For the first 10-15 minutes, I kept telling myself to wait, maybe it will get better, then at the 20 minute mark, I decided nope, it's not. It's the first time in my life I turned off a movie. Last time I was even close to turning off a movie was "Dude, Where's my Car". So congrats to Death Race 2050, you were the worst movie I've seen in my life, and this is coming from someone who enjoyed Sharknado.
shareWhen you said you enjoyed Sharknado you made yourself untrustworthy
shareWhen you said you enjoyed Sharknado you made yourself untrustworthy
Without Roger Corman and his greatly underappreciated contributions to the celluloid art, Sharknado would likely have never been made.
Know your masters young ones!
I just read your post at the 19 minute mark and couldn't agree more. I did the exact same thing. It will get better it will or so I thought lol
Sadly the kids won't appreciate the movie for what it is. The cheese is supposed to be extra runny. Maybe figure out who Roger Corman is and watch the original with Stallone/Carradine. Liking Sharknado and hating this, I don't know if there is help for you.
shareExtra runny.. that is so perfect:) i'm loving it for what it is...
shareCheese can be good, for example Starship Troopers. This movie has exclusively bad cheese.
sharea Corman classic,loved the original and loved this
Thank you! Totally describes my feeling. I cannot wait for the ratings to start. 0 stars!
shareSo you illegally download a movie and then post on here to complain that you didn't like it?
shareWhy download this horrific movie when instead this movie has been online on putlocker.is or 123movies.to this was the worst movie from the death race franchise history I might as well watch mad max the original and remake
shareStreaming a movie is still data being downloaded to your hard drive, just in temporary chunks, and just as illegal.
shareI wouldn't be in trouble if the website is providing the service to stream movies. It's illegal if I download and make copies for the black market which I have not done at all. That's why I always use incognito window when using any web providers. And if watching any streaming movies then I guess xfinity and direct tv or Apple TV are all doing something illegal. Smh....
shareNot sure if you're kidding or not, but no, Xfinity/Netflix/Etc. pay licensing fees to the movie's distributor to stream the movie. Putlocker and the like do not, which is why it's illegal.
Also opening an incognito window doesn't hide your IP address or anything like that, it just doesn't record your browsing history or save any cookies to your computer, so I mean if you're doing anything illegal, it's still 100% traceable by people who would want to trace it.
Again if you comment was sarcastic, my bad for missing the joke.
I have a system that holds Hollywood accountable. I "preview" movies, if I like them I but the blu-ray. If not I don't. I have a big library of blu-ray movies I enjoyed. I may not even open them or watch them, but I support the movie by purchasing it. Too much junk in hollywood to buy everything that hits the market. We need to demand better movies, not another rehashed classic movie, or another cookie cutter movie, too many of those lazy movies, and if they are too lazy to put out a good movie, then I'm too lazy to go out and purchase it with my hard earned money. Trust me, they aren't hurting paying actors 5-22 million a movie. We have the power to control quality by controlling our spending. Everyone should try it, and be selective with your hard earned dollars. Two things could happen, hollywood stars will start to make less and fair wage, or hollywood increases the quality of it's movies. Or we could be careless sheep and nothing happens.
shareMan, I've never posted on pretty much any comment section before, but I made an imdb account just to point out some things that you may want to think about... This film had what - two celebrities in it? They probably made a little money, but not a lot because the budget of this was obviously really low (like they got "5-22 million dollars" for Death Race 2050! Seriously? The movie's ENTIRE budget looks like 200K)
No one expects you to care about overpaid celebrities, but every film is made by a large number of WORKING CLASS people who don't get paid that well at all. Production assistants, grips (guys who deal with lighting equipment), assistant editors, the people that make lunch, special FX guys, colorists, casting assistants, van drivers, the number of crew is 100x longer than any CELEBRITIES in a film. You are not "sticking it to the man" by illegally downloading films and therefore making the industry less profitable, you are sticking it to ALL THE PEOPLE who are working their butts off trying to make a decent living. Less money from people PAYING for entertainment = LESS JOBS.
Look, honestly, people are going to download movies illegally because they can, because no "Honor System" ever worked in any business model. But please spare the self-righteous rationalizing like you're some hero. "We have the power to control quality by controlling our spending." Dude what are you a creative justice warrior??? If your logic did anything at all rampant piracy in the past decade would have made every movie by now AMAZING, right? No. It's just made Hollywood terrified to do anything but a remake, hence - Death Race 2050.
