Product Details

• Actors: David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone, Mary Woronov, Simone Griffeth
• Directors: Paul Bartel
• Format: NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Shout! Factory
• DVD Release Date: June 22, 2010
• Run Time: 84 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0039BEEWW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,156 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #98 in Movies & TV > Blu-ray > Sports
• For more information about "Death Race 2000 (Roger Corman's Cult Classics) [Blu-ray]" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Widescreen is Matted from Full Frame, July 17, 2010

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Willjamz - See all my reviews

This review is from: Death Race 2000 (Roger Corman's Cult Classics) (DVD)

I was glad to get a copy of this today and was hoping for an improvement over my DMI Full Frame Copy. However, it appears this is another case where marketing has misslead the public once again. The Film was clearly shot in Full Screen and this 1:85 transfer is matted down, cropping out much of the top & bottom of the image. When Frankenstein Talks to Myra, you nolonger get to see her boobs as they are now out of frame. This scene was a memorable shot in the full screen version and those who chose the framing of the matting did us no favors here. I am a bit disappointed by this issue....

However,
The Image is a vast improvement, I just wish we had been given all of it. The sound is a slight upgrade but still 2.0 mono. I would still recomend a purchase if you are interested in this title but just be aware you are not getting a true widescreen film and are missing out on some great bits that are now cut out in this print. If you have the old Full Screen release of this DVD, you may want to keep it as this new DVD does not make it obsolete.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars hilarious, January 13, 2003

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This review is from: Death Race 2000 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

this movie is really funny. not really a "kids" movie though...

the "plot" is: there is an annual race across country, and the drivers rack up points along the way by running people over. the drivers also try to sabotage one another. a deeper plot to the movie is, there is an activist group who wants to overthrow the government, and, among other things, they dissaprove of the annual races. one of the activists goes undercover as a navigator for one of the drivers in the race. she tries to set him up to be killed, not knowing that he also wants to see the current government overthrown.
the driver she is navigating for is Frankenstein, who is treated pretty much like a national hero; he has been in many of the races, and had so much damage done to him from them, the media had been playing the card that they "werent sure he would be able to race" this time around, but "with half a face and half a chest, and all the guts in the world - he's back!" and he enters the race, of course.
Frankenstein's plan, unknown to anyone else, is to assassinate the leader of the country; by winning the race, he will get the opportunity to shake the leader's hand. he plans to have a bomb inside his "fake robot hand" which will blow the leader (and himself) to smithereens.
So that's the plot as i see it... though the movie isnt one that i really watch for the plot. i titled this "hilarious" because that's what it is, it is hilarious. enjoy!

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An unforgettable movie, July 12, 2010

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William Dakota "Bill Dakota" (Lima, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Death Race 2000 (Roger Corman's Cult Classics) (DVD)

I had a VHS copy of this movie years ago. It was considered good quality at that time. I recently bought a DVD copy that wasn't widescreen and it looked like a transfer from the VHS cassette. Now, it had been truly restored in widescreen and a real collectible for anyone who has a DVD library. The DVD is picture perfect. I played it on a Blu-Ray player that upgrades to 1080P. The picture flies off the screen and with wonderful surround sound too. It looks like a newly released film, and I guess with the restoration it is truly that, a new film. David Carradine, right off the Kung Fu series and a young Sylvester Stallone are the stars. A true cult film you can watch over and over with your friends.