Directed by Paul Bartel and produced by Richard Corman, "Death Race 2000" is both the best and worst place to dive into the franchise. On the one hand, the movie is legitimately fun and well-made.

Once you're done, hop over to the remake side of things with 2010's "Death Race 2," which is a prequel to the 2008 reboot. Perhaps the only remake entry that consciously plays to its logic-defying ...

Jason Statham did an action movie involving cars early on his career with 2003's The Italian Job, and he returned to the genre in 2008 with Death Race.The movie, directed by Paul W.S. Anderson of ...

From vehicular violence to sports-obsessed dystopias, here are 10 movies you should seek out if you enjoyed the blood-splattered satire of Death Race 2000. 1. The 10th Victim (1965) (dir. Elio Petri) ...

In short, technically, Death Race 2000 is not a good movie. But, as a genre picture, and as a nugget of pure unadulterated cult entertainment, ... fairly free of white and black dust specks.