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By Tom Charity from LOVEFiLMSplatter-happy Death Race pits prisoner Jason Statham in a race to the death against fellow inmates...
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Death Faece
By Al80 (59 reviews) from Brighton, England , 29 Sep 2008[Highly rated reviewer]
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 formula; a scene or two of hackneyed, pungent gorgonzola takes place off the track, followed by a sequence of headache-inducing eye-screwery taking place on it. And Repeat. Repeat. REPEAT.
Those race sequences really do represent a new low for contemporary Hollywood moviemaking. When shots aren't cut into spastic, nonsensical visual slaps that last less than a second, the camera is quaking violently and zooming in and out furiously, as if being controlled by a well-caffeinated mute, trying desperately to let the director on the other end of the monitor know that his testicles have just caught fire.
At one point, following what appears to have been a gigantic car accident, Joan Allen (Joan Allen!) turns to a colleague and bellows, 'What the hell just happened!?'
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(333)Death race, gotta watch it
By Jayneyb (2 reviews) from Birmingham , 03 Feb 2013Top notch, gripping, action packed & Jason Statham what more can I say. Had it at home for a while, didn't realise what I was missing. Excellent!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Sex, cars & big cigars!
By lukethegod (5 reviews) , 13 Oct 2012A pretty decent(ish) film overall! But I would say tbh that it probabl;y ain't one to watch with the mrs.. as she said herself.. its a very lad's film! Although toward the end I found her enjoying the story a little more with Statham being one of her fave actors although THIS IS NOT MY fave performance by far.. would prob rate 13 or safe or even the true story of the bank job to a degree for that.. they seem to stick more in your head.. now this is one that I find that I will easily forget quickly or in a hurry! Worth a watch yeah! But prob more with a couple of cans and a pizza night with the lads! A few shocking scences a few lovely girls and a horrible B**ch of a prison warden so corrupt that she would kill her own mother if it meant getting good ratings for this new kind of modern day gladiator fight-to-the-death kind of film! Rather nasty splats and that in parts! And some good action scences and stunts! So worth a watch just to catch the glamourous gals and nice cars!- Was this review helpful to you?
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COULD E BETTER IN 3D
By a customer , 17 Sep 2012a good all action film would have been better if it had been in 3d. would watch it again if it was in 3D- Was this review helpful to you?
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Statham race
By levy27 (2 reviews) , 12 Jul 2012quite good entertiment. Statham as almost always is superb. story maybe not sky flying but time spend with film is no waste time.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Love shoot-em-ups, then don't miss this one. Redknecks.
By Ace-Geoff (4 reviews) , 22 Jun 2012Gratuitous violence. If you are into shoot-em-ups, then don't miss this one. Barely a story line. Prisoner given the chance to kill other prisoners. Guns, high octane cars, swearing, I gave it up before the sex part came in. Mind numbing nonsense. Why actors agree to play parts in such rubbish amazes me. I have spent too much time with this review, it doesn't deserve it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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