Death Race (2008)
6/10
An Insult To The Original
8 November 2008
I was expecting this movie to be a decent action movie and thats all I got. It would have been better being named something else though. The original movie that it is based on is far better.

The thing that annoyed me with this movie was that there were a couple of decent kills but after that Hollywood once again went the route of the ridiculous by utilizing something not even in the race to take out the other drivers! Im sure you will feel cheated by this as well.

The original had humour, kills and was cheesy but action packed in the best way possible. It also focused on running over people rather than destroying your opponents which is exactly what this remake did.

If I could describe this film, I would say its like Twisted Metal, I found the weapons that were attached to the cars to be too overdone and no this movie didn't focus on humour or running over people. It lacked the factors that made the original a great watch.

I did like it when the cars got ready to race, an obvious homage to Carmageddon which incidentally is based on Death Race 2000 (1975) which is a much better movie than this remake.
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