torstensonjohn Death Race 2, an actual prequel to 2008's Death Race. It is a sci-fi/action film directed by Roel Reiné, written by Tony Giglio and Paul W. S. Anderson. The plot of the film is about a man (Carl Lucas) portrayed by Luke Goss who is a wheel-man for a crime kingpin portrayed by Sean Bean. A bank heist goes terribly wrong, Lucas is sent to a maximum prison facility known as Terminal Island for life. There he encounters death fights put on for entertainment purposes run by Lauren Cohan and Ving Rhames. The storyline gives us how the character "Frankenstein" was developed and how the actual Death Race came to be. The acting is not award winning by any stretch but it certainly is not horrible. Lauren Cohan is creatively brilliant as the money hungry, power wielding antagonist running the show. Luke Goss comes across as plain, and not very driven but maybe that is the creativity stand alone. Danny Trejo is just a face in the film really with not much substance for his character.The film is adrenaline fueled, violent to an extent, certainly not as gory as 2008's Death Race. All in all the story moves well and it has it's moments for the small budget it was filmed on. It is not a power house of a film, BUT is worth a watch. 6 out of 10

hellholehorror Nicely shot; excellent sound; nuff said on that! Rather poor concept, totally unoriginal. Overly stylised which distracted from the concept but dazzled the eyes and ears. Not as good as the first as it was missing that big lorry. There were some cool stunts but they were all in slow motion with crazy sound design which kinda worked but was so stylised that it was a bit distracting. It looked and sounded pretty but there was nothing under the hood.

Dallas Aspinall Death race 2 is that of a prequel to the original whilst using 2 old characters to create continuity and a picture to use more continuity. Above all though the film wasn't that good their are several shots that seem out of place due to the reused first film shots and although it's meant to show us the origins of the death race it leaves us more questions than we had like why is the track different why do the cars look like the updated versions from the 6 moth gap from the first film. One of the best things in the film was when Marcus Kane was watching Death race 2000 on TV but even that is just leaving a plot hole. The acting is good the car scenes are brilliant and the deaths of the racers aren't reused and it shows unitive mostly with sheiks death. Overall the film is okay but has the a bigger budget it would have been a master piece.

Beous Lau I gave it a 6 out of 10. It's not great but still a watchable film that you'll enjoy.I've watched Death Race before watching this second film. I personally feel a bit boring watching this film. They have many similarities and it made me feel like I was watching Death Race the second time.It has okay actions, okay drama and acceptable storyline. The main role in Death Race, Jason Statham, was replaced. I personally think that Jason Statham would do better in this film. I'm his fan, though.Overall, not bad. If you've watched Death Race(2008), you won't enjoy it much. If you haven't, it may be a really good film with great ideas for you to enjoy. Pure actions, not bad overall. 6/10.