May 28 2008'Death Race' Cars Have Flamethrowers and Guns and Whatnot
Paul W.S. Anderson has made a name for himself directing impossibly bad movies like Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil, and Alien vs. Predator. J.F. Lawton has made his mark by writing such awfulness as Dead or Alive, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, and 88 episodes of Pamela Anderson's V.I.P. What happens when these two initialed superpowers join forces? We get Death Race, an ill-conceived remake of the 1975 Sylvester Stallone cult classic Death Race 2000! Our first peek at this can't-miss hit came in the form of Jason Statham's head photoshopped into a car; now we get a picture of some cars with flamethrowers. By South African standards, this is totally lame. By any standards, actually.
The Big Badass Battles of 'Death Race' [First Showing]
Reader Comments
1. Tom - May 28, 2008 4:14 PM
Also, of course, Jason Statham has made a name for himself striving for a time when, whenever the phrase "[a] is the poor man's [b]" is used in relation to action movies, Jason Statham's name is the one you reach for to fill the [a] hole.
2. The Beer Baron - May 28, 2008 7:47 PM
Original Death Race was camp 70s garbage the ways I likes it! Lots of 70s boobs and bush, check it out, cause netflix sure has it. This one will probably be the real version of garbage.
3. Grover - May 29, 2008 10:11 AM
"the 1975 Sylvester Stallone cult classic"
Uh, I believe you mean the 1975 David Carradine cult classic. Sure, Sly's in the film, but David has a freakin' GRENADE FOR A HAND!