He plays the crew chief for Lucas and adds some humor to the movie. Danny Trejo plays Danny Trejo like he does in every movie which works pretty well. Not only is she beautiful but you believe she would do anything to get ahead. Lauren Cohan does a great job being the main villain and she has the best role in the movie. I would rather see him prove his toughness through action rather than his constant glowering at everyone. Luke Goss is obviously talented and does most of his own stunts in the movie, but tries too hard to look tough for my taste. I’m a big fan of Sean Bean so it’s always good to see him in a movie and he does his part quite well as the crime-lord who may face a life in prison if Lucas says anything to the authorities. I was somewhat disappointed that the Death Race doesn’t even start until almost an hour into the movie, but there are some decent car chase scenes of Lucas trying to escape the police after the botched robbery. That’s perfectly understandable since this movie had a fraction of the previous one’s budget and actually does pretty good with what it has. And so begins the very first Death Race…Īs one of the people who enjoyed the remake of Death Race despite myself, I was really looking forward to seeing some more vehicular mayhem and destruction which this movie has, but not in the same quantities as its predecessor. With a one million dollar bounty on his head, Lucas decides to enter the race before one of the prisoners or guards kills him for the reward. Throughout the race circuit, devices are placed that will activate weapons or equipment to the driver that reaches them first which gives them a considerable advantage. To entice viewers to watch the show, they decide to offer freedom to any prisoner that is able to win 5 races in a row. When the ratings for Death Match go down, Weyland and Jones come up with a new show concept called Death Race, which would combine the most popular aspects of Death Match and combine them with a race. She will do whatever it takes to succeed, even sleeping with her boss Weyland (Ving Rames) who is just as ruthless as her. Ruthless and ambitious, Jones has no problems pitting men to the death in exchange for high ratings and doesn’t hesitate to manipulate the game either. Universe until it was discovered that she had slept with all of the judges and had her crown taken away. Jones (who got the idea for Death Match from filming a riot at the prison), was at one point Ms. Lucas’ intervention in that fight sets off a chain of events that brings him to the attention of the beautiful “Death Match” producer September Jones (Lauren Cohan). As “Death Match” is filmed there, prisoners are randomly selected to fight whether they want to or not as Lists (Frederick Koehler) finds out when he is picked to fight the sociopath Big Bill (Deobia Oparei). When it inevitably goes horribly wrong, Lucas is sent to the Terminal Island prison facility where he quickly learns that the average life expectancy there isn’t very long. When Kane asks Lucas to rob a bank with some untested men, Lucas is concerned but goes through with it anyway. His right hand man Carl Lucas (Luke Goss) has been instrumental in bring Kane his wealth as he robs banks for him. Not everyone has it that bad though, as crime-lord Markus Kane (Sean Bean) has a luxurious mansion, beautiful cars and women at his disposal. A brutal game show named “Death Match” is at the top of the charts thanks to its no holds barred fights between prisoners that ends in either death or the submission of the loser. The year is 2012, and prisons are run by corporations who have complete control over the prisoners and their fates. While this is a direct to Blu-ray release, Universal made sure to get some well known actors to headline the movie including Sean Bean, Luke Goss, Ving Rhames, and Danny Trejo. Death Race 2 despite being sold as a sequel is actually a prequel to the first movie. Actually, this movie is also for anyone that enjoys vehicular destruction too. For fans of the first Death Race remake who wondered who Frankenstein was and how Death Race came to be, this movie is for them.
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