Aug 25 2008 'Tropic Thunder' is Still a Popular Film
Because you love it, the weekend box office results:
1. Tropic Thunder - Is there a Hi-C flavor based on this yet? Because Tropic Thunder Punch is at least as sound an idea as the Ghostbusters-based Ecto Cooler. ($16.1 million)
2. The House Bunny - Audiences made it clear which side they support in the battle between wretched comedy and cars with spikes and flames and shit. On the wretched comedy side. ($15.1 million)
3. Death Race - But there was a large, paying minority that said, "No, but seriously, cars with spikes and flames and shit." ($12.3 million)
4. The Dark Knight - Someone had to bring Batman down eventually, but Death Race and House Bunny? That's like letting a lame villain introduced in 1993 be the one to break Batman's back. ($10.3 million)
5. Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Force is strong with this one. Because people have to be forced to see it! A'BOOSH! (Still, enough people saw it for it to make $5.7 million.)
Weekend Box Office [Box Office Mojo]
Aug 15 2008 R-Rated 'Death Race' Trailer Has Effs, CS'ers, Blood
My favorite part is when Ian McShane says, "This should be interesting." Because, no it shouldn't.
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Jul 25 2008 'Death Race' Poster (Possible Spoiler???)
"Hey, Statham, Hot Girl, get off the track! Some of us are trying to have a DEATH RACE here!"
"Yeee," mutters Jason Statham, tugging sheepishly at his collar.
And that's how Death Race ends.
Death Race Poster [Trailer Addict]
Jun 26 2008 'Death Race' Poster -- Hey, That Notably Dour Woman is in This?!
Do you think Joan Allen had a deal in her contract that her face would be presented larger than the hot girl, just because she's a known and respected actress and the hot girl is only known as "the hot girl"? Because I can pretty much guarantee you that anyone looking to see a film about prisoners racing and trying to murder each other in armed cars is going to be more interested in the prospect of youthful cleavage than in the stern grimace of Joan Allen. Sorry, Joan. At least Statham has a goatee with surrounding facial hair overcoming it--that's exactly the facial hair I'd expect a NASCAR-racing prisoner to have.
The Death Race Poster [Shock Till You Drop]
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.
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Jun 3 2008 'Death Race' Photos (Cars with Guns on Them, Plus Hot Woman and Jason Statham)
/Film has a set of 17 new photos from Paul W.S. Anderson's remake of Death Race. Or it may be the new Gone in 60 Seconds 2028. Or The Fast and the Post-Apocalyptic. It doesn't matter, really, because give or take a Diesel or a Cage, we're talking about the exact same awful film.
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]
Dec 28 2007 First Look at 'Death Race' (or, Jason Statham's Head Pasted in a Car)
When re-telling the story of a cross-country car race with the goal of hitting civilians--a tale originally interesting only for its absurdly kitschy concept and the inclusion of Sylvester Stallone and David Carradine--you need to find someone who will do it justice. In other words, the campiest modern director you can find.
Paul W.S. Anderson--director of Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil, and Alien vs. Predator--definitely fits the bill, and should provide more than enough eye-rolling moments to make this worth ironically watching when we look back in twenty years. If bearing one more preposterous W.S. Anderson film means providing another generation with terrible movies to gather together and mock, I, for one, am willing to throw myself in front of this flame-thrower-equipt car. For the children.
P.S. Something I ate is having a terrible, terrible argument with my innards, so this is it until the new year. See you in the future.
First Look: Death Race [/Film]
Aug 23 2007 Natalie Martinez Chooses Death Race
Natalie Martinez will star as the romantic lead opposite Jason Statham in Paul W.S. Anderson's Death Race remake, says Hollywood Reporter. The film, which also stars Joan Allen, Ian McShane and Tyrese Gibson, takes place in a future where prisoners drive in crazy death rallies.
If you'd like to learn more about this film or the casting, turn to page 42. [Hollywood Reporter]
If you'd like to learn more about how Natalie Martinez looks nearly naked, turn to page 102. [Stuff]
