Death Race 2050 (Roger Corman\'s Death Race 2050)

BAMF's 2017 January Cinejourney (18 movies items)

" Familiar Actors: Manu Bennett Malcolm McDowell Yancy Butler and D.C. Douglas True Rating: 6.2/10 My Review: Death Review 2050"

Movies the giraffe watched in 2017: January (30 movies items)

"First viewing - Jan. 30th Worst film Since I called in sick Monday to avoid making my illness any worse I figured that I'd spend some time on the couch chipping away at my Netflix queue. For some misguided reason I'd thought this could be a fun way to start my day while also serving as a brief stopgap between breakfast & lunch. I highly enjoyed Death Race 2000, and had hoped that Corman lending his name to this project was a good sign. And this is what I get for thinking. Now I expected this "

“Notes:

*I have seen a lot of bashing on the trailer and such due to people not understanding that this is meant to look the way it does.

*It's a remake of the original and wanted to keep the campy idea of said original.

*They weren't going for serious so people just shouldn't think of it that way.

*The cast has a pretty interesting selection with Malcolm McDowell and Manu Bennett.

*I haven't heard of anything from the writer or director.

*I can only hope it's as fun as the trailer looked.

Pros:

*I love that it captures the cheesy and campy quality of the original.

*It's a modern day 70s style exploitation that in my opinion is excellent fun.

*The gore, carnage, and mayhem was awesome.
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