Death Race (2008)

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June 13, 2008, 06:04:13 PM Last Edit: June 18, 2008, 11:13:24 AM by MacGuffin



Trailer here.

Release Date: August 22nd, 2008 (wide)

Starring: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane, Tyrese Gibson, Natalie Martinez 

Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson 

Premise: Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the U.S. penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized inmates, a global audience hungry for violence and a spectacular, enclosed arena come together to form the 'Death Race', the world's biggest, most brutal sporting event.
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#1
June 13, 2008, 06:22:39 PM
I just went through my whole... well two opposite emotions whilst reading that.

:yabbse-thumbup: Jason Stratham

:yabbse-thumbdown: Paul W.S. Anderson
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bonanzataz

#2
June 18, 2008, 01:32:47 AM
well that just looks absolutely ridiculous.

i'm sold.
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pete

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June 18, 2008, 01:40:21 AM
trailer link don't work.
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#4
August 19, 2008, 06:37:02 PM
this looks so bad that i just passed on two free tickets to a screening of it tonight.
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#5
August 19, 2008, 06:42:18 PM
Why, Ian McShane? First Hot Rod, now this. Come on, man.
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#6
August 19, 2008, 10:40:56 PM
Quote from: bonanzataz on June 18, 2008, 01:32:47 AM
well that just looks absolutely ridiculous.

i'm sold.
I want to feel the same way......
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#7
December 23, 2008, 05:21:44 PM
Wow, I gotta admit, I enjoyed this WAY more than I know I should have. I've never been a fan of "the other" Paul Anderson, think he is a bigger than hack than Brett Ratner, but here he seemed to have grown and found his inner Michael Bay, which is to say, he directed a better caliber of blow-it-up-real-good shit than he's used to. I dunno why Joan Allen is in this dreck, but she plays an excellent Bitch. It's really not a remake of Roger Corman's cult classic, gone is the cross country race aspect and the black humor of the original (I missed them racking up points for hitting pedestrians), but it does deliver some great action and race scenes.
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#8
February 08, 2009, 02:51:45 PM
This was well worth the purchase for the blu-ray disc and man what a rediculous ride. So much fun, so much stupidity and Joan Allen seems to revel in its just awful bad-ness. She really knows how to play a complete Cunt. This is nonsense that really has been taken to another level of amazing. Mac is right this 'other' paul has found his inner michael bay and it works for him. A couple of years from now, when you find this blu-ray in the bargain bin, pick it up.
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#9
March 03, 2009, 08:20:44 PM
you guys are nuts. finding his inner Michael Bay - wow. i watched this at work today. about as bad as say... Cellular. leave this one in the bin cos it could never be a bargain.

Stefen

#10
March 03, 2009, 08:36:28 PM
haha.
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