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Am I the only one that think this movie suck?


Ok, so this afternoon my friend brought this movie. We watched it. It was a fatal mistake. My friend actually said after the movie was done, "I'm sorry I put you through this.”

Seriously. I'm no expert on movies, but this one sucks HUGE portions of donkey poo. After watching this movie, I got only one positive thing to say. I laughed a lot when Sylvester smeared food all over his face, and Frankenstein put carrots in his mouth like it was supposed to be a male thingy.

But I got a lot of negative things to say. For example, a car tire on grass doesn’t squeal. The fighting scene in the middle of the movie, between Frankenstein and Sylvester was absolutely horrible! It didn't even look like they were hitting each other. A girl managed to throw a guy out of her car with one arm, and her face didn't even show signs of that she were in a struggle. The whole thing was just incredibly lame! And Mr. President. Oh my god! He died from falling 1 meter! Everybody died! People died from nothing! And this scene where that girl tries to run over a guy playing with her like a matador would with a bull! I mean! She's a human for Christ’s sake! And it doesn't take much to run down a man standing still with a car!

And the acting. What can I say? Short movies made by the media classes at my school contain MUCH better acting than this. Worst of them all was the person that played Frankenstein. Truly horrible.

And the whole plot?! Mr. President holds this race. For what reason is still unknown for me. I was struggling to stay awake (for obvious reasons).

Ok. So the movie sucks. Couldn't it at least be entertaining? I've watched a lot of movies that suck. But they were at least entertaining. But this movie isn't entertaining at all!

If you read this without having watched the movie, STAY AWAY! Don't watch it! Spend your time looking at a wall! Then you wouldn't have gone through this suffering as I have!

Maybe I flame this movie too much. But I feel so cheated!

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Sorry you didn't enjoy Death Race 2000. Yes it's poorly made, the acting is variable at best and the plot is ludicrous but that's most of it's charm. I think DR2K is one of the most entertaining b movies ever made, definately one of the best exploitation movies of the 70's.

I find it a great movie to stick on with some friends and some beer while getting ready to go out, and get some low budget laughs. It's so cheesy and over the top I can't help laughing. I always find it entertaining.

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The film has a lot of dry, droll humor, too, particularly in regard to the resistance movement and the "murderous French". It almost seems like a sci-fi sendup of Orwell's "1984".

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I first saw this movie at a drive-in and was too high and busy makin' out to watch much of it. I thought it kinda sucked. Now 30 years later, I see it on DVD and consider it B-movie fare, but it doesn't suck. There IS a lot of dry humor and jokes about the French that I missed. I was LMAO at the detour through the tunnel gag. One could see it coming a mile away, but like the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoons, it's still funny when you see it.

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That is what makes this film here a classic! It was produced by Roger Corman and the late great Paul Bartel. I thought that it was very well made and I love films like this too!

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I agree with you that this is a great film to watch and I loved it! I watched it for the first time in years over the weekend. It was only Sylvester Stallones first few films that he has ever made. He was great as the Heavy in the film playing Machine Gun Joe.

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dropping acid and getting drunk is a pretty good way to watch this movie..
trust me, watch it in a party enviroment and with everybody getting into it....yeah it's like a different movie

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Oh I bet it is a different experience doing all of that of what you said.

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Yes, you are. Now you must question your own judgment before condemning such exemplary films as Death Race 2000. Those who question the value of Death Race 2000 don't like children. Those who question the value of Death Race 2000 don't like puppies, flowers, or apple pie. Those who question the value of Death Race 2000 are anti-American. Those who question the value of Death Race 2000 don't like bar-b-que, family reunions, or plaid. Those who question the value of Death Race 2000 are condemned for eternity in the flaming, scorching, searing pits of hell.

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Every time you question the value of Death Race 2000, God kills a kitten.

"Oderint dum metuant"--Caligula

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LOL. That's a *beep* awesome quote, man.

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Every time you question the value of Death Race 2000 the terrorists win.

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Every time you question the value of Death Race 2000, Michael Bay directs another movie.

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DAMN!! Finally, someone else with the movie poster in their living room....

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Well, Roger Corman, king of the B-movies, does have a hand in it. It's cheesy as hell, but it's really funny. Euthaniasia day -- where hospitals put out the old senior citizens to be mowed down by Death Racers...only for the death racers to take out the doctors and nurses instead. Hilarious!

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"She'd better be a red hot NAVIGATOR!"
"They whipped the French air force!"
"...and Harry Truman.."
I've always liked this film.

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of course it sucked big time. but think of it this way. would it be better if it were 'better'?

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Of course not, but it was a mid-70s action sci-fi, not a good excuse, but still there are some of movies that suck more than this. Plus it does have a good excuse for sucking...Sylvester Stallone a.k.a. Prince of Hacks. I did enjoy David Carradine though, of course I friggin' luv him!!!!!!!!!
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Pfft. Oh, come off it. If you think THIS film is awful, you haven't seen much bad cinema.

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i agree with the last comment. DEATHRACE kicks ass, always has always will. if you don't get it, you don't get it. theres allot of serious social commentarry hidden in that movie not to mention theres no way in hell that movie, or even a remake, could ever be made today because of how strict the MPAA is (rating code *beep* on violence. then i thought... "why the *beep* would anyone remake this movie, haven't we seen first hand thats its bad to remake movies from the 70's?" aw man, now i gotta pop by the ROLLERBALL, TEXAS CHAINSAW and DAWN OF THE DEAD message bords. ugh.

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I dont know. Being a firm believer that REMAKES SUCK, I still wouldnt mind seeing what would happened if they decided to re-do this film. I loved the film, but I think I just like the cheeseyness of it. If they did a remake it would be all CGI etc....


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Well said elderwrath!

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter"
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I certainly hope you are the only one who thinks it sucks!

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Obviously you didn't get it.

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Its 2013 and no remake. Its a perfect beer-drinkin' dope-smokin' drive-in movie which is exactly where me and my hoodlum friends watched this in 1975.
It's best to leave classics unmolested...

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uhhh... hate to break it to you but there has been a remake and two more sequels.

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Gotta disagree, DLA. Those other films have different plots. There were no wardens or prisoners in DR2K 1975. 😜

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I liked the DOTD remake. It was different from the original, but I liked it for different reasons. Original scared crap outta me when I was 13. I went around corners for days after watching it half-expecting zombies to attack. I have both on dvd, and the original is still much scarier/creepier.

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I thought this movie sucked goat nuts too, but I mainly wrote to comment that grrdevin needs to worry about his own English before he starts correcting someone else's. Fatal is spelled without an "e", and the definition for the word fatal is as follows:

fa·tal ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ftl)
adj.
1. Causing or capable of causing death.
2. Causing ruin or destruction; disastrous: “Such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory” (Charles Darwin).

Therefore, because he could consider the movie capable of causing death from boredom, or if watching Death Race 2000 ruined his evening (which most likely it did) he correctly used the word fatal. Twit.

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PMS? ... Thought so.



Also - "Twit." doesn't really qualify as a sentence, unless I'm sadly mistaken. It's also a device that bitchy "Goths" (as they call themselves) like to use, but that really has no relevance, does it? It's nice to see you had the incredible originality to resort to derogatory, one-word comments...

PS Did my ill-conceived, written-at-2-in-the-morning post really morally offend and appall you to the point that you would create an account simply to refute it? That's pretty damn sad, if you ask me.

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This is a cult classic to watch! I love films like this and will watch pretty much anything to be honest with you. It is very well made for a 70's Drive-In film. I wished that USA UP ALL NIGHT was still on today to show films like this.

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