, Corman has always worked with very limited resources, and his movies have rarely been masterpieces; but at the same time, they made an effort to reach an artistic and dramatic level which didn't insult the audience's intelligence; or, in the worst of the cases, Corman tried to avoid the cons to become obstacles for the entertainment of the audience.
The problem isn't the low budget of Death Race 2050, but the absolute incompetence from director G.J. Echternkamp to follow the "Corman method" to adjust the ambition of the movie and apply ingenuity to dissimulate the lack of money.
On the opposite, Death Race 2050 follows the principles of the studio The Asylum ("let's do it intentionally bad"), and the result tramples the legacy of the original Death Race 2000, recycling its story without a pinch of that black humor, narrative integrity or political subversion.
Nevertheless, I still expected Death Race 2050 to follow his directive of achieving very much with very little; instead of that, I ended up watching a boring film which seems made by The Asylum or the TV channel SyFy..
In true Deathrace style, Death Race 2050 is a low budget gory 90 minutes of entertainment.The cars are a bit...cardboard and sticky tape ( well the AI one in particular) but don't let that put you off.
Enjoy the film for what it is.And its another chance to see Jonathan Manu Bennett (Crixus from Spartacus) who is pretty decent.Yo be fair the acting is pretty decent throughout, cliché in abundance, but good fun..
Beyond Bad. First, even though I do like Manu Bennett from his days on Spartacus and Arrow, I don't usually see a movie or TV show because of whose in it.
Being a B movie fan, it should come as no surprise that I enjoyed the 1975 Roger Corman production "Death Race 2000".
As for the first remake of that movie - the 2008 "Death Race" starring Jason Statham - well, not very much, namely because it took the title of the original movie and not that much else.
But when I heard this second remake was out and that it was going to be more faithful to the original movie, I decided to give it a whirl in my Blu-ray player.It did not take long into watching the movie to realize that the filmmakers had seriously botched things.
There are many problems with this movie, ranging from the cheesy special effects to the racing sequences being very poorly directed and edited.
The original Death Race 2000 was at least somewhat excusable being it was made in 1973 and it was truly a "B" cult style movie.
Death Race 2050 movie is so awful it is as though no time has passed and we're still making films in 1973.It's not funny, not campy, and so childish that there are videos produced by middle school kids with better overall quality.
Malcolm McDowell has done some decent work during his career and he should be fighting to get himself removed from the credits on this one it's such an embarrassment.If you like the concept of a death race then I strongly encourage the reader to watch the Jason Statham and Luke Goss films and avoid this one..
and while it's not as good as the original it has a lot of fun, and there are some great moments.I'm guessing most of the really negative reviews are from people that actually sat through the newer sequels to Statham's Death Race, and would never have enjoyed DR 2000.The cars look naff, the acting and script is appalling, and the CGI and explosions are terrible.
This is Cormanesque cinema at it's best, un-apologetically entertaining trash and unafraid of our seeing the 'wires' where the obvious budget limitations gave way.Some films you have to have low expectations going in to them to enjoy.
Given this is being true to Death Race 2000 and not the modern remakes this film nails the schtick very well.
It Isn't What It Is. Death Race 2000 was an original cinematic charm.
So the movie is the same ole, post apocalyptic world where a way to trim the population, even though they don't much bring attention to that, is by allowing drivers to kill people on the roads for sports and ratings.
is the best sequel we need more stars death race fans.
This movie is the same plot and it has so more dark humor and build up I enjoyed this movie,and it makes death race proud,and I talked to D.C Douglas and he said about my positive review in his youtube channel and he said aw thanks man and he is a nice guy,and he was funny in this movie,and is kickbutt best summer blockbuster straight on DVD movie in 2017 and I don't want to spoil the movie.
But what the original Death Race 2000 lacked in budget in made up for in imagination and campy charm.
"Death Race 2000" is without a doubt one of the greatest, if not the greatest, B-movie ever made.
