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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 0025195056601
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 21, 2008
Running Time: 105 minutes
Sales Rank: 121
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Ex-con jensen ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in out post-industrial worlds most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize & kill one another on the road to victory. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 12/19/2008 Starring: Jason Stratham Tyrese Gibson
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Mayhem rules in Death Race, a head-over-heels remake of the Roger Corman cult classic Death Race 2000, in which cars become lethal weapons. The strength of this new version is its total single-mindedness about vehicular homicide; it has the virtue of no cluttering subplots or simpering sentimentality. And banish all memory of the original's wild satirical comedy: Death Race is as grim as a dinner tray to the face (a reference that will be explained in a key sequence). In a slightly futuristic maximum-security prison, cons take part in brutal races around the island prison, their violent deaths watched live by millions of viewers. Jason Statham, possibly cast because of his driving dexterity in the Transporter movies, plays a man wrongly imprisoned for murder. Joan Allen provides her brittle cool as the warden, who recruits Statham to assume the masked persona of a legendary driver called Frankenstein. Tyrese Gibson is Frankie's main rival, Natalie Martinez provides the fetching eye candy, but the acting honors go to Ian McShane, as the philosophical prison mechanic. One misses the cross-country race from the original film, as the setting here is claustrophobic and the cars are largely colorless and indistinguishable from each other. Director Paul W.S. Anderson (Resident Evil) continues to display the sensibility of a video-game addict, which will either be a recommendation or a turn-off, depending on your own tastes. At least it doesn't have the hypocritical moral blathering of something like the somewhat similar Condemned--who knew you could be so grateful for simple, straight-forward head-bashing? --Robert Horton
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - This was just silly
Maybe there are only so many plausible movie plots before they start trying to stretch the plausible ones into movies. I would say to rent this one when it comes out on video and is of the overnight rental shelf, but I can't even do that much.
1. Can we really be expected to believe that someone was able to find out who was a good racer and unemployed out of a population of 300 million? And then send a killer to this man's house who was a prisoner to kill his wife and frame him for it? ... Read More
Rating:  - Check It Out
I'm a fan of the original "Death Race" (which almost no one has ever even HEARD of!) so I went into this with a little trepidation. However, I was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed it. Quite violent and gory with solid special effects (as the story requires), with a fairly strong cast and an acceptable updating of the "car race" concept against current trends, the film doesn't try to do much besides provide a solid 2 hours of entertainment. And, in my mind, it certainly succeeds (better than the overhyped ... Read More
Rating:  - 2 ½ - Stars: A Remake Very Typical of Paul W.S. Anderson
Being a film that I've read Roger Ebert express disgust and disappointment, but at the same time Stephen King names it as one of the year's best, of course, one wouldn't be hard-pressed to become curious what to make out of Paul W.S. Anderson's re-imagining of Roger Corman's "Death Race 2000". "DEATH RACE" is very loosely based on Corman's cult favorite; the 1975 original was somewhat innovatively exploitive, with its satiric take on bloody violence, which made it fun. Anderson is a good action director, he's ... Read More
Rating: - Cars with 'Tude
What is modern filmmakers' penchant for bleached-out sepia-tinted color that looks like moldy black and white? It does not seduce me. To be frank, it looks just plain ugly. I suppose, in the case of this movie, it signifies the ugliness of the future that awaits us.
Despite its ugly-duckling appearance, "Death Race" is a serviceable action flick starring the charismatic and appealingly imperturbable Jason Statham (of "The Bank Job" fame). Short on plot, "Death Race" is long on action, the explosive ... Read More
Rating:  - Cartoon without the artistry of Pixar
You're kidding! This story had to be written by two 12 year olds in their basement after playing a mindless video game. This one is low rent even for Jason Statham. Joan Allen, you've come a long way down. Please tell me Ian Mcshane didn't really make this movie.
The economy is in the dumper and Hollywood wastes money on this garbage.
Amazing!
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