Deathsport (1978): In the Year 3000 There'll Be No More Olympic Games, World Series, or Superbowl...
Deathsport
Do you like motorcycle chases? Do you like to see shit get blown up? Well, do I have a movie for you. Deathsport is Roger Corman's attempt to cash in on the success of David Carradine's previous film, Death Race 2000. From the title and poster art, one would expect this film to be about a post-apocalyptic gladiatorial game involving motorcycles but that is only partly true. The actual deathsport plays a minor part in the first half of the movie only. There are still lots of motorcycle chases and explosions and deaths, just not in an arena. Oh, and did I mention that Roger Corman stole the sound effects from Star Wars and used them for this movie? What a guy.
After the great Neutron War, humanity has mostly been destroyed except for three races: the civilized city dwellers known as "statesmen," the wild warriors called "range guides" and some flesh eating mutants. The insane ruler of of the statesman sees the range guides as threats and has them killed or arrested to fight in the deathsport on motorcycles that shoot lasers and sound like TIE fighters. David Carradine and Claudia Jennings play range guides who escape from the game, rescue a kidnapped child and try to stop the statesman dictator from taking control of fuel resources and expanding his rule. Doesn't that sound awesome? It is... sort of!
"I don't need a safeword."
This is a Roger Corman film so don't expect too much from it. This isn't Star Wars, after all. It's a campy science-fiction movie with lots of action and a substantial amount of boobage. In other words, watch it drunk.
Violence Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Booby Rating: 3 out of 5
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