Deathsport 1978

DeathSport isn't just a game. In the year 3000, it's the only way to survive!

4.1 / 10   42 vote(s)
R
Action Thriller Science Fiction

1000 years into the future, after the Great Neutron Wars, the world is divided into desert wastelands and isolated city-states. Notorious "Desert Ranger" Kaz is forced to fight in the DeathSport, dueling on futuristic motorcycle "Death Machines". With the help of renegade vixen Deneer, Kaz must face his past and fight to save himself and his people.

Release Date 1978-04-01
Runtime 1h 22m
Directors Allan Arkush, Nicholas Niciphor, Gary Graver, Tom Jacobson, Jim Burnett
Producer Roger Corman
Writers Frances Doel, Nicholas Niciphor, Donald Stewart

Not quite sure how we got from 1975's Death Race to here, but I'm pretty bummed out that we did. If "Deathworld" was ever going to be a real thing, Deathsport made sure we will never see it.

Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid if possible.

Gimly