G.J. Echternkamp directed 2017's Death Race 2050. Manu Bennett, Marci Miller, Malcolm McDowell star. Death blog Race 2000 is a sequel. Roger Corman called both films "a car-racing picture with dark comedy."Death Race 2050's plot?
It is the year 2050 at this point. In the United Corporations of America, which has a problem with overpopulation and an unemployment rate of 99.993 percent, the Death Race has two purposes: it is both a form of entertainment and a method of population control. The current round of the Death Race is taking competitors from Old New York to New Los Angeles, and the defending champion is Frankenstein. Competing against Frankenstein are a genetically engineered athlete named Jed Perfectus, a hip-hop star named Minerva Jefferson, a female cultist named Tammy the Terrorist, and an evil, black, artificially intelligent, self-driving automobile named ABE. Each participant in the race is given a broadcaster who acts as their proxy and brings the viewers into the action of the race via the use of virtual reality. Frankenstein is instantly turned off by his proxy, Annie Sullivan, and dismisses both her efforts to interview him and her proposals to let his opponents pass him by.
As the drivers race along the East Coast, Alexis Hamilton's rebels install traps. Tammy and Minerva compete over cult members to murder. ABE malfunctions, kills its proxy, and abandons the race to find its purpose. First, Hamilton instructs her spy Annie to assassinate Frankenstein. She fails to seduce him since he just worries about winning. The Chairman says Frankenstein's longevity is a problem, but Perfectus will urge his devotees to die.
Day 2 of the marathon passes through the gun-toting heartland. Tammy's suicide bomber kills Minerva's proxy, Chi Wapp. Frankenstein's automobile gets stranded in a cornfield after taking a shortcut. Frankenstein defends against Resistance ninjas while Annie walks off. Annie tells Frankenstein she's a rebel at the second checkpoint. Frankenstein condemns both the rebels and the government, saying he simply wants to win. Minerva tells Annie at a pub that she's an academic who plays a hip-hop stereotype to live. Annie protects Frankenstein from Perfectus, who's envious of his notoriety and sex appeal. Meanwhile, Hamilton and the Chairman are collaborating.
On the third day of the race, the government establishes "authorized" routes for drivers to escape Resistance assaults. Annie assists Frankenstein in shifting gears since his right arm was injured during his battle with Perfectus. Minerva pursues Tammy, but jumps over a cliff in an effort to prevent Tammy's suicide proxy. Tammy gloats over Minerva's death until an ABE returns, smashes her into a wall, and self-destructs, killing them both. Frankenstein and Annie eliminate Hamilton and her rebels, while Perfectus finds a covert road to victory. Both automobiles jostle for position until Perfectus loses control of his vehicle and smashes into the virtual reality control booth. Before reaching the finish line, Frankenstein informs his admirers that the Chairman is worth a thousand points. Frankenstein invites the audience to abandon their virtual world and begin their own Death Race after murdering the Chairman, much to their joy. Frankenstein and Annie observe from a distance as the nation descends into violent anarchy, arguing that they should repopulate the nation after the violence subsides.
The trailer for the Death Race 2050 film.
Death Race 2050 cast:
- Frankenstein, the cybernetic veteran and champion of the Death Race, is portrayed here by Manu Bennett.
- Malcolm McDowell as The Chairman of the United Corporations of America, a spoof of Donald Trump, replete with a "slight comb-over in his hair".
- Marci Miller as Frankenstein's proxies Annie Sullivan in the film.
- Jed Perfectus, a genetically created athlete who considers himself to be the ideal driver, is portrayed by Burt Grinstead.
- Hip-hop musician turned racing driver Folake Olowofoyeku stars as Minerva Jefferson.
- Tammy "The Terrorist," a religious cult leader, is played by Anessa Ramsey.
- Yancy Butler plays Alexis Hamilton, the rebel leader.
- J.B., the male commentator on Death Race, is played by Charlie Farrell.
- Grace Tickle, a female analyst and interviewer during the Death Race, is portrayed here by Shanna Olson.
- Leslie Shaw portrays Eve Rocket.
- D.C. Douglas as ABE, a malicious, AI-controlled, self-driving racing automobile (voice).
- Chi Wapp was played by Pierre Paolo Goya Kobashigawa, who stood in for Minerva.
- Sebastian Llosa portrays Steve, a bystander who views the Death Race in virtual reality from Annie's point of view.
- Dr. Creamer, ABE's programmer, is played by Helen Loris.
Production of Death Race 2050.
When Corman was being interviewed by an Italian journalist, who said that The Hunger Games was comparable to Death Race 2000, he got the idea for a sequel. Corman approached Universal Pictures, the studio behind the current remake (which he believed omitted too much of the original's political criticism), about bringing back the film's dark satire. "You did a good job," Corman said, "but you left out the pedestrian killings and the broken-society themes."
Filming started while Corman was in his 80s, just around the time of the 2016 presidential election in the United States. It portrays a businessman who is currently the Chairman of the United States Corporations. "The president does have a hair style which may be approaching Trump's hair style, but I don't want to go too deep into that, since Trump will come and go and the film will stay."
Was Death Race 2050 a decent game?
"There are a lot of Death Races in a movie about the Death Race ending. A decade after the Death Race trilogy with Jason Statham, Roger Corman returns with Death Race 2050. Despite being excellent films in their own right, they have nothing to do with the original Death Race 2000. So Corman re-routes this fiery catastrophe with a three-day race across a dystopian America, where pedestrian deaths get points for outrageous personalities! But with a 50 at the end." - YouTuber Decker Shado
The Making of 2050, The Look of 2050, and Cars! were released on DVD and DVD/Blu-ray in the United States, along with three making-of documentaries. Cars, cars, cars! On March 20, 2017, it was released in the United Kingdom.
On RottenTomatoes.com, the film has an 88 percent approval rating, based on eight reviews with an average rating of 6.8/10 as of June 2020.
On ComingSoon, Chris Alexander described the picture as "loud, strident," "spastic," "mad," "stylish" and at times both "dumb and brilliant" in equal measure. Scott Weinberg, writing for Nerdist, described the movie as "all extremely awkward and rickety and kitschy, but that's just part of the'shaggy dog' appeal of the production." In addition, a website's Zavala said that "it's got enough blood, guts, simple political commentary, scenery chewing and bad special effects for it to become a cult classic."