Death Race 2 (2010)

Explores the origins of the first "Frankenstein" car driver, Carl "Luke" Lucas, who died in a race at the beginning of the first film.

Director:

Roel Reiné

Writers:

Paul W.S. Anderson (characters and story), Tony Giglio (screenplay)

Stars:

Luke Goss, Lauren Cohan, Sean Bean

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Luke Goss	...	Carl 'Luke' Lucas
Lauren Cohan	...	September Jones
Sean Bean	...	Markus Kane
Ving Rhames	...	Weyland
Tanit Phoenix	...	Katrina Banks
Patrick Lyster	...	Warden Medford Parks
Deobia Oparei	...	Big Bill
Fred Koehler	...	Lists
Robin Shou	...	14K
Danny Trejo	...	Goldberg
Joe Vaz	...	Rocco
Danny Keogh	...	Dr. Klein
Henie Bosman	...	Xander Grady (as Hennie Bosman)
Warrick Grier	...	Calin
Sean Higgs	...	Hillbilly Con

Storyline

Explores the origins of the first "Frankenstein" car driver, Carl "Luke" Lucas, who died in a race at the beginning of the first film.

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Plot Keywords:

race | breasts | woman in men's room | swastika tattoo | hand to hand combat | 

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Taglines:

3 Days. 10 Killers, 20,000 Rounds of Ammo.

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for brutal violence, pervasive language and some sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

South Africa Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 January 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Death Race II

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Moonlighting Films, Universal Pictures Productions GmbH, CC Capital Arts Entertainment SRL

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Due to Marcus Kane watching Death Race 2000 on TV this shows how unoriginal in the death race universe the idea actually is.

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Goofs

The race starts with 18 men being told it's first come first serve for nine cars, yet they already have shots of the drivers with the specific car they were lucky to get.

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Quotes

Weyland: [about the prisoners] Those animals kill each other with regularity.

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Connections

Features Death Race 2000 (1975)

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Soundtracks

Frozen
Written by Klayton
Performed by Klayton
Courtesy of FiXT/Position Music

User Reviews

A movie about the origins of death race and Frankenstein. Not as good as the first one but a very good prequel. I say B+

After a bank robbery goes bad Carl Lucas (Goss) gets sent to prison. The crime boss who sent him out (Bean) is afraid he will testify against him and sends in assassins to the prison to make sure he doesn't. First of all, if you haven't seen the first "Death Race" I would start with that (you will get some of the call-backs), but I would say its more like the "Star Wars" prequels...you can watch in either order and it will still make sense. I loved the first movie and was very leery about a direct to DVD prequel, but I was very surprised. There were a couple characters from the first one, along with a few "set-ups" that happen in the original movie. I would say this is more of an origin story, it explains the origins of the death race and the character of Frankenstein. Most sequels/prequels are never as good as the original (especially direct to DVD ones), but this is a rare exception. The first Death Race is still the better movie but this one holds up very well. I give it a B+.