Death Race 2000 story
The film takes place in a dystopian American society in the year 2000, where the murderous Transcontinental Road Race has become a form of national entertainment. The screenplay is based on the short story "The Racer" by Ib Melchior.
14 total · 7 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| dystopia | major | We say a fascistic future America in which there was a yearly pedestrian killing cross country race. |
| fascism | major | The post World Crash of '79 American regime featured various fascist elements: an authoritarian president who used the French as a scapegoat for a sluggish economy and race sabotage, the government suppressed information about racers getting killed from getting out to the public, and a secret police force. |
| infatuation | major | Things got hot a heavy between Frankenstein and his navigator Annie Smith. |
| institutionalized human blood sports society | major | The film followed a cross country automobile race in which the participants earned points by killing pedestrians. |
| political assassination | major | The resistance group plotted to assassinate the president, although it was ultimately Frankensetin who did the deed. |
| resistance movement | major | A resistance group led by Thomasina Paine began to rebel against the post World Crash of '79 American regime by sabotaging the death race. |
| rivalry | major | The competition between Frankenstein and Joe "Machine Gun" Viterbo to win the death race, and the glory that came with it, was particularly fierce. |
| artificial body part | minor | Frankenstein had a robotic arm that enabled him to shift gears very quickly. [arm] |
| betrayal | minor | Frankenstein's navigator Annie Smith was secretly working with the resistance to kidnap him. |
| coping with an obsessive fan | minor | Frankenstein ran down a member of his fan club. |