Death Race (Aug 2008)
A remake of the classic Death Race 2000 released in 1975. The first video game to contribute protest and displeasure among citizens of the United States.
33 years later, Death Race was once again played on the silver screen which had a casts like Jason Statham who once played alongside Jet Li in the movie ‘War‘ and as a solo hero in ‘The Transporter‘. Other characters were played by Tyrese Gibson (2 Fast 2 Furious), Joan Allen (The Bourne Supremacy and Ultimatum) and Natalie Martinez a.k.a the spokesmodel for JLO brand.
Let me tell you abit about the story:
It’s basically about the downfall of the United States economy, where Jensen Ames (played by Jason Statham) had lost his job after his company was declared bankrupt but matters took for the worst when Jensen was framed for the murder of his wife.
Brought to prison and was given a chance by the warden, Hennessey (played by Joan Allen) to free himself of his jail term by representing a cult hero, Frankenstein who was dead from the injuries suffered from Death Race. A boggling car race against the vicious inmates through 3 stages and highly anticipated by the society who seems to enjoy this new car craze. Since Frankenstein wore a mask to hide his hideous face from people, Jensen was asked to put on the mask and race as Frankenstein.
The benefit? The winner of the race will be one step closer to freedom and it will be given when the racer wins 5 races. Frankenstein was a 4 time champion before his death so Jensen has to only win once more to get his freedom. Since Jensen is also known to be fabulous behind the wheels, it can’t be that simple. Can it?
If you wanna know what happened, have a watch. If you are expecting to see beautiful cars racing through the tracks, let me tell you first. No such things here. You most probably be seeing lots of gore from the fully weaponized cars with machine guns, missles, napalms and others.
It’s like a Mario Kart game come to life where the cars will go through a panel on the floor to activate its weapon. Overall, my overall ratings would be a 7/10.
If you watched it, tell me what you think, k?
Cheers,
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Wei Liang on August 26th 2008 in Reviews
Work at homes moms responded on 26 Aug 2008 at 11:51 pm #
I read a simliar post just the other day by Sandra Kosineck but yours is much better.