Death Race 3: Inferno (2013 Video) User Reviews

In Terms Of Being Fair

[pkrayden · 6/10 · 27 January 2013]

If you didn't like the original mainstream Death Race or its sequel, don't bother watching this. Now if you liked what the b-movie sequel brought to the table then this movie may be worth watching only to see the loose ends get chained up, literally... while also being slightly hard to watch.

Carl "Frankenstein" Lucas(Luke Goss)is finally able to get out of prison if he wins "one last race" except since the Weyland company is bought out by a whole new boss, Lucas is now expected to perform in a slightly different race with a slim promise of freedom.

All the characters from the prequel are here and while its fun seeing them together there is a lot of cheesy moments where a lot of the tension from the last film is distastefully undone and the audience is left wondering "well what next?."

The main villain is a one dimensional prick. There is a lot of unnecessary use of the F-word in odd dialogue. I mean the dialogue is bad at times. The action is pretty much summed up as South African local ,slo-mo impacts, choppy cuts, some strangely incited explosions, and death... While I can nitpick the movie's logical flaws all day, you can't ignore the bad acting and behaviors of most of the disposable characters. It leaves the audience going "why would ____ do this?" many times over.

Dialogue, concept, and execution are poorly done. The only thing it does right is finally connect the previous films- if not through insane conditions. Its entertaining at least if you turn off your brain and watch the conclusion unfold.

Lots of action, little substance

[TdSmth5 · 5/10 · 25 March 2013]

In Death Race 3, the Wayland corporation suffers a hostile takeover by some very rich and evil guy, but because he's also very smart he's got a British accent. He wants to turn Death Race into an international series of races at a bunch of prisons all over the world.

Meanwhile Frankenstein is one victory away from gaining his freedom. But Niles (that's the new guy) changes the rules of the game. If Frankenstein wins, he dies. Niles moves Frankenstein and his crew to South Africa where the next multi-stage race will take place. The jail there is some sort of working mine as well.

During the first couple of stages Frankenstein indeed decides not to win, but for the final one he'll have something up his sleeve.

The races themselves are alright, we see lots of interesting scenery and the racers will have to deal with the locals as well as missiles that Niles shots at them whenever he feels like it. There are plenty of fights and lots of neat explosions, but dialogue is something the director can't and won't deal with. Not to mention that at the times the script is pretty painful to have to listen to.

This is one of those movies where at the end you get a recap of how the solution was accomplished. It's interesting but because you don't really care about any of the characters, including Frankenstein, it's almost like it doesn't matter. There is a story here, lots of action, lots of cleavage but only a split second of nudity, the director just doesn't manage to get us involved in any of it.

Tightly packed sequel set in South Africa, there takes place the violent and overwhelming car competition

[ma-cortes · 5/10 · 1 April 2020]

Slang-bang, moving sequel with plenty of action and amusement . It is a grindhouse pleasure that will appeal to saga lovers due to a lot of action, thrills, chills and emotion. It is set in a nearly future, there in South Africa develops the ultimate sporting where contestants get score point for running drivers down, a futurist international sport with plenty of violence in which pilots contend for hitting other vehicles. Meanwhile a powerful organizer : Dougray Scott buys the broadcasting copyright of the violent competition to Ving Rhames, as the car race is televised by pay per view and presented by a beautiful host called Satana. As Frankenstein/Luke Goss is given a new opportunity to have his reward. As he is attempting to survive the dangerous and bloody competition by pitting other nasty drivers to get his purports.

This is a nail-biting sequel with lots of noisy action, violence, fights and breathtaking car crashes. It is a high-octane fantasy thriller and another routine follow-up, repeating similar premise than previous sequels. As we have the skillful driver Luke Goss accompanied by a gorgeous co-pilot, Tanit Phoenix Copley, participating at the stirring and amazing race, contending with other heinous and ominous participants. It is made in brainless and rudimentary masculine fashion, filled with macho men and sexy, bomb-shell girls. Stars the tough and two-fisted Luke Goss, he is assisted by a passable support cast as Dougray Scott, Danny Trejo, Tanit Phoenix, Frederick Koehler, Robin Shue, among others.

The film written, produced by usual Paul W. Anderson, was professionally made by Raoul Reine, though with no originality, being a simple rip-off similar to former entries. Here Reine doesn't reach nowhere the satirical impact and playfulness of the original film. The Dutch Raoul Reine has directed various acceptable films, such as : The Admiral, The lost tribe, The bear, and several sequels and remakes such as : Hard Target 2, The condemned 2, The man with the iron mask, 12 rounds 2, Seal team eight, Redbeard , The Marine 2. He also directed a grean number of Tv episodes in the popular series as Black sails, Knightfall, Redball legend, Inhumans.

