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Death Race (2008) - Unrated [Blu-Ray]


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Four out of Five

Movie

Rating: R (strong violence and language)
Length: 111 minutes

Video

Widescreen 2.35:1 Color 1080p High Definition

Audio

ENGLISH: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
FRENCH: DTS 5.1
SPANISH: DTS 5.1

Captions

English, French, Spanish

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Plot

A man is framed for killing his wife and is sent to prison. The prison has a pay-per-view sport and is in need of a driver. It just so happens that this man used to be a race car driver; is this just a coincidence. He's forced to participate in the race where there are no rules and many of it's facets are controlled by the sadistic warden; Joan Allen in a new kind of role for her.

Pros

Lots of cars, guns, explosions, cool characters and some great special effects. There are a lot of creative action scenes and some pretty gruesome deaths. Add to that the fact that Jason's co-pilot, the lovely Natalie Martinez, is very easy on the eyes.

Cons

This is not a deep thought-provoking film; it's more like an adrenaline heavy video game.

Extras

  • Audio Commentary With Director Paul W.S. Anderson and Producer Jeremy Bolt
  • Unrated & Theatrical Versions of the Film
  • Digital Copy
  • U-Control: Tech Specs and Picture in Picture
  • "Behind the Wheel: Dissecting the Stunts" Featurette
  • "Start Your Engines" Making Of Featurette

Recommendation

This is a perfect example of a "guy flick" and you should be able to figure that out by just looking at the name and the cover. The "critics" didn't much care for it either. If you like the idea of heavily armed and armored cars duking it out in a street race then you'll love this movie. Invite some buddies over, have a couple of beers and enjoy! This disc will be seeing the inside of my PS3 a lot in the next few weeks; this is great in High-Def! "Death Race" greatly exceeded my expectations which, for obvious reasons, were pretty low.

Director

Actors

Joan Allen - Warden Hennessey
[The Bourne Supremacy, Face/Off, Manhunter, The Mists of Avalon, Nixon]
Benz Antoine - Joe's Navigator #1
Danny Blanco - Joe's Navigator #2
Jason Clarke - Guard Ulrich
Tyrese Gibson - Machine Gun Joe Mason
[2 Fast 2 Furious, Flight of the Phoenix (2004), Four Brothers, Transformers]
Frederick Koehler - Lists
Robert LaSardo - Hector Grimm
[Autopsy]
Justin Mader - Travis Colt
Natalie Martinez - Elizabeth Case
Ian McShane - Coach
[Battle of Britain, The Golden Compass]
Christian Paul - Joe's Navigator #3
Max Ryan - Pachenko
[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]
Robin Shou - 14K
[Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation]
Jason Statham - Jensen Ames
[Chaos, Crank, Ghosts of Mars, In the Name of the King, The Italian Job (2003), Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, The Transporter, Transporter 2]
Jacob Vargas - Gunner
[Flight of the Phoenix (2004), Get Shorty, The Hills Have Eyes 2, Traffic]

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