merelyaninnuendo Death RaceIt's tightly packed with action, speed and twists but also is predictable, familiar and overlong.

adonis98-743-186503 Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory. Liked it or hated it this remake is way better than the original over the top and cheesy 70's film starring Sylvester Stallone it's more brutal, more serious and more action packed with a lot of car racing and explosions and Jason Statham is pretty awesome and it sucks that he never returned for the sequels. Another great thing about it Ian McShane as Coach and Joan Allen as Hennessey both great actors and great in their roles, if you like this over the cop full of explosions and gore kind of films you will not be disappointed by Death Race (2008).

videorama-759-859391 I love it, how remakes can be approached, differently and use a different style to the original. Although some of the character's names are retained, Death Race is just cool great fun, one cool remake, with action you just suck up. Frankenstein the chief driver, and all time winner, died a much tragic death out there on the closed circuit, monitored by video cameras, and one cold hearted and snaky prison governor (Joan Allen) who's just awesome, stealing the acting honors here. All in the name of sick entertainment, a handful of prisoners are forced to race each other, on this well manned race zone, where there can only be one winner, hence, one survivor. Sounds like Running Man, yeah? Now in the drivers seat to replace Frankenstein is Stratham, who was set up for murdering his wife. You can add up the dots, and I did love Stratham's vehiculur revenge, pre head snap, on this guy. Stratham is of course Stratham, and he does what he does best, and it's not acting. He has a hot female prisoner navigator too, (yes much sexier than Simone Griffith). Ian Mcshane was really good too as Stratham's weary prisoner mechanic. The acting though was better in the original. How the story resolved itself, I really liked, something I don't anticipate as far as convict love goes, good again, triumphing over evil. Just let's say Allen's last words, were "I always win". Death Race really surprised me, with action aplenty, not losing the humor either, as after each sorry played loses, where they're X'd out on the board, fresh bloody smear prints, cover it. Yes we do have bloody moments, as judging by today's standard, but you should check out the sick violence in the original. In all, what has eventuated here, is a killer fun time in front of the tube, in a successor of a remake, with a killer performance by Allen.

SnoopyStyle It's 2012. It's a dystopian world where prisons run gladiator-like competitions for profit. Jensen Ames (Jason Statham) is framed for the murder of his wife. In prison, he is coerced by warden Hennessey (Joan Allen) into racing for his freedom. If he wins one race, he can walk.Paul W.S. Anderson is the driving force behind the Resident Evil franchise. He has built a pretty good resume of top notch big budget movies from B-movie ideas. That's what this is. You get cars, action, and T&A. It's a B-movie idea done by good actors and good director. Jason Statham does his best bad ass. Natalie Martinez provides the T&A. The action is fun. There isn't much else that can be expected. The race being split in 3 is probably a mistake. It makes the last section not as compelling or as fun.