Death Race 2050 is an American political satire action film released in 2017 and starring Manu Bennett, Marci Miller, and Malcolm McDowell. The film was directed by G.J. It is a continuation of the 1975 movie Death Race 2000. Roger Corman, who produced both films, characterized the latter as "a car-racing film with a dark sense of humor."What is the story of Death Race 2050?
It is the year 2050. The Death Race serves as both entertainment and population control in the United Corporations of America, which is beset by overpopulation and a 99.993 percent unemployment rate. The current Death Race, which stretches from Old New York to New Los Angeles, includes defending champion Frankenstein. Jed Perfectus, a genetically created athlete, Minerva Jefferson, Tammy the Terrorist, a female cultist, and the villainous, black, artificially intelligent, self-driving automobile ABE struggle against Frankenstein. Each driver is given a proxy, a broadcaster who gives the viewers a virtual reality experience of the race. Frankenstein is instantly turned off by his proxy, Annie Sullivan, and dismisses both her efforts to interview him and her advice to let his opponents pass him by.
Rebels headed by former network producer Alexis Hamilton lay traps all over the sector as the racers speed across the East Coast. When they take each other's cult members for murders, Tammy and Minerva establish a violent rivalry. ABE malfunctions, kills its proxy, and abandons the race after falling into a rebel trap. Hamilton instructs Annie, her spy, to murder Frankenstein at the first checkpoint. Her effort to attract him is unsuccessful since he is just interested in winning the race. The Chairman goes on to say that because of his longevity, Frankenstein has become a burden, while Perfectus will urge his loyal followers to die at his hands.
On Day 2 of the race, the competitors will make their way through the country's heartland, an area that is well-known for the high prevalence of gun ownership among its residents. A suicide bomber sent by Tammy is successful in taking the life of Chi Wapp, who was acting as Minerva's proxy. When Frankenstein tries to save time on another tip, he takes a shortcut, but this causes his automobile to get stuck in a cornfield. As Annie goes out on her own, Frankenstein defends himself against a team of Resistance ninjas in order to rack up more points. As soon as they reach the second checkpoint, Annie confesses that she is a member of the resistance and makes an effort to enlist Frankenstein. Frankenstein, who is uninterested in politics, expresses his disdain for both the opposition and the government while maintaining that his only objective is to come out on top. Minerva admits to Annie when they are both drinking at a pub that she is a highly educated academic who, in order to maintain her lifestyle, has adopted the persona of a stereotypical hip-hop character. When Annie returns to Frankenstein's chamber, Perfectus, who is envious of Frankenstein's notoriety and sex appeal, is about to kill Frankenstein, but Annie manages to spare his life. In the meanwhile, it has been found that Hamilton and the Chairman have been conspiring together behind the scenes.
On the third day of the race, the government creates "authorized" routes for the drivers to avoid Resistance assaults. As a result of his battle with Perfectus, Frankenstein's right arm is wounded, and Annie lends a hand. When Minerva goes after Tammy, she ends up falling over a cliff in order to dodge Tammy's suicide stand-ins. The ABE returns and runs Tammy into the wall, where she self-destructs, killing her and the ABE. Frankenstein and Annie annihilate Hamilton and her rebels, while Perfectus takes a covert path to the finish line. Both vehicles jostle for position until Perfectus loses control of his automobile and smashes into the VR control booth. Before he crosses the finish line, Frankenstein transmits a message to his admirers, indicating that the Chairman is worth 1,000 points. After murdering the Chairman, Frankenstein invites the viewers to leave their virtual world behind and begin their own Death Race. As the nation descends into anarchy, Frankenstein and Annie stand watch, arguing that they should repopulate the land after the mayhem has subsided.
"Corman's Death Race 2050" movie trailer.
Who are some of the actors who starred in Death Race 2050?
- Manu Bennett portrayed as "Frankenstein," the cybernetic veteran and champion of the Death Race.
- In this spoof of Donald Trump, Malcolm McDowell stars as the Chairman of the United Corporations of America. The character even has a "slight comb-over in his hair," much like Trump.
- Marci Miller as Frankenstein's proxies Annie Sullivan in "The Bride of Frankenstein."
- Burt Grinstead plays genetically enhanced athlete Jed Perfectus, the ideal driver.
- Minerva Jefferson is a hip-hop musician turned racer, and Folake Olowofoyeku plays her in this role.
- Tammy "The Terrorist," a religious cult leader played by Anessa Ramsey.
- Alexis Hamilton, a former network producer and leader of a rebel organization, is played by Yancy Butler.
- Charlie Farrell portrays J.B., the male Death Race announcer, in the film.
- Grace Tickle, the female Death Race commentator and interviewer, is played by Shanna Olson.
- Eve Rocket, Perfectus' proximate, is played by Leslie Shaw.
- It's D.C. Douglas as ABE (voice), a malevolent, AI-controlled, self-driving racecar.
- Pierre Paolo Goya Kobashigawa as Minerva's stooge, Chi Wapp.
- Sebastian Llosa plays Steve, a layman who witnesses Annie's VR Death Race.
- Helen Loris portrayed Dr. Creamer, the programmer for ABE in this production.
How did Death Race 2050 come to be?
An Italian journalist told Corman that The Hunger Games resembled Death Race 2000 during an interview. Corman called Universal Pictures, who created the current version, to bring back the original's dark humor. Corman told them, "You did well, but you removed the pedestrian killings and broken-society themes."
Filming started when Corman was 80 years old, just before the 2016 presidential election. That businessman is currently the chairman of the United Corporations of America. "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."
Are people excited about Death Race 2050?
"Even though the Death Race movie series is drawing to a close, there are a surprising number of Death Races in the franchise. Roger Corman returns to the Death Race franchise with Death Race 2050, the follow-up to the Jason Statham-starring Death Race trilogy from check here the late 2000s and early 2010s. In spite of being excellent films in their own right, they had very little in common with the original Death Race 2000 from the 1970s. A three-day race through dystopian America, where pedestrian deaths are awarded points for their over-the-top personalities, is how Corman gets this burning disaster back on track! A 50 at the end of the title this time around." - Decker Shado
The Making of 2050, The Look of 2050, and Cars! Automobiles! 20 March 2017 in the UK.
On RottenTomatoes.com, the movie currently has an approval rating of 88% as of the month of June 2020, based on eight reviews with an average rating of 6.8 out of 10.
Chris Alexander described the picture as "loud, shrill, spastic, sadistic, stylish, slipshod, stupid and smart in equal measures." in an article for ComingSoon.net. "All very clunky, ramshackle, and kitschy," remarked Scott Weinberg in his Nerdist review, "but that's just part of the'shaggy dog' charm of the production." "it’s got enough blood, guts, simplistic political commentary, scenery chewing and terrible special effects for it to become a cult classic." a website's Zavala wrote.