Death Race

Terminal Island: The very near future. The world’s hunger for extreme sports and reality competitions has grown into reality TV bloodlust. Now, the most extreme racing competition has emerged and its contestants are murderous prisoners. Tricked-out cars, caged thugs and smoking-hot navigators combine to create a juggernaut series with bigger ratings than the Super Bowl. The rules of the Death Race are simple: Win five events, and you’re set free. Lose and you’re road kill splashed across the Internet.

Three-time speedway champion Jensen Ames is an ex-con framed for a gruesome murder. Forced to don the mask of the mythical driver Frankenstein, a Death Race crowd favourite who seems impossible to kill, Ames is given an easy choice by Terminal Island’s ruthless Warden Hennessey: Suit up and drive or never see his little girl again. His face hidden by a hideous mask, one convict will enter an insane three-day challenge in order to gain freedom. But to claim the prize, Ames must survive a gauntlet of the most vicious criminals–including nemesis Machine Gun Joe–in the country’s toughest prison. Trained by his coach to drive a monster Mustang V8 Fastback outfitted with two mounted mini-guns, flamethrowers and napalm, an innocent man will destroy everything in his path to win the most twisted spectator sport on Earth.

As the intro above reads this is one of the most adrenaline fuelled films of the year. The story is not really important but stunts are an explosive smash between Under Siege and The Fast and the Furious.

As well as being a remake, the concept of reality TV gone too far has been around for years but it does leave you with the thought that there is a chance we’re not too far away from a twisted true life death race.

Death Race is a fun homage to 80’s movie gore which includes heads exploding a la Robocop’s toxic waste covered hit and run explosion on impact kill.

Quick, easy to watch and does what it says on the tin are all excellent ways to describe this must see action thriller, securing Jason Statham as the new modern day Arnie or stallon, hopefully a sequel will not be too far behind.

DVD Extras

-Extended version of movie

-Start Your Engines: Making Death Race

-Behind the Wheel: Dissecting The Stunts

-Feature commentary with director and producer