Jun 17 2008'Death Race' Trailer: What You'd Expect and More!
The trailer for Paul W.S. Anderson's Death Race remake has been out for several days, yet somehow I missed/subconsciously avoided the emails notifying me of it until now. So, I just watched it, and it was basically exactly what anyone would expect from a famously-awful director's remake of Death Race 2000--except for the following items, which I found much stupider than human logic would allow:
- The line, "The rules are simple: there are no rules." Even if the challenge were to write a script composed entirely of clichés, it would still be unacceptably cliché to include that line.
- The part where the cops come in to arrest a framed Jason Statham, and the guy who framed him sticks around, staying within sight of the arrest, so that he can alert us and Jason to the fact that he's falsely incriminating him. Was Anderson worried all the painful exposition that deliberately explains the framing wouldn't be enough?
- The introduction of the hot babe element. I knew from previous photos there was at least one cutie, but I never imagined her arrival being so absurd. The women's prison is composed entirely of potential FHM models? They're allowed to be navigators on the Death Race? The male inmates, who already face enough sexual frustration to violently rape each other (so Oz and prison jokes tell me), don't immediately "R" them? Jeez.
- You'd think the revelation that one of the rival racers is the guy the warden paid to kill Jason Statham's wife would be a dramatic plot point to save for the full movie experience. Not the case! It's all spelled out right here.
- Guns N' Roses? Fine.
- I'll obviously never pay to see this, but I'm surprisingly excited about the prospect of catching a highly-edited version on basic cable at two in the morning.
Death Race Trailer [Yahoo!]
Reader Comments
1. CaptReachAround - June 17, 2008 5:54 PM
FRIST
2. g887 - June 17, 2008 5:59 PM
If you're going to make a movie about people trying to kill each other using cars with machine guns you should at least have your characters laughing along with the absurdity of it. For a movie so ridiculous this just feels completely stiff and lifeless.
But I certainly can't argue that "don't go backwards" is fantastic advice for anyone who's trying to win a race.
3. Jeremy - June 17, 2008 6:05 PM
Damn, they're gonna kill him because he know they set him up? Ain't no way he's getting out of that. I don't care what you say.
4. Paris - June 17, 2008 6:08 PM
"They know we set him up."
The trailer revealed the twist. What the hell is the use of seeing it now?
5. Lisa - June 17, 2008 6:26 PM
"The male inmates, who already face enough sexual frustration to violently rape each other (so Oz and prison jokes tell me), don't immediately "R" them?"
Maybe they have rape horns?
6. goob - June 17, 2008 6:29 PM
Why....*sigh*....
also, @4, You didn't figure out the "twist" when it said" he used to drive NASCAR"?
Eh-hem.... FAIL!
7. gffasdf - June 17, 2008 8:33 PM
WHY THE FUCK DO U KEEP ON MAKING TRAILERS THAT SPOIL THE WHOLE FUCKING FILM.
NOT THAT I WAS THINKING OF SEEING THIS PIECE OF SHIT ANYWAY BUT THAT IS JUST COMPLETELY FUCKING STUPID.
8. masterless - June 17, 2008 9:13 PM
awesome trailer. it will put butts in the seats guaranteed, mine included and I had no previous inclination in seeing a remake of that old laughable crapfest classic.
9. Oscar - June 17, 2008 9:16 PM
They didn't reveal the a "twist" HE'S ON THE FLOOR WITH CONFUSED LOOK ON HIS FACE WHEN THE COPS BARGE IN.
10. Teresa - June 17, 2008 9:50 PM
That trailer did reveal a bit much. And what's with the killer's trigger hands gimmick? I can't believe this isn't straight to dvd.
But if Ian McShane is in it, I guess I'll see it.
11. whoa nellie... - June 17, 2008 11:01 PM
Can i just say that I am loving the AD reference. It is just getting me more stoked for the movie.
12. sjahds - June 18, 2008 3:01 AM
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13. Dude - June 18, 2008 5:41 AM
Do they really think that the people that are going to watch this that dumb. 30mm miniguns, on a mustang. WTF. i agree about the whole 2am on saturday thing though.
14. Keeblerkahn - June 18, 2008 10:30 AM
What, no running people over to score points?
Lets take a classic cult movie and turn it into The Condemned with cars.
Lame
15. Hex - June 18, 2008 10:43 AM
I agree with #10...
taking racing advice from Lovejoy is obviously the way to success...if only Jimmy Nail was his nemesis this movie would be perfect.
also it appears that Joan Allen is playing Pamela Landy gone bad...girl needs to get a new character!
16. Grover - June 18, 2008 3:02 PM
As long as you check your brain at the door, I say this movie looks amazing.
17. Mr. Mason - June 18, 2008 4:01 PM
#14 has it -- "The Condemned with cars" it is. Although to be fair, The Condemned itself was "Battle Royale with roundeyes".
18. Willravel - June 18, 2008 4:08 PM
After being let go from the CIA, Pamela Landy got a job recruiting idiots to drive pieces of crap.
19. Michael Hunt - June 18, 2008 7:29 PM
How come all the female prisoners are hot!
20. pdrunk - June 18, 2008 8:09 PM
Why are people asking questions about another remake of Death Race 2000? I mean, have you seen the original? It will probably be better than anything else I would watch at 3 in the morning after the alcohol wears off a 7 Red Bull and Vodka night except maybe the original Death Race...or "Car Wash"...or "Beastmaster"...or the Oxy-Clean guy.
21. greece - June 18, 2008 9:38 PM
I'm surprisingly excited about the prospect of catching a highly-edited version. I searched the latest edited interesting videos on horsematch.com. If you are interseted, you may try.
22. Binx - June 18, 2008 9:57 PM
Why are they ruining a perfectly good bad film?
Btw, to whoever hasn't seen the oringinal, you win on points and position in the race. You would get points by killing anyone you could, different age groups are worth different points. I sincerly hope this is included in the new one otherwise it is going to shit.
23. david - June 24, 2008 6:11 PM
hrm...i thought this movie was refering to the game "twisted metal" but apparently not.
sweetooth would've made a great villian.