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Death Race

Get ready for a killer ride

Set in 2012, after the prisons in the US have all been privatised. To survive financially, they broadcast live entertainment on the Internet. One prison has car races, where you walk free after five wins. Losers lose by getting killed in the race. The prison boss frames a top driver and he ends up in her prison, where she persuades him to take part in just one race for his freedom, or spend the rest of his life in jail. This sets the scene for a non-stop high action race... to the death.

104 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Violence)
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller.

Credits

Cast

Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane, Tyrese Gibson, Natalie Martinez, Max Ryan, Jacob Vargas, Jason Clarke

Director

Paul W.S. Anderson

Screenplay

Paul W.S. Anderson, based on the 1975 screenplay by Robert Thorn, Charles B. Griffith, based on the story by Ib Melchior

Music

Paul Haslinger

Cinematography

Scott Kevan

Editing

Niven Howie

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2008

Produced by

Cruise/Wagner Productions, H2S2 Filproduktionsgeselsschaft, Impact Pictures, Relativity Media

SA Distributor

UIP

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Action
Language	Strong, frequent
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Strong, frequent
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	Intense realistic violence and dangerous driving stunts if imitated.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity

Violence

Blood / Gore / Gross

Guns /
Weapons

Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)

South African Media

Cape Argus/The StarHelen Herimbi

Die BurgerFrancois Bloemhof

iAfrica.comDonna Cooper

The CitizenPeter Feldman

24.comIvan Sadler

International Media

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert An assault on all the senses, including common. Walking out, I had the impression I had just seen the video game and was still waiting for the movie.

ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli This is The Fast and the Furious or Speed Racer on steroids, although it is more about violence and gore than cars.

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs Had Anderson and company pressed the tongue-in-cheek pedal firmly to the satirical metal, this might have been a goofy and enjoyable, if ultra-violent offering. As it stands, and despite all of the action, fists, gunfire, explosions and more, Death Race ends up just driving in circles, constantly banging into the uninspired barriers of mediocrity before crashing in a heap of bad filmmaking.

Metacritic.com24 critics

RottenTomatoes.com130 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Mindless, violent, and lightning-paced, Death Race is little more than an empty action romp.

Internet (IMDB)11276 Netizens Not Bad At All!

Average .. 40%

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