I would not even call it a 'dark comedy' because the violence is not dark, it is just campy. You might think it's a movie that's so bad it's good but it's not. It's more of a criticism of movie theaters that don't enforce MPAA ratings.DEATH RACE 2000 is one of the most entertaining movies I've ever seen. It's really not a review of the film itself. Now don't get me wrong, I really liked reading his reviews and I agreed with his opinions on many of the movies that he reviewed. That was another reason why I avoided this movie for quite a long time. You've got two seconds to live!'I can't believe that the late Roger Ebert gave this movie 0/4 stars. Sylvester Stallone as 'Machine Gun' Joe Viterbo has some really great lines such as 'You lousy stinking dirtball. I thought it was hilarious how Matilda the Hun, the Nazi driver, yelled 'Blitzkrieg!' every time she ran someone over. The makers of DEATH RACE 2000 knew they were making a movie with a droll premise and apparently didn't hesitate to make it lighthearted and humorous. It's so serious but, ultimately, the premise is quite ridiculous. So why are they so serious? There are maybe a few exceptions, like LOGAN'S RUN, which is somewhat serious but not excessively so. I can't think of a single one that doesn't. Every dystopian movie has an absurd premise. I don't want to give any specific examples since DR2K is so short and it's best if you watch it without knowing much about it, but there are some scenes that might seem sadistic at first but really aren't.This isn't a movie that takes itself too seriously, which I really liked.

Anyway, another thing that I really liked about this movie is that it is really funny. I'm just saying that the fact that it was inexpensive is amazing given how good it is. By the way, I didn't give this movie 10 stars for being good AND inexpensive, just for being good. I still can't get over the fact that this spectacular and I promise I'm not using that word sarcastically movie was made for only that much money. The action scenes were pretty good for a movie that cost just $300,000 around $1.5 million in today's money to make.

I really liked the story and the political commentary. There really aren't any scenes that I thought were unnecessary.

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