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A remake of the original Death Race 2000 from 1975?

posted 9 years ago by ButterMehNutzPlz
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I just finished watching Death Race 3, and well, I was curious if there was more new DR movies, and well, I stumbled upon this title and in the cast list, we have Frankenstein, Annie and the Chairman, anyone know if this a scene for scene remake of the original or a loose remake?. I was disappointed to see that there's no Machine Gun Joe in the cast who was Frankensteins biggest rival.

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[–] Shorty53077 9 years ago

I would love to see a faithful remake. As for Machine Gun Joe, there could still be a chance as the cast list is still short

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[–] marcnic1968 9 years ago

Death Race 4 is now filming according to IMDB, looking forward to this supposed to be the final one in the franchise.

[–] robka 9 years ago

Looks like there is 2 new Death Race movies in 2016...which is think is cool :)

Death Race 4 and Death Race 2050.

I'm gonna see both, but DR 2050 will probably be more true to the original than any of the other other 4 DR movies.

[–] bobwoods 8 years ago

No, Death Race 4 is coming out in 2017.

[–] robka 8 years ago

Yes, looks like its 2017 now.

[–] digi_virus 9 years ago

From what I can tell, the Death Race movie is meant to be a direct sequel to Death Race 2000. The other Death Race falls in line with the rebooted series. My guess is that Death Race 4 with be post Statham, where as DR2/Inferno(3) are prequels to the DR1. Of course the DR4 could still also be a prequel. But for that to happen they would have to introduce/bring back several characters that appeared in the DR1.

Back on-topic of DR2050, even though I enjoy the rebooted series, I would like it to be more like the DR2000. Kinda campy, cross country racing, killing civilians, basically the whole 9 but up to date and more realistically gritty.

[–] bobwoods 8 years ago

According to the trailer, it takes place 50 years after Death Race 2000. That means it's sequel, not remake.

Death Race (2008) was the actual remake to Death Race 2000.

[–] azzawazza-02984 8 years ago

Deathrace 2050 will be much more similar to Deathrace 2000, unlike the other DR's w/ Statham, etc.

[–] Fenris Fil 8 years ago

This is a remake of the original and unlike the other Death Race films this is true to the original in both style (cheap gore and tongue in cheek humour) and social commentary (ramped up a notch, which was needed given the way the world has developed since the 70s). If you are a fan of the original I think you will like it. The other series was decent enough (and obviously much higher budget than this) but had almost nothing to do with the plot or style of the original.

In a way I was surprised they were able to do this, I've always felt 70s movies are hard to get remade faithfully because while special effects and gore have improved massively other elements are likely to be frowned upon and 70s movies never pulled their punches. Clearly the other series felt running over pedestrians and scoring bonus points for killing babies and pensioners was bad form. With this one, it's not a problem.

Bad news though, no Machine Gun Joe. But really, who could replace Stallone? Frankenstein is the only recurring character and as you know from the original there was more than one anyway, so this could actually be considered a sequel if you like, though they don't reference anything from the original movie directly. The plot is very similar, but has a few new twists.

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[–] CichlidAsh 8 years ago

Don't waste you time with this I am a fan of the original Death Race movie which was a novel and quite original film in its time. However this although in the same vein is absolute trash I only managed to get to about the 30 minute mark and could not endure anymore. This would well end up being the worst movie of the year.

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[–] poopfock 8 years ago

This is 100% a cheap cash-in remake / soft reboot. It feigns to be a sequel but they basically follow 2000 beat for beat but messing it up the whole way through. The bulk of the film's ideas and look are stolen from 2000 and Hunger Games... Rather than being a serious satire with dry comedy that just happened to be cheesy because of the budget, this one goes the route of almost being a parody.

Everything was awful except Burt Grinstead as Jed Perfectus. He's basically the Machinegun Joe replacement of the film, but he's amazing. He's really the only good thing about the movie. Frankenstein sucked. Everyone else sucked. The movie sucked. Don't pay for this bland trash.

If anything, wait for someone to make a Youtube mashup of all the Jed Perfectus scenes.

[–] xanderificus 8 years ago

It feigns to be a sequel but they basically follow 2000 beat for beat but messing it up the whole way through. The bulk of the film's ideas and look are stolen from 2000

Then you're an idiot if you can't recognize a remake from a sequel. They stuck to key plot points of the original (right down to Minerva/Calamity Jane saying "Whoever wins, it was an honour...") while adding in some modern satire like poking fun at a corporate puppet of a American leader with bad, floppy hair. I'll bet Malcolm refused to grab the topless extras by the pussy; that man's got a lot more class.

As a B-movie remake of a classic B-movie, it was pretty good. Not great but pretty good.