Death Race

"Get ready for a killer race."

Aug 22 2008 R 1h 45m
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized inmates, a global audience hungry for violence and a spectacular, enclosed arena come together to form the 'Death Race', the biggest, most brutal event.

Plot

In 2012, amid economic chaos and high unemployment, Americans watch by the millions as criminals with life sentences race armored cars on Terminal Island. Two-thirds of the combatants die but the winner may earn his freedom. On the day he loses his job, steelworker Jensen Ames is arrested for his wife's murder. Sent to Terminal Island, he's offered an out by the steely and manipulative Warden Hennessey - race as the popular mask-wearing (but now dead) champion, Frankenstein, or rot in prison. Jensen makes the bargain. As the three-stage race approaches, he realizes that the whole thing may be a set up - can an anonymous man behind a mask get revenge and win his release?

Written by

Paul W.S. Anderson, Robert Thom, Charles B. Griffith

Directed by

Paul W.S. Anderson

Cast

Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson

Crew

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Production Countries

Germany, United States of America, United Kingdom

Production Companies

H2S2 Filmproduktionsgesellschaft, Scion Films, Cruise/Wagner Productions, Relativity Media, Universal Pictures, Impact Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

1 win & 5 nominations total

Trailers
Death Race Trailer - YouTube WideScreen 720p - REAL HD
Scores
# of Votes
223,174
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
43
Popularity
NA