Death Race 2050

2017

Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Sport

77
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 33% · 7 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 33% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 3.7/10 10 5354 5.4K

car race dystopia black humor overpopulation grindhouse remake

Plot summary

The year 2050 the planet has become overpopulated, to help control population the government develops a race. The Death Race. Annually competitors race across the country scoring points for killing people with their vehicles.

Director

G.J. Echternkamp Photo
G.J. Echternkamp

Top cast

D.C. Douglas Photo
D.C. Douglas as Abe
Malcolm McDowell Photo
Malcolm McDowell as Chairman
Marci Miller Photo
Marci Miller as Annie Sullivan
Yancy Butler Photo
Yancy Butler as Alexis Hamilton
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
682.98 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 3
1.41 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 8

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by JoeB131 5 / 10

Was this trip necessary? Maybe

I'm not a fan of remakes. If something was good to start with, you don't need to remake it. If it wasn't, you shouldn't try again. 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. This one gets a lot closer to the spirit of the original, updated with Virtual Reality and Social Media. So they have a set of alternative racers to try to beat Frankenstein, reflecting modern fears. 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. IN this, they manage to kill each other. Some of the commentary is fun, with Malcolm McDowell playing a Trump-like president and the US being converted into a corporate state. Where the movie falls down is with Manu Bennett, who has a very limited acting range, which goes between "Brooding" and "Extra- Brooding". Most of the supporting characters are equally weak. so worth watching? Not so sure. I didn't hate it, but I didn't enjoy it like I enjoyed the original.
Reviewed by LongTimeMovieLover 3 / 10

It Isn't What It Is

Death Race 2000 was an original cinematic charm. A timeless gem with great casting and raw implementation. This one tries too hard to capture the original magic and fails. Everyone's trying too hard without the same natural charisma. The characters in the first were cast as naturals, but not here, which is the flaw. Loved the original. Perhaps a concept that does not replicate well, but this one's not even close to the original. The first, a classic; this one, forgettable.
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