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Death Race

  • 2008
  • 16
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
216K
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Joan Allen, Jason Statham, Ian McShane, Tyrese Gibson, and Natalie Martinez in Death Race (2008)
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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... Read allEx-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.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.

  • Director
    • Paul W.S. Anderson
  • Writers
    • Paul W.S. Anderson
    • Robert Thom
    • Charles B. Griffith
  • Stars
    • Jason Statham
    • Joan Allen
    • Tyrese Gibson
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    216K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,488
    157
    • Director
      • Paul W.S. Anderson
    • Writers
      • Paul W.S. Anderson
      • Robert Thom
      • Charles B. Griffith
    • Stars
      • Jason Statham
      • Joan Allen
      • Tyrese Gibson
    • 263User reviews
    • 241Critic reviews
    • 43Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 5 nominations

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    Natalie Martinez in Death Race (2008)
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    Jason Statham in Death Race (2008)
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    Jason Statham
    Jason Statham
    • Jensen Ames
    Joan Allen
    Joan Allen
    • Hennessey
    Tyrese Gibson
    Tyrese Gibson
    • Machine Gun Joe
    Ian McShane
    Ian McShane
    • Coach
    Natalie Martinez
    Natalie Martinez
    • Case
    Max Ryan
    Max Ryan
    • Pachenko
    Jason Clarke
    Jason Clarke
    • Ulrich
    Frederick Koehler
    Frederick Koehler
    • Lists
    • (as Frederick Koehler, Fred Koehler)
    Jacob Vargas
    Jacob Vargas
    • Gunner
    Justin Mader
    Justin Mader
    • Travis Colt
    Robert LaSardo
    Robert LaSardo
    • Grimm
    Robin Shou
    Robin Shou
    • 14K
    Benz Antoine
    Benz Antoine
    • Joe's Navigator
    Danny Blanco Hall
    • Joe's Navigator
    Christian Paul
    Christian Paul
    • Joe's Navigator
    Janaya Stephens
    Janaya Stephens
    • Suzy
    John Fallon
    John Fallon
    • Neo Nazi
    Bruce McFee
    • Old Timer
    • Director
      • Paul W.S. Anderson
    • Writers
      • Paul W.S. Anderson
      • Robert Thom
      • Charles B. Griffith
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Jason Statham trained so hard for his role in the film that he went from 20% body fat to 6%. It took him three months to do so.
    • Goofs
      (at about 24:00 into the film) At the introduction, Coach tells Frankenstein that the back protection plate, a.k.a. the Tombstone, is 6" thick solid steel. There are four plates 1.5" thick each and about 40", 50", 60" and 70" by about 48" tall. That is about 1,972 kg or 4,340 lbs. of steel. That would make the car so back heavy that, at the first hitting of any bump, the front of the car would go up and make controlling it impossible. Besides that, it would also be so heavy that the car would not be fit for the race.
    • Quotes

      Hennessey: [having always shown before a distinct aversion to foul language] Okay, cocksucker. Fuck with me, and we'll see who shits on the sidewalk.

    • Crazy credits
      After the credits, the line "Okay, cocksucker. Fuck with me, and we'll see who shits on the sidewalk" is heard again.
    • Alternate versions
      The unrated version runs 111 minutes.
    • Connections
      Featured in Film '72: Episode dated 23 September 2008 (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      Maybe Tomorrow
      Written by Stuart Cable, Kelly Jones, Richard Jones

      Performed by Stereophonics

      Courtesy of V2 Music Limited

      Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

    User reviews263

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    Featured review
    8/10
    Fun, Fun, FUN!
    Now here's an exploitation film that knows what a solid B-movie is supposed to be: an action-dense, amped-up, gore-soaked killfest. It's the cinematic equivalent of eating that entire box of Red Vines you bought at the snack bar, using them as candy straws to suck down your extra-large Coke.

    As a fan of the original "Death Race 2000," I was pleased to see just enough of a shadow of the original movie inhabiting the skin of the new one. Roger Corman's name on the producing credits gave me hope at the start, and his seal of approval seemed to mean something, perhaps as counterweight to Paul W. S. Anderson's track record of shooting mediocre video game adaptations. Surprisingly, Anderson rises to the occasion, effortlessly elevating a cliché-rich but fast-moving script to the level of a satisfyingly adrenalin-fueled confection aimed like a bullet at the A.D.D.-addled brains of the short-attention-span generation.

    Set in an "Escape From New York"-style dystopic prison-culture (that sounds suspiciously like current American society), slaughter happens, stuff blows up, and the weak are culled like bunnies caught in the headlights of gas-sucking American muscle cars. Fans of the "Twisted Metal" video game will love the newest wrinkle in the race, the addition of weaponry – a needed bloody bump for version 2.0. And what a bump it is, with each car's chugging machine guns indiscriminately spewing hot rounds at every foe, shredding Detroit steel like it was used Kleenex. It's unabashed gun fetishism at its gleeful best, and it makes you want to strap an M60 to the hood of your Prius in order to cut your commute in half.

    Jason Statham does his standard tough-guy job as the scowling Frankenstein, Joan Allen plays a ball-busting warden (perhaps a bit in the mold of Louise Fletcher's Nurse Ratched), and Ian McShane of "Deadwood" has a solid cameo as the prison-wise mechanic, Coach. Even Machine Gun Joe gets a new incarnation in the form of Tyrese Gibson, who thankfully is nothing like Stallone's blustering Italian meatball.

    I loved it, and can't wait to see it again in a theater with enough bass to pump up those impact crunches to the bone-jarring level they deserve.

    Yeah!
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    • Aug 20, 2008

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 2, 2008 (Netherlands)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Germany
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Official Facebook
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Death Race 3000
    • Filming locations
      • Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • Relativity Media
      • Impact Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $45,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $36,316,032
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $12,621,090
      • Aug 24, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $76,014,335
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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