Les Gladiateurs de l'an 2000

  • États-Unis Deathsport
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One thousand years into the future, following the Great Neutron Wars, the world is divided into desert wastes and isolated city-states. Lord Zirpola captures the notorious Desert Ranger Kaz (David Carradine) to fight to the death in his game, Deathsport. Now Kaz must face his past and fight to save himself and his city from the war that Lord Zirpola is about to wage. (texte officiel du distributeur)

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français Toute une série de films ont surfé sur la vague de la comédie à succès La Course à la mort de l'an 2000, l’un d’entreeux étant Les Gladiateurs de l'an 2000. Le futur dystopien dans lequel David Carradine évolue cette fois n’exige pas de faire une course au volant d’une drôle de voiture,mais bien de sauver sa peau au guidon d’une drôle de moto.Mais attention, c’est on ne peut plus sérieux et il n’y a pas le moindre second degré, ce qui est assez maladroit pour un film dans lequel dansent des filles nues entourées de barres électrifiées et sur fond de musique synthétique. La seule chose qui fait rire, c’est quand les personnages s’efforcent de prononcer des dialogues creux en gardant un visage hyper-solennel. Malheureusement, ces moments involontairement drôles sont largement insuffisants pour pouvoir satisfaire le public et, en fin de compte, Les Gladiateurs de l’an 2000 s’avère être un navet. Cela dit, Allan Arkush rectifiera la trajectoire un an plus tard grâce à Rock ‘n’ Roll High School. ()

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anglais The second Corman film starring David Carradine, which pretends to be a sequel to the successful B-movie Death Race 2000. In reality, however, it was just a marketing gimmick and the two films have only Carradine and the sport of motorcycle gladiators in a dystopian future in common. This time, instead of cars, there are armored motorcycles with laser cannons, fought by desert “Jedi” with big disappearing flashlights, while cannibal mutants with ping pong balls for eyes watch everything. Deathsport is the pinnacle of what Corman could cram in front of the camera and pass it off as a movie. The same gimmicky shots are recycled over and over again (mostly a staggering amount of gratuitous explosions). Alongside this, the film tries to impress with weird sci-fi sounds that accompany even the most mundane movements (from opening doors to swinging swords), and avant-garde editing that masks the actors' inability to fence with ridiculously huge swords during action scenes. The whole thing sounds like great fun. The problem is that while Death Race 2000 was a hilarious satire, Deathsport takes itself dryly serious and lacks the slightest bit of charm and wit. The actors reportedly drank and smoked a lot of weed during filming, but not enough to save the whole thing. The only thing that can't be denied about this forgotten trash flick is that it basically predates the famous Road Warrior with its crazy bikers in the post-apocalyptic desert. ()

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