A must-see for petrolheads and cineastes alike.
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11/07/08
Death Race (2008)
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Reviews Counted:143
Fresh:61
Rotten:82
Average Rating:4.8/10
Consensus: Mindless, violent, and lightning-paced, Death Race is little more than an empty action romp.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Oct 30, 2008 Wide
US Box Office: $36,064,910
Synopsis: The Roger Corman-produced cult favorite DEATH RACE 2000 (1975) gets an update in this reworking from action director Paul W.S. Anderson (RESIDENT EVIL). In a role sure to please fans of his work in... [More]
Starring: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Reviews for Death Race
1 - 20 (sorted by fresh rating; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticPetrolheads and gorehounds, this backfiring blast of cinematic carbon monoxide is your film of the year.
10/31/08
Top CriticLike a monster car rally without a Truckosaurus in sight, this is more about the smashes and crashes than the vehicles themselves
09/11/08
Top CriticWhile not being the most awful filmic experience available, it's certainly one of the dumbest.
10/31/08
Top CriticIt's all pretty senseless and senseless is how I felt at the end of it all, after being party to a sadistic and deadly race that relies on the killing of its participants for its entertainment.
10/27/08
Top CriticBut Jason Statham can talk the torque as former racing driver Jensen Ames.
09/26/08
fun, no more predictable than absolutely necessary, and for racing fans, there's the jargon of exactly how one soups up a Mustang for mortal combat
08/23/08
a balls-to-the-wall tank-ful of amiable idiocy, fast-paced enough to keep anyone's eye on the road.
09/01/08
Through B-movie audacity, Statham and Anderson heighten Death Race into a skull-crusher and a mind-bender. But you’ll need a keen movie sense to recognize their underappreciated talents.
08/27/08
Like big steaming chunks of charred animal flesh, or a fleeting glimpse of a gal's ample cleavage, Death Race taps into something very primal (and very male) about the action movie experience.
08/21/08
This remake of Roger Corman's camp classic spackles enough blood and burnt rubber into the gaping plot holes it's easy to ignore them until the ride home.
08/22/08
This summer movie season has been light on explosions, but Death Race takes care of that.
08/22/08
It’s nothing more than an enjoyable, ridiculously macho B-movie romp, but it’s Anderson’s best movie since the underrated Event Horizon. Perhaps, at long last, he’s starting to find his - yep - top gear.
09/26/08
Top CriticDeath Race drips with cheese, and it's insanely proud of it.
08/22/08
An orgasmic mix of on-road mayhem that plays at 1000 miles per hour! Marvel in some terrifically-choreographed stunt
11/23/08
Satire and spectacle are balanced perfectly in this cynical and sexy thrill ride.
08/20/08
...it doesn't bore, and it doesn't embarrass the actors who appear in it. For a late summer action flick, that's high praise indeed.
08/22/08
Yes, it's a big ball of stupid, and yes, it's pretty damn fun.
08/21/08
Anderson serves up an unashamedly guilty pleasure that hits every note, particularly when the racing starts.
09/26/08
...sets itself apart from its campy predecessor right from the get go.
07/09/09
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January 03, 2009:
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December 28, 2008:
Social commentary on greed and war along with sexed up female con backseat drivers, is thin pretext for the incessant, at times visually surreal heavy metal havoc orgy of war machine, napalm shooting designer macho-mobile boy toy vehicular homicide.
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September 26, 2008:
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September 26, 2008:
RT Interview: Jason Statham Chats Death Race, Crank 2 and The Sweeney
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