DEATH RACE 2000

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DEATH RACE 2000. Paul Bartel, dir. USA: New World Pictures, 1975. Based on Ib Melchior's story, "The Racer." David Carradine, star.

A transcontinental car race in the year 2000 in the dystopian United Provinces of America; points for running over pedestrians. See for race cars as "death machines" (quoting DEATHSPORT); see also handling of television's (and film's) exploitation of gratuitous violence, malicious property destruction, and casual murder.


Title corrected by RDE, Initial Compiler, 13Feb19.