Death Race 2

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2010
R
1h 36m

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5.6/10

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Luke Goss and Lauren Cohan in Death Race 2 (2010)

Set in the very near future, the United States economy begins to decline and violent crime starts to spiral out of control. To contain the growing criminal population, a vast network of for-profit, private prisons springs up, creating a lawless subculture ruled by gangs, cold-blooded killers and sociopaths. The worst of these prisons is Terminal Island, where inmates fight each other in a highly rated televised death match, where there are no rules, and the winner is the one who survives the gladiator-style, no-holds-barred competition. Convicted cop-killer Carl Lucas (Luke Goss) arrives on the Island to serve his life sentence just as ruthlessly ambitious television personality September Jones evolves the death match into the ultimate reality show Â– Death Race. A brutal prison yard demolition derby that pits prisoners against each other in steel reinforced, heavily armed vehicles, Death Race offers the winner the ultimate prize: freedom Â— if he can survive to enjoy it.

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Explores the origins of the first "Frankenstein" car driver, Carl "Luke" Lucas, who died in a race at the beginning of the first film.Explores the origins of the first "Frankenstein" car driver, Carl "Luke" Lucas, who died in a race at the beginning of the first film.Explores the origins of the first "Frankenstein" car driver, Carl "Luke" Lucas, who died in a race at the beginning of the first film.

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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

35K

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The Death Race

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Trivia
(at about 13:00 into the film) The film that Markus Kane (Sean Bean) is watching before he switches over to the news about the car chase is the original film, Death Race 2000 (1975).

Goofs
(at about 56:00 into the film) The race begins with 18 men being told it is first come first serve for nine cars, yet there are already scenes of the drivers with the specific car they were lucky to get.

Quotes
Weyland: You see that? That's a stupid bitch.

Alternate versions
Released together on home video. the Unrated Version is ~ 1 minute and 45 seconds longer than the R-Rated Version consisting of 4 additional scenes.

Connections
Features Death Race 2000 (1975)

Soundtracks
Stick 'Em Up
Performed by Quarashi
Written by Sölvi Blöndal, Ómar Örn Hauksson (as amar Örn Hauksson) and Hussi Olafsson (as Hoskuldur Olafsson)
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment (USA)

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Featured review

7/10

a greatly crafted action movie

Death Race 2, the prequel to the 2008 Death Race, shows how Death Race came to be. The movie for being a straight to DVD release looks likes a high budget Hollywood movie with 1/4 of the budget of the first one. The acting is not top notch but does have a interesting cast with Sean Bean and Dan Trejo. If your a fan of the dark gritty style of the first Death Race then you'll enjoy this film, however, i do feel that they could have been more original and changed a few things to make this film stand apart from the original.

pros- Good action sequences

good cast

very well put together

cons- could have been more original

some of the acting could have been improved