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Monday 18 August 2014

DEATH RACE [2008]

Paul W.S. Anderson serves up a ladle of vehicular carnage crap with a prequel to the Roger Corman cult classic Death Race 2000.
Taking itself way too seriously and void of any sort of campy wit, Anderson's flick seems to completely miss what made the original film such a great guilty pleasure.  Instead it's nothing more than a headache inducing bore that resorts to uninspired juvenile video-game violence and characters so dull it makes Bayformers seem appetizing.

1 tombstone out of 5

2 comments:

Dr Faustus said...

A bona fide PoS.

You going for number two?

cuckoo said...

It was pretty terrible.
I enjoyed the scene with the tanker truck flipping and coming apart and I always found Joan Allen to be a treat to watch. XD

Apart from that, there is nothing worthwhile.


I'm inclined to say no to not doing any of the others...
...but I have all three from a set and it'll be just like the TMNT movies all over again within the year. :erm: