Deathsport
After the success of the wicked little sci-fi satireDeath Race  2000, producer Roger Corman quickly recast David Carradine, this time as a  rebel warrior in the year 3000 paired with B-movie vixen Claudia Jennings. The  resulting mix of barbarians and bikers lacks the inspired humor and satirical  twist of its inspiration, but it works just fine as a drive-in action picture  about gladiators on motorcycles and bug-eyed mutant cannibals in second-rate  makeup. Carradine gets to go all kung-fu and Jennings bares all in completely  gratuitous (and frankly bewildering) torture scenes, and for all their New-Agey  philosophy mumbo jumbo, they rise to the occasion in the gladiator ring (the  deathsport of the title), where they pack in enough cycle stunts and fiery  crashes to please an exploitation junkie.--Sean Axmaker