10 Films That Stick It To The Man
7. Death Race 2000
It’s the near future and the United Provinces of America is “the greatest power in the known universe”, a feat made possible by Mr President, who addresses his supporters as “my children” and reminds them of his affection with posters that announce, “Mr P Loves You!”
His greatest achievement is the Death Race - a coast-to-coast race where drivers score points by running over pedestrians. “We love it violent, violent, violent,” gushes one commentator. “That’s the American way!”
Not everyone shares the sentiment: when a group of rebels (led by a white haired grandmother named Thomasina Paine) disrupt the race and start killing the drivers, the deaths are at first explained away as accidents but when more corpses turn up, the President makes a personal appearance to deliver the “truth”. It’s the fault of the French, he says, the very same people who wrecked the economy and destroyed the country you love.