Death Race is a 2008 action film produced, written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. The film is a remake of the 1975 film Death Race 2000, based on Ib Melchior’s short story “The Racer”, and stars Jason Statham in the lead role.
The remake had been in development since 2002, though production was delayed by disapproval of early screenplays then placed in turnaround following a dispute between Paramount Pictures and the producer duo Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner. Death Race was acquired by Universal Studios, and Anderson re-joined the project to write and direct.
Plot: Within four years from 2008 the economy of the United States has fallen into disaster, Unemployment and crime rises, and private corporations run most prisons across the nation for profit. The movie focuses on the Terminal Island Prison, which broadcast “Death Race” to the world via a popular paysite on internet. Death Race is not only a race to the finish line, but a battle pitting car against car. The film begins by showing a race near its end between Machine Gun Joe (Tyrese Gibson) and a famous masked driver known as Frankenstein (David Carradine in a cameo appearance), who is accompanied by a female navigator. Frank’s defensive systems fail, and Joe destroys Frank’s car (his navigator ejects), presumably leaving Frankenstein critically wounded, or dead.
Cars
The cars in the movie are real vehicles that have been heavily-modified with armor plating, machine guns and defensive weapons
* Frankenstein’s Monster
* Dodge Ram
* Porsche 911
* Pachenko’s chop top
* Pontiac Trans Am
* Chevrolet Camaro Z28
* Jaguar XJS
* Chrysler 300C
* BMW E32
* The Dreadnaught
* Chevrolet Chevelle SS
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