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Title: Death Race 2050 (Video 2017)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Manu Bennett | ... | Frankenstein | |
| Malcolm McDowell | ... | Chairman | |
| Marci Miller | ... | Annie Sullivan | |
| Burt Grinstead | ... | Jed Perfectus | |
| Folake Olowofoyeku | ... | Minerva Jefferson | |
| Anessa Ramsey | ... | Tammy | |
| Yancy Butler | ... | Alexis Hamilton | |
| Charlie Farrell | ... | JB | |
| Shanna Olson | ... | Grace Tickle | |
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Leslie Shaw | ... | Eve |
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Helen Loris | ... | Dr. Creamer |
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Pierre Paolo Goya Kobashigawa | ... | Chi Wapp |
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Sebastian Llosa | ... | Steve |
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Debbie Mcintosh | ... | Steve's Grandma |
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Emilio Montero | ... | Pablo Zapata |
In the year 2050 the planet has become overpopulated, to help control population the government develops a "Death Race." Annually competitors race across the country scoring points for killing people with their vehicles.
Death Race 2050 (2017)
* (out of 4)
The second remake of the cult favorite 1975 film has Manu Bennett playing Frankenstein, one of five racers who is in the cross country race that gives its driver bonus points for running down pedestrians.
DEATH RACE 2050 is an extremely lazy, extremely boring and extremely annoying remake that sadly doesn't really get much of anything right. I'm one that is all for remakes but there's no question that sometimes they are disastrously wrong and that's the case for this one. The original 1975 film was a very fun film that's low-budget was used for some campy and it worked. The 2008 version wasn't all that great but it was mildly entertaining for what it was. This one, however, has so many bad things in it that it's hard to recommend anything about it.
There are all sorts of annoying things here but I think the most annoying is the fact that the film tries on purpose to be campy and it just doesn't work. The characters all seem to have been influenced by THE HUNGER GAMES and this too is rather pointless. The film has the majority of the characters either acting stupid or just so over-the-top that you're wishing they'd be killed off. The Frankenstein character, on the other hand, is extremely bland and just doesn't come across as entertaining. It certainly doesn't help that Bennett doesn't add much to the role but to be fair none of the supporting players bring much to their roles and this includes poor Malcolm McDowell who is picking up another paycheck.
The CGI effects are embarrassingly bad and some of them rival what you'd see out of an Asylum movie. The story is stupid, the added melodrama doesn't work and in all reality there's just nothing here. Well, I'd say that the over-the-top gore helps for those who enjoy the red stuff but you're best bet is to stick with DEATH RACE 2000.