Bad Movie Thursday

Viewing Date: 3/19/2026

Starring: Sly Stallone, David Carradine

Plot: In a dystopian future, a cross country automobile race requires contestants to run down innocent pedestrians to gain points that are tallied based on each kill’s brutality.

Rules

• “Frankenstein” (advanced rule)
• Stupid futuristic backdrops
• Car crashes
• Shifting gears
• Car kills
• “Mr. President”

Quotes

• “Get back there and retard the spark.”
• “Well, those doctors – dear friends of mine – have been pretty smug all these years setting up the old folks. Frankenstein must have decided it was their turn.”
• “That’s right, come get baby.”
• “Fair is always right.”
• “Turn off is coming up. Should I take it?” – “Who gives a god damn shit?”
• “I’m sick of this race and I’m sick of you.”
• “What does she expect? You leave your navigator lying around, naturally somebody’s gonna run over ’em.”
• “I’m going to win this race in the name of hate. One big victory for hate.”

Viewer Quotes

• “Oh my god, you guys, this is terrible.”
• “I thought he was going to be the good guy.”
• “I’m so appalled that I can’t stop watching.”

What We Learned

• You get a lot of points for killing your own pit crew. But the elderly is worth the most.
• The French are the main enemy of America in the year 2000.
• You become president when you kill the old president.

Final Take

This one was kind of all over the place. The run time was something like 78 minutes but it felt like 2 hours. It had the kind of absurd dark humor of a movie like Robocop or Mad Max, but then would take some parts seriously when it probably should have just avoided anything like that. It was mostly enjoyable, but I feel like this is one I won’t clearly remember for very long.