I wish IMDB hate voting system on comments, you'd get a big thumbs up for that. Awesome comment. And the guy you were responding to is an idiot.
shareBaaaaah! Sheep Sheep, keep calling me an idiot as I continue to watch a fool and his money soon depart. I'm dumb for demanding quality for my money, instead of continuously throwing it at crap. I'm the idiot? lol. Hollywood preys on "idiots" like yourself sir. Enjoy working hard for your money and quickly throwing it away at the smart people!
shareNo one expects you to care about overpaid celebrities, but every film is made by a large number of WORKING CLASS people who don't get paid that well at all. Production assistants, grips (guys who deal with lighting equipment), assistant editors, the people that make lunch, special FX guys, colorists, casting assistants, van drivers, the number of crew is 100x longer than any CELEBRITIES in a film. You are not "sticking it to the man" by illegally downloading films and therefore making the industry less profitable, you are sticking it to ALL THE PEOPLE who are working their butts off trying to make a decent living. Less money from people PAYING for entertainment = LESS JOBS.
You're not really thinking about the big picture here. We're not talking about just Crappy Burger - we are talking about the entire restaurant industry. By PIMPRUI's model every restaurant would serve dinner for free, and then hope that the patron mailed in a check at some point later. Don't be silly - the entire restaurant industry would collapse.
You're not "letting a movie flop" by downloading a pirated version - movies flopped back when people paid to see them in theaters. There are trailers, critics, word of mouth, etc., if you couldn't tell that DR2050 was going to be a bad movie from the trailer and the press about it - then buying it is a stupidity tax. Just like you should have taken one look at Crappy Burger and decided to eat somewhere else.
So what we are really talking about here has nothing to do with quality control. It's about the fact that the industry AS A WHOLE loses tons of money every year from piracy and therefore makes LESS MOVIES (less jobs) and WORSE movies. They can't afford to take chances so they stick to the same reboots and franchises. They now have to dumb everything down because they make most of their money back in China and countries that don't speak English.
I get it, I don't think it's a huge sin to watch pirated movies, it's there, it's free, no one is a saint. I'm just saying don't pretend it's sending a message to Hollywood or making movies better. The current risk-averse approach in Hollywood will create tons of superhero movies, and that's fun, but we are also robbing ourselves of edgy, interesting, unconventional movies like say, Pulp Fiction, which would never be a hit in China.
That's a wonderful exposition, but, unfortunately, it's all nonsense. You're no different than Lars Ulrich back in the 90's, railing against Napster. Remember that? "Money good! Napster baaaad!".
We've heard these complaints before. We knew they were bulls**t then, and we know that they're bullsh**t now. The only difference was that, back in the 90's, you had to have a decent understanding of economics and human behaviour to predict how it would play out, whereas these days you just have to look at history. Pirating of music didn't kill the music industry, and pirating of movies isn't going to kill the movie industry. The only thing that happens is that the industry changes.
Hell, today, musicians, producers, recording studios etc all have MORE access to the public than they did before the internet. There is a wider variety of music available, and more opportunity for people to make money creating it. The internet has been a boon for the little guys. Who did it have a negative impact on? Primarily the large labels who basically made money by stealing it from the artists.
The same thing is happening with film and television. The large studios are still doing just fine, even though they're constantly whining about supposed "lost profits", but new players are also coming to the fore. "Cable" channels like Showtime and HBO are producing content that rivals or surpasses what Hollywood can pump out, and new players like Netflix and Amazon are creating their own original content which, likewise, tends to be a fair bit better than anything coming out of the big movie studios.
I'm happy to see these changes, and I won't shed a single tear if it means that big-name movie stars will have to take a pay cut, or that Holywood investors and executives will see smaller returns. The industry isn't dying; it's THRIVING, and no amount of whining on your part is going to change these trends.
You clearly don't work in the film industry.
shareFilm industry has to adapt, not us. I can't remember there being a 'mercy rule' for companies that fail to adapt to the technology around them.
If they can't deliver their product in a secure manner that prevents it from being copied and distributed at no cost whatsoever? Then they die. It's that simple, and ethics needn't enter into the conversation. If McDonald's delivered their burgers on a flatbed truck that drives at 2mph through populated areas, do you think they'd have any burgers left on that truck when they arrive at the outlet? They can complain until they're blue in the face ALL DAY about thieves but they'll continue to lose money hand over fist until they can figure out a better delivery system.
