Death Race (2008)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.7/10   

Director:

Paul W.S. Anderson

Escritores (WGA):

Paul W.S. Anderson (screenplay)
Paul W.S. Anderson (screen story)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

22 agosto 2008 (USA)

Género:

Acción | Ciencia-Ficción | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

Get ready for a killer ride.

Plot:

Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.

Plot Keywords:

Warden | Murder | Armored Car | Father Daughter Relationship | Falsely Accused

Premios:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Not Bad At All!

Reparto

Jason Statham	...	Jensen Ames
Joan Allen	...	Warden Hennessey
Ian McShane	...	Coach
Tyrese Gibson	...	Machine Gun Joe Mason
Natalie Martinez	...	Elizabeth Case
Max Ryan	...	Pachenko
Jacob Vargas	...	Gunner
Jason Clarke	...	Guard Ulrich
Frederick Koehler	...	Lists
Justin Mader	...	Travis Colt
Robert LaSardo	...	Hector Grimm
Robin Shou	...	14K
Benz Antoine	...	Joe's Navigator #1
Danny Blanco	...	Joe's Navigator #2 (as Danny Blanco Hall)
Christian Paul	...	Joe's Navigator #3

También conocida como:

Death Race 3000 (USA) (working title)
Carrera Mortal (Argentina) (DVD title) [es]
La carrera de la muerte (Peru) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and language.

Duración:

USA:111 min (unrated version) | 98 min (theatrical version)

País:

USA | Alemania | UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

USA:R (certificate #44430) | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15 | Ireland:16 | Malaysia:18SG | Canada:14A (Alberta) | Canada:18A (British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Finland:K-15 | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:16 | Portugal:M/16 | New Zealand:R16 | Japan:PG-12 | Sweden:15 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Germany:18 | France:U | Argentina:16 | Iceland:16

Locaciones de Filmación:

Cité du Cinéma, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Compañía:

Universal Pictures

Trivialidades:

Whenever the timer is shown counting the minutes until the next stage of "Death Race", the clock always dissolves as the seconds read "32".

Errores:

Continuidad: At the end of the second stage fight, when the "armed trailer truck" strikes against a death head, the upper section comes off and gets jerked ahead. There is a side view first followed by a front view. The rear part of this upper section seems to go up inexplicably fast, in the front view after considering side view.

Citas:

[first lines]
Case: [while being shot at during Death Race] Damn it!

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en "Film '72: (2008-09-23)" (2008)

Banda de Sonido:

Click Clack

Not Bad At All!

Definitely better than the ridiculous "Righteous Kill", that we had the doubtful honor to view today also, at the same press screening, here in Bucharest, Romania.

"Death Race" is a honest to God action movie, without any bigger-than-life pretensions. The script follows correctly an old tested and tried recipe, everything is at its place, and although you can easily plot out the whole course since the beginning, somewhat even this sounds good - you simply have the guilty pleasure of savoring again a story that you know from dozens of other movies.

The influences from the racing video games are explicit, and well mastered - me, I fully felt as while playing "Death Rally". Even certain aerial shots are obvious quotes from the computer game imagery. The narrative is nervous and thrilling, the effects professional, the violence degree precisely balanced. Maybe the main virtue of the movie is the cinematography, with admirable chromatic and plastic values. All in all, what it promises, it delivers: a cheap show, well done.