Death Race

[purplefdu]

Has tickets for a free Universal movie so decided to take the husband to see a manly movie. We saw Death Race and it was absolutely amazing. I hate action/war/death movies in general these days but the plot intrigued me. It was rather well crafted and a unique idea. It was carried out very well and I was very pleased in spending the time to see it for once. Anyone else see this?

[snookumsnort]

Hmmm. That's a surprise. We really didn't think it would be great so we haven't seen it. But thanks for your review. We might actually go watch it if it's that good.

[Ayan]

This film actually caught my eye. I'm a softie romantic type but Jason Statham is a favorite so I'm looking forward to his hot bod.. I mean his acting! Hopefully I catch it this weekend!

[Todd]

I'm not sure this was that good of a film. It was pretty fun, either intentionally or not.

The film was pretty much a combination of stuff we've seen already. We have a bit of THE FUGITIVE with a healthy dose of THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION and a blow to the head of any other Jason Statham film mixed with MAD MAX...all wound up and dipped into a vat of Mario Kart.

So...it was okay, I suppose. The best part of the film is Joan Allen's line, "Okay cocksucker, you want to fuck with me and we'll see who shits on the sidewalk."

I mean...what does that even mean????

[gorehound80]

I might go see that movie just for that line LOL!

[movieflicker]

is this a continuation of the death race of sly stallone?

[Stubblecat]

It's a remake. I love the original, in all its ugly R-rated Roger-Corman-budgeted glory. It's too bad the studios decided (yet again...) to remake a cool R-rated film into a slightly less-cool PG-13 affair.

[oldmoviebuff]

I might have to go see this. My son told me that it was a "sick" movie - apparently, in teenager-speak this is a very good thing. I take his advice with a grain of salt since his views and mine tend to differ on most everything.

[Tyrfingr]

The original is 10 times better in every aspect. This new overstyled crap with introduction of hot chicks accompanied with rap music, was hardly even a decent approach to the old classic and the message it tried to convey. I'm tired of the superficial tits, asses and hot bodies. And almost total absence of acting, substance or... anything really.

The remake of Dawn of the dead, and the first Hills have eyes are examples of proper remakes that didn't ridicule your intelligence. I'd preffere the sick skewed and bizzare scenes and humour in the old movies and above mentioned remakes. Instead of cheap oneliners and ah.. F-it!

[alexis]

I know nothing about this one or the original. It does sound pretty interesting though but I am not sure if its playing local for me or not.