I am certain that you're remembering the 1975 film "Death Race 2000,"
one of my favorite B-movies, in which a character called Frankenstein
(played by David Carradine) has a bomb implanted in his right hand.
After a wild automobile race, Frankenstein plans to shake hands with
the President. The movie also stars the young Sylvester Stallone.
"Mr. President (Sandy McCallum) starts the race in a remote broadcast
from his winter palace in Peking, and the Race is underway, but with
several hitches, the biggest being that the American Resistance Party
(under the leadership of Thomasina Paine, no less) is attempting to
end the Race forever by kidnapping Frankenstein. To that end, they
have placed Thomasina's granddaughter, Annie (Simone Griffeth) as
Frankenstein's navigator.
The rebels blow up Nero with a booby-trapped baby doll, and send
Matilda over a cliff using the old Wile E. Coyote
detour-sign-leading-to-a-fake-tunnel-and- a-cliff-beyond-that trick.
Frankenstein sees through Annie's subterfuge pretty easily, but lets
her stay on, even lying to the President's goons to cover her tracks.
It seems Frankenstein's dedication to the Race has a similar goal:
during his last limb transplant, he had a bomb implanted into his
right hand ('It's a hand grenade,' Carradine deadpans). Mr. President
always shakes hands with the winner."
Stomp Tokyo: Death Race 2000
http://www.stomptokyo.com/badmoviereport/reviews/D/deathrace.html
"In 2000 America has been rebuilt by one man, the President has become
an emperor. With this power he created the Race. Every year violent
role-playing psychopaths are placed behind the wheels of high
performance killing machines and sent across the country. Their goal?
Finish alive with the most points from running down as many
pedestrians as possible and it's all perfectly legal. See a line of
doctors and nurses on the sidewalk? Thump, thump, thump: 110 points.
Lucky for us there are rebels who believe in safe highways; led by
Thomasina Paine they decide to fight back. You have to feel sorry for
Nero, he makes to run over what seems to be a cute little toddler and
it turns out to be a doll full of explosives. The rebels really want
to get Frankenstein though, he's favored to win the race and a
personal friend of the President.
Having planted Annie as Frankenstein's navigator they try to capture
or kill him to no avail; he is a man on a mission. His right hand was
removed, in the real thing's place is an artificial one with a grenade
embedded in it. (Believe it or not, Carradine makes the 'hand grenade'
joke - I didn't even get a chance.) Frankenstein hates the President
and his race more than anyone else and he knows the winner gets to
shake hands."
Bad Movies: Review for Death Race 2000
http://www.badmovies.org/movies/deathrace/
If you'd like to see this cult classic again, it's available on DVD and VHS:
Amazon: Death Race 2000 DVD
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6305261318
Amazon: Death Race 2000 VHS
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000FCS0
My Google search strategy:
Google Web Search: "death race 2000" frankenstein bomb president
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22death+race+2000%22+frankenstein+bomb+president
I hope this is the correct movie. If it is not, please request
clarification; I'll be glad to offer further assistance before you
rate my answer.
Best regards,
pinkfreud |
