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Originally Posted by keirarts

Death Race 2050

The purpose of good science fiction is to shed a light on the wold as it is. Predicting the world as it might be is difficult and ends up getting more things wrong than right. The original Death race 2000 used science fiction and satire to depict an exaggerated and darkly satirical look at lat 60's - 70's America and the direction it was headed in. As a piece of speculative science fiction it got a lot of things wrong (not everything mind) but as satire it worked admirably.
Given how much has changed since the first film came out DR2000 is more an interesting social document than a depiction of the world as it has become.
Its nice to see then that we now have a Death Race remake (its not a sequel) that takes the humour and aesthetic and dark humour of the original and uses it to take a side swipe at an America polarised on issues such as Race, gender and politics, an America that is seeing its working classes and middle classes rendered seemingly irrelevant by technology.
If you have never seen Death Race 2000 and are only familiar with the Stath/Goss films then this might not be your cup of tea but if you liked the original then this definitely comes recommended.

Sold! Cheers, K.