Of course, it was directed by the late great Paul Bartel, who is still sorely missed."Death Race 2050" however, is without a doubt one of the worst pieces of garbage that has been filmed in at least the past twenty or so years, maybe much longer.There is absolutely nothing here that is in the least bit clever, interesting, or even good in the least.
As far as the basics go, the acting horrendous, the cars ridiculous-looking, the FX abysmal, the characters annoying, it's all just a complete mess.Even when the cars "race" they are going so slow and look so bad, they resemble a warped bumper car attraction at the local fair more than anything.And my goodness, Malcolm McDowell, what happened, what happened.
The very most I can say about this movie that doesn't completely tear it apart, is if you are into miniatures, watch for some scenes where they're used, they're probably the best things about this movie.This isn't even as funny and clever as "Hardware Wars" was to "Star Wars" if you can possibly believe that.This truly is such a poor blight on the original classic, it's a complete disgrace that this garbage was ever even considered to be filmed, let alone made.
Like the original, and unlike the 2008 remake (and it's two sequels), this redo was once again produced by Roger Corman.
This film stars Manu Bennett, Malcolm McDowell, Marci Miller, Burt Grinstead, Folake Olowofoyeku, Anessa Ramsey, Leslie Shaw and Yancy Butler.
In order to create population control, the Chairman of the United Corporations of America (McDowell) has created an automobile race where drivers gain points by killing pedestrians.
Frankenstein (Bennett) is the popular returning champion, who must take on multiple other sadistic racers, while brainwashed rebels try to stop them and end the game for good.I enjoyed the 2008 remake, and it's sequels (to a lesser degree), but those films really bare little resemblance to Roger Corman's classic original.
It really looks and feels just like one of those films; it's classic Roger Corman, and 70s and 80s style grindhouse cinema, at it's best.
Way back in 1975 Roger Corman gave us the great Death Race 2000 which introduced us to race car driver Frankenstein in a dystopian future where vehicular manslaughter gets the driver points.
The Death Race is still running and the United Corporations of America are making the money off the back of the games.
Then there are the rebels who are tired of being controlled by the corporations and decide to fight back by attacking the race and the drivers.What director and writer G J Echternkamp, along with fellow writer Matt Yamashita bring the audience is a wonderful satire wrapped up in a schlocky B-Movie.
This is a nice addition as it allows for a building of characters, whereas the first movie was more race and kill based.Malcolm McDowell is brilliant as The Chairman, camping it up whenever possible...
John Carradine was good but Bennett adds a little more depth to the character and I like his portrayal the better of the two.If you ever wondered what the great thing about B-movies was or what a makes a good Roger Corman production then give this film a view.If you like funny films with a story and a point of view then give this a view.If you want a good night in with a good film...
Entertainment, much like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder In case you manage to entirely switch off all brain functions as well as your sense for good taste, there's a fair chance you'll find entertainment in "Death Race 2050".
I'm a big fan of the original "Death Race 2000", and it actually was one of the very first true cult classics I ever watched.
"Death Race 2050" pretends like the Paul W.S. Anderson remake never existed and attempts to reinstall the satire and flamboyance of the almighty Paul Bartel original.
But the unknown and inexperienced writer/director G.J. Echternkamp also immediately wants to surpass the original, which basically means that everything about "Death Race 2050" is tremendously over-the-top and ridiculous.
In order to entertain the masses, and simultaneously tackle the problem of overpopulation a bit, the Chairman of the UCA introduced the coast- to-coast Death Race in which the crazed participants also receive points for running over pedestrians.
That was also the case for the original "Death Race 2000", but here the cheapness practically ruins the entire film.
Manu Bennett tries very hard to act tough and cool, but he clearly knows that he can't hold a candle to David Carradine who depicted Frankenstein in the original film.
Death Race was the original..
This is in no way whatsoever anything like the other very seriously done Jason Statham vehicle, that took itself almost too seriously, but had enough solid action to make it good, but we're talking apples and oranges here whereas this film shoots in a TOTALLY different direction, actually it shoots in every direction possible and then some which is part of the fun.
In the future when corporations rule America, death race entertains the unemployed starving masses.