Meanwhile, we've heard this song and dance for over 15 years now. If you haven't noticed? The music & film industry is trucking along just fine. They can still afford to make gaudy millionaires out of every no-talent scrub they want and they still sleep on piles of your money.
Having said all that? I kinda didn't hate this movie. It had a certain charm, although it could have been written by someone with more wit.
You both actually make really good points. This is an awesome read
shareRebuking idiots is good but using idiocy to do it, isn't. There isn't any causality between piracy and industry's profits and even less so in the case of industry's profits and crews wages.
According to your logic if by some miracle, people stopped pirating movies then these things would happen,
- even the most mediocre of films would start getting audiences and making huge profits.
- And then the producers and investors would share these profits by increasing the wages of all the crew members.
- And thus slowly but surely Hollywood would start making only jolly good movies and the whole world would make sense.
You know somehow I don't see these things actually happening, even in a really really bad preachy sorta movie.
Hey, if I get a shirt at Target or a toaster at Macy*s, and they're of lousy quality, I can take them back and get a full refund, no questions asked.
If you're enough of a sucker to read the fake "reviews" on the box of a dvd or cd, and buy it, watch it, and it's really truly horrible, I'd like to see you return it for a refund. You might get a replacement if the medium is defective, but that's it.
Even at a restaurant, with a consumable meal, you can sample it, and if it's truly horrible, order something else, or just say "No thanks" and walk out without paying. Not after eating the whole meal, but after enough "fair use" sampling to see. (Yes, you might have an argument with the management, but even if he calls the cops, they'll let you go.)
So if you buy a cd with only 1-2 decent tracks, and the rest are just "phoned in", can you get a refund? Of course not.
If you buy a dvd promising thrills and chills and end up with something truly lousy, again, it's yours to keep, period. No refunds.
After getting burned enough times, no, I refuse to outright buy anything sight unseen or sound unheard. And if I like something, I *will* buy hardcopies (my last conquests just last week, 3 full series dvds and 2 movies). My collection has grown that I have about 4 boxes ready to go into storage, because I have no more room on shelves for them.
Chrissakes, when the music/movie cartel wants to make it illegal for you to sell *discs that you already bought* (eg, to sell your standard-def ones to buy blue-ray), you know they have a big fat "F-you!" directed your way, insisting that if you want to upgrade, you buy and keep *both* copies of the same content.
So yeah, if the trailer looks fantastic but the movie just bites, I'd rather find out *before* plunking down some hard-earned cash only to get burned again. Anyone who catches a copy on youtube before it gets pulled, more power to 'em.
i only watch movies that i dont go to the movies and watch. therefgore the movie folk lose nothing because i wouldnt have gone anyway :) I simply couldnt afford to be a legal movie buff, i dont earm as much as grips for example
sharei made it like 10 minutes. if its a comedy and no joke is close to making me lol, i cant keep going.
share3 minutes including "UNIVERSAL" plus 2 jumps of 10 seconds
shareI've read the comments about this film - including the usual banal 'I only managed x minutes' and 'I walked out' rubbish.
Do you people actually know who Roger Corman is? Have you researched the pieces he has produced and why? If you naysayers had, then I would suggest that you wouldn't have watched the film in the first place. Criticising someone who has spent a lifetime producing such films is shallow and vacuous - what did you expect? The Shawshank Redemption?
I've enjoyed many Corman films over the years, mad and odd as they may have been. But it's a genre, probably Corman's own. So don't bitch about it. In fact, just don't watch them. You guys and gals will feel much better for it. You also won't look so foolish.
Shalom.
The fact that Corman has been making sh*tty movies since 1954 doesn't change the fact that this movie is still sh*t Get over yourself.
shareThe fact that Corman has been making sh*tty movies since 1954 doesn't change the fact that this movie is still sh*t
Even as an intentionally campy romp, this sucked. The production values were on par with an 80's Troma film with writing that was no better.
"There's a little good inside everyone. Sometimes it just takes a scalpel to find it." - Me
there was nothing of value in this film.... it was possibly the worst i have ever seen. and thats not even hyperbole... bad acting, bad story, possibly the worst movie song ever "kill, kill, kill, drive, kill"..... couldnt think of one more word?
the side shots of when people get "hit" is beyond sad..its literally people bretending to fall down.. it looks like a 5 year old filmed this.. followed by a close shot where a crew member throws some obvious face body part on a hood or the ground..
woww... what an amazing film