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Death Race: Beyond Anarchy is a sequel to the 2008 film Death Race, directed by Don Michael Paul and stars Zach McGowan, Danny Glover, Christine Marzano, Danny Trejo, Fred Koehler, and Lorina Kamburova.
Jun 23, 2024 · A sequel to "Death Race 2000," titled "Death Race 2050," wasn't made until 2017. However, there's more: Paul W. S. Anderson's 2008 reboot of Corman's original — the confusingly titled...
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The Death Race series is a car combat franchise encompassing a series of films and other media centered on a reality show set in a prison, where inmates race against each other in order to win their freedom.
Death Race 2000 (1975)
is a 1975 cult action film. In the near future, the ultimate sporting event is the Death Race. Contestants score points for running people down as they speed across the country. The sport has crazed fans who sacrifice themselves to the drivers. A covert group is trying to bring an end to the immoral Death Race and has infiltrated one of their followers into the race as a navigator of the top driver. In the end, the lives of the competitors, the President and the Death Race itself are in peril. The screenplay was based on the short story "The Racer" by Ib Melchior.
Death Race (2008)
is a 2008 reboot (although director Paul W. S. Anderson stated in the DVD commentary that he thought of the film as a prequel, it can't be true, as the original film takes place in 2000) of Death Race 2000. In the year 2012, the economy of the US collapses, causing unemployment and crime rates to skyrocket, and a sharp increase of convicted criminals, which leads to privatized prisons for profit. In 2020, Claire Hennessey (Joan Allen), the warden of Terminal Island Penitentiary, earns profits from the pay-per-view broadcast of a modern gladiator game called the "Death Race", with the prisoners as the players. The racers, along with their navigators, drive a three-part race over three days on a closed track at Terminal Island, with various pressure plates: swords activate the racers' offensive weapons, shields activate defensive weapons such as oil, smoke, and napalm, and skulls ("Death Heads") activate deadly metal traps which rise up from the track. The reward for the drivers is that if one racer wins five races, they will be granted their freedom by Warden Hennessey.
Death Race 2 (2010)
is a prequel to the 2008 film Death Race. Getaway driver Carl "Luke" Lucas (Luke Goss) is arrested after a robbery for his crime boss Markus Kane (Sean Bean) goes wrong. As his accomplices are robbing the bank, two police officers casually enter the building. Luke tells his accomplices to abort, but they refuse; Luke intervenes, resulting in the death of one of the three accomplices. Luke shoots and kills one of the officers and dumps off his accomplices in order to fulfill Markus's wishes. In doing so, Luke is eventually captured by the police following a high-speed chase and sentenced to serve time on Terminal Island. Markus, worried that Luke will trade info on his crimes for immunity, discovers his location and orders his men to take Luke out.
Unrelated
is a 1978 science fiction B-movie produced by Roger Corman, directed by Allan Arkush and Nicholas Niciphor.
Comic books
A comic book sequel series titled Death Race 2020 was published in April–November 1995 by Roger Corman's short-lived Roger Corman's Cosmic Comics imprint. It was written by Pat Mills of 2000 AD fame, with art by Kevin O'Neill. The pair had already worked together on several comics, including Marshal Law. The comic book series, as the title indicates, takes place 20 years after the film ended and deals with Frankenstein's return to the race. New racers introduced here included Von Dutch, the Alcoholic, Happy the Clown, Steppenwolf, Rick Rhesus and Harry Carrie. The comic book series lasted eight issues before being cancelled and the story was left unfinished at the end.
Video games
•The 1976 video game Death Race was inspired by the film Death Race 2000. A remake of the same name was released in 1990 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. •The video game Maze Death Race, released in 1982 for the ZX81 and in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum, resembles the film by its cover artwork, title, and car-driving content. •The Carmageddon video game series borrows heavily from the plot, characters, and car designs from the film Death Race 2000.
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A sequel to "Death Race 2000," titled "Death Race 2050," wasn't made until 2017. However, there's more: Paul W. S. Anderson 's 2008 reboot of Corman's original — the confusingly titled " Death Race " — is also meant to be a prequel.
- Death Race 2000 (1975) The cult classic that started it all: Death Race 2000 exploded onto the scene in 1975, and had an immediate impact on a small but dedicated fanbase.
- Death Race (2008) This popular 2008 movie was conceived as a remake of the 1975 original, but director Paul W. S. Anderson has since stated that he sees it as more of a prequel.
- Death Race 2 (2010) Luke Goss replaced Statham in this direct-to-DVD film that explores the beginnings of the Frankenstein character, delving deep into his earlier life in the prison, and allowing us to see how he became the person he did.
- Death Race 3: Inferno (2013) Goss returns as Frankenstein in this second direct-to-DVD installment and fourth overall of the Death Race franchise. The film takes place between the events of Death Race 2 and Death Race and sees the famous race moved to South Africa at the behest of its new billionaire owner.
May 21, 2024 · While the Death Race remake series was still ongoing, Roger Corman (who produced 1975's Death Race 2000) returned to the roots of the franchise and delivered a long-awaited sequel to Death Race 2000 in the form of Death Race 2050.
Death Race 2000 is a 1975 American dystopian science-fiction action film directed by Paul Bartel and produced by Roger Corman for New World Pictures. [ 4 ] Set in a dystopian American society in the year 2000, the film centers on the murderous Transcontinental Road Race, in which participants score points by striking and killing pedestrians.
