The people are kept satisfied through a stream of gory gladiatorial entertainment, which includes the bloody spectacle of the Annual Transcontinental Road Race, depicted as a symbol of American values and way of life. The resulting fascist police state, the United Provinces, is headed by the cult figure ‘Mr. Political parties have collapsed into a single Bipartisan Party, which also fulfills the religious functions of a unified church and state. In the year 2000 the United States has been destroyed by a financial crisis and a military coup. 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. Death Race 2000 is a 1975 American cult science fiction action film directed by Paul Bartel, and starring David Carradine, Simone Griffeth and Sylvester Stallone.
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