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Sylvester Stallone : "Machine-Gun" Joe Viterbo.

In an epilogue, Annie and Frankenstein are wedded, and Frankenstein, now President, abolishes the race and appoints Thomasina as the Minister of Security to rebuild the state and dissolve the dictatorship. and the perverse laws of the Provinces, though he does make a point of running over Junior Bruce an objecting reporter. Paine's attempt to assassinate Frankenstein, and Frankenstein succeeds in killing the President. In a swift-moving climax, Frankenstein and Annie combine to dodge Mrs.

#SYLVESTER STALLONE DEATH RACE 2000 DRIVERS#

He isn't opposed to Annie and the Resistance as such, but instead has his own plan to end the tyranny: win the race and shake hands with the President, detonating a grenade which has been implanted in his prosthetic right hand.įrankenstein successfully outmaneuvers both the rival drivers and the Resistance, and is declared the winner and sole survivor. "When one is used up, they bring in another", he tells Annie. There is no single Frankenstein and he is simply one of many trained to race in the role. The plot twist is that Frankenstein is not a willing government stooge. There are three main Subplots: the deadly competition between the rival drivers, particularly Frankenstein and "Machine Gun" Joe Viterbo (Stallone), who hates playing second fiddle the revolutionary machinations of Thomasina Paine (Harriet Medin), a lineal descendant of Thomas Paine and head of the Resistance and her granddaughter Annie (Simone Griffeth), who infiltrates herself into the race as Frankenstein's co-driver intending to lure him into a planned ambush where he is to be replaced by a double and finally, the enigmatic identity of Frankenstein himself. Frankenstein veers off the road and kills the staff instead. For example, in one memorable early scene, the staff of a geriatric nursing home array their patients in the path of the race. The dysfunctional fascist society is depicted, often accompanied by sick humor, through the playing out of the suicidal and homicidal impulses of the drivers and their victims. In form, the film is thus part horror film and part satire.

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The cars are equipped to kill, bearing anti-personnel weaponry ranging from blades to rockets, and the drivers and their cars are themed in a manner reminiscent of the Hanna-Barbera animated series Wacky Races. The race itself, in three segments from east to west coast, is scored both by traditional methods of timed checkpoints and also by the number, age and gender of people killed by the drivers. He is reputed to be part machine, rebuilt after many crashes and he is the government's champion. The political parties have collapsed into a single Bipartisan Party, which also fulfils the religious functions of a unified church and state.įrankenstein (Carradine) is the most celebrated racer in a bloody spectacle instituted by the President of the United Provinces, the Transcontinental Road Race. The United States has been destroyed by a financial crisis known as World Crash of '79 and a military coup and the United Provinces (a fascist Police state) rules America, keeping the people satisfied by feeding them a stream of gory Gladiator-style entertainment.