Death Race 2000 (Paul Bartel, 1975)

A similar concept to Rollerball and the later film The Running Man, except this has a surreal president, a camp commentator, a gimp version of Darth Vader. Drivers compete in a race where they earn points for running people over. Obviously extra points are given for old people and children. Women are actually capable of driving rather than just navigating as in the vastly different Paul WS Anderson remake. Produced by Roger Corman, the film features Sylvester Stallone in an early but annoying role but David Carradine is pretty great as a driver called Frankenstein. Trashy, cartoony, bizarre, inventive, gory and funny.
An influence on Mad Max.
3.5/5