In 2012, amid economic chaos and high unemployment, Americans watch by the millions as criminals with life sentences race armored cars on Terminal Island. Two-thirds of the combatants die but the winner may earn his freedom. On the day he loses his job, steelworker Jensen Ames is arrested for his wife's murder. Sent to Terminal Island, he's offered an out by the steely and manipulative Warden Hennessey - race as the popular mask-wearing (but now dead) champion, Frankenstein, or rot in prison. Jensen makes the bargain. As the three-stage race approaches, he realizes that the whole thing may be a set up - can an anonymous man behind a mask get revenge and win his release? 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. Only Paul W.S. Anderson could mess up something like this. He's done it before. We gave him Aliens and Predators and said, "All you have to do is make them kill one another." But he must have been deaf, or spaced out, or maybe he's just thick. The public repeated their previous mistake and said, "Hey, Paul! Please remake this film. Just make cars and people explode. That's all we ask." Which, he does deliver, but, since that's all the audience is looking for I can say to them, just watch Death Race 2000. It's the same idea but better and more violent.<br/><br/>Which, I don't understand! How can something in the 1970's be more violent than something now? What about all those Saw films and the recent Torture Porn genre? Are those, just, like, exceptions? Come one dude! You had ONE JOB! ONE! And you messed that up. The best thing I can say about 2008's remake Death Race is it certainly knew what it was and didn't lie about one aspect. The worst I can write about it happens to be attached to one of my favorite actors of all time: Joan Allen. How incredibly miscast and it was an embarrassment to see her here. Her nasty prison character might as well been played by Rosie O'Donnell.<br/><br/>That said, I actually enjoyed the feature. I was looking for an action movie I had not seen (and speaking of which, I still have yet to see the original) and I am a huge Jason Statham fan. (Of which, he gets a pass for his role, unlike Allen. Not only does this fit his resume, he did a great job on what he had to accomplish.) Also, I knew what I was getting into. Like I said, it knew it's audience and showed what it needed to, no holds barred. It didn't seek out Oscar buzz or ever attempt to take itself too seriously. But, was it predictable? Yeah. Unoriginal, of course. Horrible dialogue, definitely. But, was it enjoyable for what it was? Absolutely. And on a personal level, this The Fast & the Furious knockoff reminded me a lot of one of my all-time favorite video games: Burnout Revenge. So, it was exciting, for at least me, to watch a live-action version of the races and "secret shortcuts & hidden items" as portrayed in the film.<br/><br/>Synopsis: In the far, far, distant future of 2012, there is no economy and privately run prisons run reality shows (originally a gladiator/type fighting ring, possibly a lead-in if they made a prequel) that show a race for freedom, literally. If a prisoner wins five races, or subsequently survives five go-arounds, then he/she will be set free. Wow, whoever said things too good to be true aren't just that? There's just no way they're lying, or that this isn't fixed, or things happen specifically for ratings. I believe in corporations, such as this one exploiting death on humans. They'll never lie or try and be unethical.<br/><br/>Along comes Jensen (Statham) minding his own business, trying to make a living off $300 for over a hundred hours of hard labor and caring for his wife and daughter. In another benefit of the movie, they fast forward to the inevitable framed-murder of his wife so Jensen could be sent to this particular prison and race for dame Hennessey (Allen.) In this type of movie, the attention span of the stereotypical macho male who would watch this is, at best, a few seconds long, so it was nice they just plowed through to get him in place to race to the freedom he should have anyways.<br/><br/>NowÂ…what everyone waited mere minutes for, the races. They're bloody, fast and as the title indicates deadly. Unfortunately, this is where I felt one of the biggest downfalls. Spoiler: though we're supposed to root for the wrongfully accused Jensen, he kills one prisoner in absolute cold blood. To keep up with this "rooting for" him, it probably would've been better for them to go with the accidental/but just-deserved death of this man. But, I'm guessing they just wanted the audience to get some of his revenge, the barbaric way.