A testament to the incompetence of Paul W.S. Anderson, who has never made a good movie and apparently isn't about to start now.
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08/21/08
Death Race (2008)
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Reviews Counted:143
Fresh:61
Rotten:82
Average Rating:4.8/10
Consensus: Mindless, violent, and lightning-paced, Death Race is little more than an empty action romp.
Theatrical Release:26-09-2008
Synopsis: The Roger Corman-produced cult favorite DEATH RACE 2000 (1975) gets an update in this reworking from action director Paul W.S. Anderson (RESIDENT EVIL). In a role sure to please fans of his work in... [More]
Starring: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Reviews for Death Race
Death Race may be a loud, lowbrow piece of pulp, but it's also crackling entertainment -- the very definition of a cheap thrill.
08/21/08
Death Race is a cinematic dreadnought: imposing on the surface, hollow at its core.
08/21/08
Low-rent, boring, brazenly mindless garbage.
08/21/08
The remake takes everything that was imaginative about the original feature and reduces it to an ear-splitting energy drink commercial, topped off with some of the worst filmmaking decisions to be found at the multiplex this year.
08/21/08
It's one of those vicious larks that just plain hit the spot. It hits the spot, throws 'er into reverse and hits the spot again, before machine-gunning it and ramming it head-on for the fun of it.
08/21/08
Death Race should at least score points for its title, which is more apt than, say, Feelings Exploration. It's mostly a race, and there's a lot of death.
08/21/08
Almost so bad it's good. Almost ...
08/21/08
Anderson's take is ultraviolent, ridiculously stupid and kind of a rush. If your brain has an 'off' switch, you're well-advised to use it. And the carnage is relentless.
08/21/08
Bravely takes on that philosophical quandary every one of us must face: What to do when a ninja breaks into your home, frames you for the murder of your wife and taunts you with a finger-gun motion?
08/21/08
Paul W. S. Anderson's noisy, nonsensical remake fails to hold together even in its own paper-thin world.
08/21/08
...too brutal and boorish to be a guilty pleasure. It's just guilty
08/21/08
A serviceable, forgettable genre film marked by leaden performances, even more leaden dialogue, a few sterlingly gruesome images, and a supremely campy performance from Joan Allen.
08/21/08
Unabashedly violent, this well-crafted remake is a giddily over the top B-movie, proficient at stringing together a series of vehicular demolition derbies.
08/20/08
A guy movie for guys whose only turn-on is death.
08/20/08
One of the most boring drags of all time.
08/20/08
Loud, vulgar and stupid, but what's most amazing is that despite all the bedlam, it will probably either bore you to tears or send you into gales of unintended laughter.
08/20/08
Satire and spectacle are balanced perfectly in this cynical and sexy thrill ride.
08/20/08
Anderson - not to be confused with Paul Thomas Anderson, the fearlessly ambitious director of 'Magnolia' and 'There Will Be Blood' - has created a movie worthy of its own video game.
08/20/08
Into the prison yard strolls the one and only Joan Allen. Yes, Oscar-nominated Joan Allen. Into this mess. To say Joan is slumming is an insult to a slum. Picture Bette Davis in Norbit or Judi Dench in Daddy Day Camp.
08/20/08
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December 28, 2008:
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September 26, 2008:
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