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.
- Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations
Frederick Koehler
- Lists
- (as Frederick Koehler, Fred Koehler)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDavid Carradine, who starred in the original film, Cuộc Đua Tử Thần 2000 (1975), played the voice of Frankenstein in the opening scene of this film.
- 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.
- Crazy creditsAfter the credits, the line "Okay, cocksucker. Fuck with me, and we'll see who shits on the sidewalk" is heard again.
- Alternate versionsThe unrated version runs 111 minutes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Film '72: Episode dated 23 September 2008 (2008)
- SoundtracksMaybe Tomorrow
Written by Stuart Cable, Kelly Jones, Richard Jones
Performed by Stereophonics
Courtesy of V2 Music Limited
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
Not Bad At All!
Definitely better than the ridiculous "Righteous Kill", that we had the doubtful honor to view today also, at the same press screening, here in Bucharest, Romania.
"Death Race" is a honest to God action movie, without any bigger-than-life pretensions. The script follows correctly an old tested and tried recipe, everything is at its place, and although you can easily plot out the whole course since the beginning, somewhat even this sounds good - you simply have the guilty pleasure of savoring again a story that you know from dozens of other movies.
The influences from the racing video games are explicit, and well mastered - me, I fully felt as while playing "Death Rally". Even certain aerial shots are obvious quotes from the computer game imagery. The narrative is nervous and thrilling, the effects professional, the violence degree precisely balanced. Maybe the main virtue of the movie is the cinematography, with admirable chromatic and plastic values. All in all, what it promises, it delivers: a cheap show, well done.
"Death Race" is a honest to God action movie, without any bigger-than-life pretensions. The script follows correctly an old tested and tried recipe, everything is at its place, and although you can easily plot out the whole course since the beginning, somewhat even this sounds good - you simply have the guilty pleasure of savoring again a story that you know from dozens of other movies.
The influences from the racing video games are explicit, and well mastered - me, I fully felt as while playing "Death Rally". Even certain aerial shots are obvious quotes from the computer game imagery. The narrative is nervous and thrilling, the effects professional, the violence degree precisely balanced. Maybe the main virtue of the movie is the cinematography, with admirable chromatic and plastic values. All in all, what it promises, it delivers: a cheap show, well done.
- Mihnea_aka_Pitbull
- Sep 14, 2008
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- Death Race
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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
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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