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Death Race 2050 (2017)

Death Race 2050 poster
Directed by
G.J. Echternkamp
Genre
action film, science fiction film, dystopian film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
R
Rating
4.3 of 10 from 205 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a dystopian future where the government stages deadly car races for entertainment, a champion driver competes in the annual cross-country Death Race. He must race against other killers while dealing with corporate sponsors and rebellious off-track factions.

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What happens

Death Race 2050 (stylized on-screen as Roger Corman's Death Race 2050) is a 2017 American satirical science fiction action direct-to-video film directed by G.J. Echternkamp, and starring Manu Bennett, Marci Miller and Malcolm McDowell. It is a sequel to the 1975 film Death Race 2000. Both films were produced by Roger Corman, who described the film as "a car-racing picture with some black humor." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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