The film also starred David Carradine and was updated in 2008 by Paul W.S. Other than that, the only guns Sly fires in the movie are mounted to his race car. We don’t see the carnage, but it can be assumed he racked up a few points. When showing off for the crowds at the beginning of the race, Joe lives up to his nickname and sprays a crowd with an M1928 Thompson submachine gun. Stallone plays “Machine Gun Joe” Viterbo, once of the drivers, with a kind of futuristic 1940s throwback aesthetic. The only way a driver wins is if he’s the only one to survive to cross the finish line, and racers gain points by running down innocent people they come across along the way. The story is set in a dystopian future where the main form of entertainment for the masses is a violent, bloody transcontinental race across the U.S. It was one of those odd 70s movies that depicted the future as everything that was trendy just turned up to 11, including everyone and everything being splashed with bright colors and huge lapels. The first time he got his hands on a gun in front of the camera was for the 1975 low-budget science fiction film, Death Range 2000 Stallone’s earliest credited roles were mostly tough guy roles determined by his demeanor and physique. Death Race 2000 (1975) “Machine Gun” Joe Viterbo M1928 Thompson Submachine Gun Stallone fires a M1928 Thompson submachine gun at a crowd as “Machine Gun” Joe Viterbo in Death Race 2000.
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