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Death Race Reviews

2008

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Terminal Island: The very near future. The world's hunger for extreme sports and reality competitions has grown into reality TV bloodlust. Now, the most extreme racing competition has emerged and its contestants are murderous prisoners. Tricked-out cars, caged thugs and smoking-hot navigators combine to create a juggernaut .. Read more

Starring	Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Natalie Martinez, Ian McShane
Director	Paul W.S. Anderson
Genres	Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller

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- Splatter-happy Death Race pits prisoner Jason Statham in a race to the death against fellow inmates... read more »
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  Death Faece
  
  This is the cinematic equivalent of staring at a fruit machine for two hours.
  
  It is also almost impossible to critique. It follows a pretty rank ... read more »
  
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  - Al80
  - 59 reviews
  - Brighton, England
  - 29 Sep 2008 at 05:57
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- - 0
  - 0
  All in all a good film
  
  A great action movie and I enjoyed watching it, but it is not the best film out there. The story-line was basic but did grip me all the way through so I would ... read more »
  
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  - One1
  - 11 reviews
  - 09 May 2012 at 20:06
- - 1
  - 0
  not to bad
  
  was ok, wouldnt watch it again i dont think. storyline not all that great but some good stunt action shots
  
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- - a customer
  - 24 Mar 2012 at 11:27
- - 1
  - 0
  You won't be bored to death
  
  Where do you start to review this film? Another Jason Staham action packed movie which like so many others are good to watch but with a story line that is so ... read more »
  
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- - Routemaster
  - 74 reviews
  - Cambridge
  - 17 Mar 2012 at 17:19
- - 1
  - 0
  Good action packed car fuelled thrill ride
  
  I enjoyed this film. It was really good. I have seen a few films with Jason Statham in now and I must admit, I have started to enjoy films with him in. There is... read more »
  
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- - KelSmell
  - 102 reviews
  - Telford
  - 24 Jan 2012 at 14:08
- - 1
  - 0
  Ouch that was my FACE!
  
  Taking it's influence from a 1980's B Movie that I loved as a kid I thought the remake would suck.
  
  I was very wrong. Grindhouse with cars. ... read more »
  
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- - tophatmatt
  - 2 reviews
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  - 11 Dec 2011 at 01:25
- - 1
  - 0
  Death Race
  
  What a great film with lots of action, violent and underhand tricks just what you would be expecting from a prison based story plot but with the added twist of ... read more »
  
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- - Ricia
  - 113 reviews
  - 04 Dec 2011 at 08:33
- - 1
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  excellent fast and furious
  
  really good excellent film, fast and furious and full of action.
  
  Stratham does it again with this fast moving great film, kicking butt along the way... read more »
  
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- - cheesekake
  - 758 reviews
  - uk
  - 10 Nov 2011 at 08:31
- - 1
  - 0
  Jason Statham - hot as ever!!
  
  If you love Jason Statham in whatever film, then this one is definitely for you - very hot! The storyline is a little weak, but there is loads of action!##
  
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- - a customer
  - 03 Nov 2011 at 18:31
- - 0
  - 1
  Crash, bang, wallop
  
  This film should be taken for what it is; loud, fast, violent and brash. Aside from the main idea and concept, the plot is weak and dialogue lacking in most ... read more »
  
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- - tm1011
  - 4 reviews
  - 27 Oct 2011 at 14:29
- - 1
  - 0
  JS meh
  
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  If you want to waste 2 hours of your life simply watching JS killing, then this is the greatest movie of all time. :(
  
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- - Tanker
  - 2 reviews
  - 16 Sep 2011 at 19:11
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- - 135
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  Death Faece
  
  This is the cinematic equivalent of staring at a fruit machine for two hours.
  
  It is also almost impossible to critique. It follows a pretty rank ... read more »
  
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  - Al80
  - 59 reviews
  - Brighton, England
  - 29 Sep 2008 at 05:57
- - 22
  - 3
  Good remake. Even better with Natalie Nartinez.
  
  One of Jason Stathams' better films. It is a remake of a late 70's or early 80's film (also called death race). Usual action and guts galore. Good, ... read more »
  
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- - canopus
  - 43 reviews
  - Leicester
  - 21 Oct 2008 at 14:15
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  [groan!]
  
  so I guess hit and run is no longer a national sport, instead a shawshank-madmax-fast&furious no brainer....
  
  ..shame, but I guess we shouldn'... read more »
  
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- - Daymo
  - 42 reviews
  - on the toilet
  - 06 Sep 2008 at 15:44
- - 17
  - 3
  One of the great manflick's
  
  Men's film checklist:-
  
  Guns
  
  Explosions
  
  Car Chases
  
  Fights
  
  Sexy Ladies
  
  & Lovejoy
  <... read more »
  
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- - stez
  - 2 reviews
  - 22 Oct 2008 at 13:45
- - 12
  - 0
  Statham at his best!
  
  Although I do enjoy watching Statham flicks when I am in the mood for some pure action stuff that is easy to watch, I have not had the chance to see Jace do a ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - SW London
  - 09 Oct 2008 at 21:44
- - 11
  - 0
  What A Amazing Film
  
  i read some of the reviews before renting this film and thought it might be rubbish but somthing told me this was my sort of film
  
  normally i dont ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Newcastle upon Tyne
  - 27 Feb 2009 at 02:18
- - 10
  - 0
  Death Race
  
  Re-makes or re-makes in production seem to be 10 a penny at the moment. With Robocop and even Short Circuit on the horizon the writers strike seems to have ... read more »
  
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- - gepete80
  - 80 reviews
  - London
  - 17 Dec 2008 at 14:21
- - 10
  - 2
  Cheesy, Predictable and Mediocre
  
  If any of have seen the original you will find that this is nothing like it. This would make a better computer game than a film. Typical performance from Jason ... read more »
  
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- - Cheef
  - 8 reviews
  - Exeter
  - 26 Oct 2008 at 08:33
- - 8
  - 0
  transformers vs lock up __runnining man,
  
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  very good throughly enjoyable male picture of cars men and non stop pulse racing action as Jace,( Transporter) tears around to escape this deadly game of cat ... read more »
  
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- 637366
- - maganda
  - 9 reviews
  - Berkshire
  - 01 Oct 2008 at 05:24
- - 7
  - 0
  Heated car
  
  Plot is very similar to Running man with a wrongfully imprisoned man used to satisfy the blood lust of a futuristic audience in a frenzy of car chases with big ... read more »
  
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- - robsheehan
  - 62 reviews
  - London
  - 26 Feb 2009 at 11:12

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- Death Race - Blu-ray
  
  Producer Roger Corman's cult classic film DEATH RACE 2000 gets a millennium overhaul with director Paul W.S. Anderson (EVENT HORIZON, RESIDENT EVIL) behind the wheel. Jason Statham (THE TRANSPORTER, THE BANK JOB) plays Jensen Ames, a prisoner who is serving a sentence for a crime that he didn't ...

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- Death Race
  
  Terminal Island: The very near future. The world's hunger for extreme sports and reality competitions has grown into reality TV bloodlust. Now, the most extreme racing competition has emerged and its contestants are murderous prisoners. Tricked-out cars, caged thugs and smoking-hot navigators ...