<br/><br/>Throw in a few "plot twists" hardly any that work, but one did, you have the remainder of the film. Again, a film that, though critically (and apparently audience in reference to box-office) panned is actually good for its target audience.<br/><br/>I'll repeat myself, though this is not an award winner, and made specifically for one reason: live-action video game, Allen thoroughly disappointed me. Every great actor has their embarrassments, such as Meryl Streep for She-Devil, Ben Kingsley for A Sound of Thunder (wait, amongst many more, but he's still great,) etc, etc. But here, I just felt there was no excuse. Luckily, I still enjoy her, and always will, in better movies, such as The Bourne 2/3 movies, The Contender and Manhunter.<br/><br/>Death Race (2008) isn't for everyone, and usually, this wouldn't be for me either, but for what it was, a mindless slur of action and death (boy, they had zero compassion human life) it's enjoyable as a throw-back. Recommended for the target audience only. With its inexplicably watchable shotgun-riding bimbos, unconscious homoeroticism and "Shawshank Redemption" ending, The Fast and the Frivolous here is almost so bad it's good. Almost… Death Race is a remake of the 1975 film <a href="/title/tt0072856/">Death Race 2000 (1975)</a> with a new script written by English director Paul W.S. Anderson. It is not based on the 1976 arcade game Death Race, which was inspired by the 1975 film. It isn't exactly stated when Death race takes place. It is stated in the prologue that in 2012 the economy collapsed and that before Death Race there were Gladiator type battles. So it can be assumed that it is at least a decade after the Cage Fights started which was probably around 2015, so we can assume this takes place in 2025. In the DVD commentary, Paul W.S. Anderson describes the original concept as a "reimagining" of Paul Bartel's Death Race 2000, so in that sense it's a remake. However, <a href="/name/nm0001016/">David Carradine</a>'s voice cameo as Frankenstein at the beginning of the film suggests that it could also be seen as a sequel. Anderson also says that when he was making the film, he thought of it as a prequel to Death Race 2000, showing how the Death Race began in a prison before it went on to become the cross-country race seen in Bartel's film. However, the film can't literally be a prequel since it takes place an indeterminate time after 2012 and Death Race 2000 is set in (of course) 2000. Or it could mean that it was the 2,000th race and has nothing to do with the year. (1) Jensen Ames's Ford Mustang, (2) Grimm's Chrysler 300C, (3) 14K's 1988 Porsche 911, (4) Colt's Jaguar XJS, (5) Riggins' Buick Riviera "boat-tail" (early 1970's), (6) Carson's Pontiac Trans AM, (7) Siad's BMW 7 Series (E32), (8) Pachenko's 1966 Buick Riviera (chop top), (9) Machine Gun Joe's Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 Pickup, and (10) "The Dreadnought" is a Peterbilt Tractor with a modified tanker trailer. The electric kill switches are in the weapons. All they do is deactivate the weapons so they can't use them to escape. "Warmest regards, your monster." The R-rated theatrical version was not cut to obtain the rating. The unrated edition extends some fights and action scenes and runs more than 4 minutes longer. In the film's prequels <a href="/title/tt1500491/">Death Race 2 (2010)</a> and <a href="/title/tt1988591/">Death Race: Inferno (2013)</a>; we find out that the original Frankenstein was Carl Lucas who was horribly burned in a crash. However, advancements in experimental plastic surgery eventually managed to heal Lucas and give him back his face. He later escapes from prison along with his co-pilot and pit crewmember. But not before framing the cold-hearted and tyrannical Company Man Niles York who assumed control of Death Race. York gets horribly burned in a crash caused by Lucas in which it's announced that Katrina and York were killed. However York was only horribly burned and Lucas and Katrina had escaped. Lists confirms York is Frankenstein and so he is forced to don the mask and compete in the races. It's likely he was the one killed on the track in the beginning of this film. a5c7b9f00b Treasure of the Moon Goddess movie downloadCheckpoint download movie freeThe Escape full movie in hindi free downloadDownload the Minions full movie tamil dubbed in torrenthindi 3 Ninjas free downloadRatchet Clank in hindi 720pBats Jokes full movie online freeI Am Not Infected full movie download 1080p hdToo Much Speed movie download in hdWWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain full movie in hindi free download mp4
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