Death Race

[Sojiro47]

[FONT="Book Antiqua"]I recently went to the theater for what Dane Cook calls "a cinematic adventure" with several friends. What we ended up seeing was Death Race, based on "Death Race 2000" and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson.

[B]WARNING![/B] I DO NOT recommend this film to anyone who doesn't like torture-like violence, has Death Race has been rated R for strong violence and language.

This film takes place in 2012, where the economy has hit rock bottom, and unemployment is at an all time low. Even the moral health of the country is at its lowest. Much like the Romans before their fall, the public has become bored with regular entertainment and demands more. In return, a prison begins broadcasting gladiatorial style death matches, featuring inmates racing orgasmic cars for freedom, and hot women along for the ride.

Our hero, Jensen Ames [SIZE="1"](Jason Stratham)[/SIZE], is framed for the murder of his wife so that the warden, Ms. Hennessey [SIZE="1"](Joan Allen)[/SIZE], can have him race for her in her baby, Death Race. Most of the film takes place in the three day race, which looked to me a lot like Mario Kart had slept with GTA and had an invalid child.

This film really has no plot and is just an excuse to see cars with guns, unnecessary violence, and sexy women in one fast-paced viewing. But if that's what you expect to see, then you won't be disappointed.

What did you all think of it?[/FONT]

[eleanor]

[font=trebuchet ms] The premise of this movie was so retarded that I just refuse to watch it.[/font]

[Darren]

[quote name='Lunox'][font=trebuchet ms] The premise of this movie was so retarded that I just refuse to watch it.[/font][/QUOTE]
Quoted for truth. I completely agree

[Altorin]

I Considered It, But ONLY Because Death Race 2000 Was So Retardedly Awesome. I Never Got Around to it though... Perhaps I'll Rent it.

[Gavin]

[SIZE="1"]Well having never seen Death Race 2000, I can't draw any comparisons to this remake, although apparently this is rated the worse film with better reviews (if that makes any sense, damn cult hits).

Obviously this is not a film for high browed intellectuals looking for some sort of hidden meaning beneath the mayhem and murder. To enjoy the film, and at points I admittedly did, you just have to sit back and let yourself mentally regress to when you were about ten years old (and a guy obviously, this is not a chick flick) and just gape at the big guns on big cars and even bigger explosions.

A solid quantity of alcohol, and an hour or so of watching pro-wrestling or Ultimate Fighter before-hand to generate the necessary bloodlust and testosterone would also be recommended, so you and your friends can whoop retardedly at the movie. It's got plot holes the size of Jupiter's moons sure, but if you're in the advised mindset you'll barely notice...Oh and there's hot chicks too, so that'll help keep you from any deep thinking.

Overall I wasn't dissatisfied after seeing the movie (I didn't pay to see it, which almost certainly helped), so it gets about a 6/10 from me. One question I am left asking though is what the hell List did to get into that prison.[/SIZE]