But of course eventually Frankenstein will have to deal with the bad guys here.Death Race 2050 is an overly campy C-movie with a smart script and a cast that does a remarkable job.
Like Peru, where this movie was filmed for some reason.
This is technically the second remake of Death Race 2000, the first one was a soulless endeavor that missed the point of the original movie.
Some points- The resistance terrorists in this film aren't as effective as they were in the original, where they did manage to kill several racers.
It is far more like the original than the newer trilogy which were serious and actually okay films.
"Death Race 2000" (1975) was a trash film classic.
In some ways, this film is a bit like the original along with bits of "Idiocracy" and "Rollerball" tossed in as well.
And, like "Rollerball", a tiny group of corporate plutocrats rule the world...and use the Death Race to keep the stupid masses content...as well as cut down on some of the overpopulation!So is the film that different from the original?
Now, I will say that the movie cover/poster does have a certain retro feel to it, and it was that and the fact that Malcolm McDowell was in it that I decided to sit down to watch "Death Race 2050".
I did so despite knowing very well that this was most likely going to be a questionable movie; especially with the last many years track history of the "Death Race" movies.But still, I gave it a chance.
And if you have seen any of the many previous "Death Race" movies, then you have essentially also seen this one.As for the action sequences and the car sequences, well, let's just say that they tried.
And not even Malcolm McDowell could do anything to lift up the movie."Death Race 2050" makes usage of some CGI, as most movies do.
The rest of "Death Race 2050" was just not really worth the time, effort or money..
I have read that the film is better when you watch it in context of the original.
There is no way having see the original or watching this film in another context would make it any better.
I like this film for watching it and making fun of it but under no circumstance does it deserve more than 2 stars..
"Death Race 2025" it's a very enjoyable modern day grindhouse film, it's quite campy and over-the-top, but that's why its so fun.The film its a pseudo-remake of the original movie, it follows the same plot, but I guess it takes place 25 years after the original, anyway, the film has a very interesting collection of characters, but my favorite has always been "Frankenstein", I loved him in the first movie and in the other movies he's fine, but they can't compare with the original, here he's played by Manu Bennett, who does a good job at portraying the character, I didn't have too much of a problem with the other performances (that may be because I watched the film with the Spanish dub).The film biggest problem it's the disjointed editing, but of course it's bad, it was meant to be bad, the only thing I can compare this film to it's to a Troma movie, and I just love Troma movies, so of course I was going to like this one.It's better than the average campy exploitation film but it doesn't do anything new either, its severely flawed (even if most of it it's intentional), but I found it quite entertaining.I would recommend the film for those who love campy and trashy films, like Troma movies, but for those who want a genuinely good action film, don't even bother..
This is a reboot of "Death Race 2000." The plot and scenes should look familiar and predictable.
VIEWS ON FILM review of Death Race 2050.
Death Race 2050 starts off 2017 in a lousy way.
Kind of like Idiocracy meets the original Death Race..
OK I just want to try to lessen the confusion about the Death Race movies.The 1st movie should be watched 4th, the 2nd should be 3rd, the 3rd should be 1st the 4th should be 2nd, the 5th don't bother and the 6th...well...we will see.OK that didn't help, but this might.
Also, prequel to Death Race 2000.Death Race (2008) This was originally been going to be a sequel to Death Race 2000 but due to production costs the ambitious idea they had been scrapped and then some also say it's a remake but also like the previous 2 movies it's more of a prequel...work that one out lol.
;)Death Race 2050 (2017) This was originally advertised as sequel to the other above movies and said to be finally a true sequel to Death Race 2000 Featuring once again Frankenstein character and his co-driver from Death Race 2000 Annie Sullivan.
I personally enjoyed the 1st 3 movies in this list the most and this is the worst.Death Race Anarchy (2018) This looks like this will be back to normal with Lists and Goldberg actors reprising their roles plus there is a Frankenstein character listed but long way down the list.Whether you watch them in the order they are listed here or watch Death Race 2000 1st followed by Death Race 2050 and then the rest in the above order as a complete reboot is up to you.