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Death Race 2050 is a 2017 American political satire, action film directed by G.J. Echternkamp and starring Manu Bennett, Marci Miller and Malcolm McDowell. It's a prequel to Death Race 2000, which was out in 1975. Both films were made by Roger Corman, who characterized the film as "a car-racing picture with some dark comedy."

In what ways does Death Race 2050 differ from its predecessors?

In 2050, the world is in the grip of a technological revolution. The Death Race serves both entertainment and population control in the United Corporations of America, which is beset by overpopulation and unemployment rates of 99.993%. The current Death Race spans from New York City to Los Angeles, and includes defending champion Frankenstein. Jed Perfectus, Minerva Jefferson, Tammy the Terrorist, and ABE, an evil, black, artificially intelligent, self-driving automobile, compete against Frankenstein in this film. Each driver is allocated a virtual reality proxy, a broadcaster who lets the audience to experience the race in VR. It doesn't take long for Frankenstein to get annoyed with his proxy, Annie Sullivan, and he dismisses her interview requests as well as her offers that his adversaries interview him instead.

During the time when the racers are traveling across the East Coast, a group of rebels headed by Alexis Hamilton, a former network producer, have set up traps around the region. As a result of Tammy and Minerva stealing members of the other's cult in order to carry out murders, a bitter rivalry has developed between the two of them. After falling victim to a trap set by the rebels, ABE suffers a malfunction, which results in the death of its proxy, and then decides to give up the pursuit of figuring out its true purpose in life. At the first checkpoint, Hamilton gives Annie, who it turns out is working for her as a spy, the order to murder Frankenstein. Her effort to woo him is unsuccessful due to the fact that he is solely focused on the outcome of the competition. In another part of his speech, the Chairman says that Frankenstein's longevity has turned him into a liability for the company, while Perfectus will urge his dedicated devotees to perish at his hands.

On Day two of the race, the competitors will make their way through the country's heartland, an area that is well-known for its large population of gun owners. A suicide bomber that was dispatched by Tammy to murder Chi Wapp, who was acting as Minerva's proxy, was successful. When Frankenstein tries to shave some time off of another tip, his automobile winds up getting stranded in a cornfield. Frankenstein fights off a squad of Resistance ninjas in order to rack up extra points while Annie goes out on her own. Annie reveals that she is a member of the resistance when they reach the second checkpoint and makes an effort to enlist Frankenstein. Frankenstein is uninterested in politics, and during the race he curses both the rebels and the government, insisting that his only objective is to come out on top. Minerva tells Annie that in order to maintain her cover as a stereotyped hip-hop persona and keep her job, she is really an educated intellectual. The revelation takes place at a pub. Annie saves Frankenstein's life when she returns to his chamber after he has been attacked by Perfectus, who is envious of Frankenstein's notoriety and sex appeal. It has come to light, in the meanwhile, that Hamilton and the Chairman have been conspiring together behind the scenes.

The government prepares "authorized" routes for the drivers on the third day of the race to prevent Resistance assaults. Due to his right arm being wounded in his battle with Perfectus, Annie assists Frankenstein in shifting gears. Minerva pursues Tammy but jumps over a cliff in order to escape Tammy's suicidal proxy. Tammy gloats over Minerva's murder before an ABE drives her into the wall and self-destructs, killing them both. Perfectus takes a backroad to the finish line, while Frankenstein and Annie annihilate Hamilton and her rebels. Perfectus loses control of his vehicle and smashes into the virtual reality control booth, causing both cars to jostle for position. Frankenstein sends out a message to his admirers just before crossing the finish line, implying that the Chairman is worth 1,000 points. Following the Chairman's death, Frankenstein invites the audience to abandon their virtual world and participate in their own Death Race. Frankenstein and Annie stand in the distance as the nation devolves into turmoil, arguing that they should repopulate the land after the mayhem has subsided.

Clip from "Death Race 2050"

Death Race 2050 included a who's who of actors.

    Manu Bennett as "Frankenstein," the seasoned cybernetic champion of the Death Race.
    Malcolm McDowell as Chairman of the United Corporations of America, a caricature of Donald Trump with a "slight comb-over in his hair."
    Annie Sullivan, Frankenstein's surrogate, is played by Marci Miller.
    Burt Grinstead plays Jed Perfectus, an athlete whose genes were changed to make him a good driver.
    Minerva Jefferson, a hip-hop musician turned racer, is played by Folake Olowofoyeku.
    Tammy "The Terrorist," played by Anessa Ramsey.
    Yancy Butler portrays Alexis Hamilton, a former network producer now leading a rebel organization.
    Male pundits like Charlie Farrell are a rarity. J.B.
    Shanna Olson plays Grace Tickle, a female Death Race pundit and interviewer.
    Eve Rocket, Perfectus' proxy, is played by Leslie Shaw.
    D.C. Douglas voices ABE, a self-driving, demonic racing automobile.
    Chi Wapp, Minerva's proxy, is played by Pierre Paolo Goya Kobashigawa.
    Sebastian Llosa plays Steve, a citizen who observes the Death Race in virtual reality via Annie's eyes.
    Actress Helen Loris portrays Dr. Creamer, ABE's computer programmer.

How was Death Race 2050 developed?

An Italian journalist who was interviewing Corman noted that The Hunger Games had parallels to Death Race 2000, which sparked the idea for a follow-up picture by the director. To bring back the dark humor of his original, Corman approached Universal Pictures, the studio behind the current remake (which, in Corman's opinion, omitted much too much of the original's social criticism). "You did a terrific job," Corman told them, "but you've taken away the murdering of pedestrians and the broken-society themes."

Corman started filming in his late 80s, during the 2016 presidential election in the United States. It stars a businessman who is now Chairman of United Corporations of America. "The president does have a hairstyle that may be approaching Trump's hairstyle," Corman told an interviewer, "but I don't want to go too deep into that because Trump will come and go, but the film will endure."

Did everyone like seeing Death Race 2050?

"There are a number of Death Races in a film series about the Death Race that is coming to an end. Following the late 2000s and early 2010s Death Roger Corman's Death Race 2050 Race trilogy with Jason Statham, Roger Corman returns with Death Race 2050. While both films were enjoyable in their own right, they had little in common with Death Race 2000, a 1970s B-movie. So Corman gets this out-of-control burning disaster back on track with a three-day race across a dystopian America, where pedestrian deaths earn points for out-of-control personalities! This time, though, the title has a 50 at the end." - Youtube critic Decker Shado

The Making of 2050, The Look of 2050, and Cars!, three making-of documentaries, were included on the DVD and Blu-ray release in the United States. Cars. Cars. As of March 20, 2017, it was available in the United Kingdom.

On rottentomatoes.com, the film has an 88 percent approval rating, based on eight reviews with an average rating of 6.8/10 as of June 2020.

In the words of Chris Alexander, the film is "loud... shrill... spastic... sadistic... stylish... slipshod... stupid... smart. " According to Scott Weinberg, a reviewer for Nerdist, the film is "clunky," "ramshackle," and "kitchy, but that's part of its charm." It has "enough blood, guts, simplistic political commentary, scenery chewing, and terrible special effects to become a cult classic," according to Sebastian Zavala of a website.

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