The film is based on the original Death Race 1975 by Paul Bartel/Roger Corman with Sylvester Stallone, David Carradine, Simone Griffith. Followed by Death race 2008 by Paul W Anderson with Jason Statham , Tyrese Gibson, Joan Allen, Jacob Vargas, Natalie Martinez. Death race 2 by Raoul Reine with Luke Goss, Tanit Phoenix Copley, Lauren Cohen and followed by this Death race 3. Death race 2050 with Manu Bennett and Malcolm McDowell. And Death race : Beyond anarchy 2018 by Don Michael Paul with Lucy Arden, Nicholas Aaron.

Annoying.

[redrobin62-321-207311 · 3/10 · 15 September 2018]

That's as simple a title as I could give this flick. All the characters were bad but the guy playing York is simply obnoxious - and they gave him a lot of unnecessary screen time to boot!

To be sure, a lot of time and effort went into the industrial set design as well as the fantastic race sequences, but other than that, it's a movie only a knuckle-dragging, prison-living, mouth-breathing idiot would love.

A worthy sequel

[Damage666 · 7/10 · 7 December 2013]

Don't be put off by the IMDb score, or any negative reviews, this movie is a more than worthy successor to Death Race 2, and has earned its place in the franchise.

Lots of subtle humour, stylish action and surprisingly memorably characters, all combined with sufficiently varied and suitably over-the-top set pieces make this feel more like a cinema release than a direct-to-video offering.

Sure, the plot gets a bit silly at times, and there are clichés and stereotypes liberally scattered throughout, but I still found the new setting, the new (if often short-lived) characters and the tidy wrapping up of the story arc to be effective and entertaining.

Dougray Scott shines as the enthusiastic antagonist, relative unknown Jeremy Crutchley provides a great Russell Crowe-esque caricature, and even Luke Goss manages to steal some good moments.

All of the actors look like they're having lots of fun, and I too thoroughly enjoyed the movie. Dig it up and give it a go. Watch all three movies back to back for the full experience!

Painfully disappointing

[dingo865 · 2/10 · 19 January 2013]

Let me start by stating that I loved DR1, and found DR2 a surprisingly (and unusually) well-made and entertaining sequel, even if (clearly) not of the same caliber as the first movie. As such, I admit I had fairly high expectations for this third film, although I was not hoping for anything more than just a plain, good ol'fashioned, B action fest.

What you get instead is a badly edited piece of manure that lacks coherence, but is rich in really poor and amateurish performances, stuffed with mostly mediocre (and occasionally outright pitiful!) f/x. I cannot understand how the same director (and largely same cast) responsible for DR2 could end up with this mess! Sure, most of the problems - 'snipped' action sequences, scenes sequenced so quickly and randomly that they resemble a meaningless collage of music videos, nonsensical dialogue that makes you think the actor/actress is responding to lines cut from the final product, words dropped/missing, incoherent scenes, confused camera work etc. - could be explained by a hatchet-job in editing. Still, no matter how bad the editor may have been at his/her job, it cannot possibly explain the amateurishly exaggerated performances from virtually all the actors/actresses involved, very much including Ving Rhames, Luke Goss, and Danny Trejo, all of whom have proved themselves before (to a greater or lesser extent) to be able to carry their lines and scenes rather well.

This movie obviously had a much smaller budget, and did not have the benefit of inheriting the original cars (and probably some sets) as DR2 did. It is all the more surprising, then, that the director did not even make full use of the f/x and explosions/kills that they did spend money on, oftentimes opting to cut away from them and not letting them play themselves out on the screen!(?) There are a few genuinely nice (sometimes even beautiful) shots (courtesy of the stunning desert location) a few somewhat interesting cars (though most are entirely too reminiscent of those in Fast Five) and Eugene Khumbanyiwa (the actor who played the Nigerian warlord in District 9) is as deliciously psychotic as ever - but they are the rarest of exceptions in this otherwise confused, utterly amateurish endeavour. I found myself beginning to yawn about halfway through, and could not help but feel that DR3 compares to DR2 much the same way as, say, the Nemesis sequels compared to the original Nemesis.

A worthy addition to the series. Once again not much plot but full of exciting races and violence. I say B+

[cosmo_tiger · 7/10 · 22 January 2013]

"More cons, more cars, more guns. Sky's the limit." Once again Frankenstein (Goss) is one race win away from freedom. This time though the race has changed. Instead of being inside the prison another man has bought the rights and is taking it global. Fighting in his crew and other deals being made make this a harder race then usual. I have to admit that I do like these movies as cheesy as they are. I loved the first one and enjoyed the second one OK. I may have to re-watch that one though because I was a little confused to start this one. I thought some of the people that were in this died and the plot lines didn't seem to match up. Then the race started and I realized that it didn't really matter, the plots of these movies are just background to the racing and violence. To me that is OK. Much like the other two this is not an award winning movie and acting is iffy at best but it is still very entertaining and well worth checking out if you have seen the others. Overall, not as good as first but fun and exciting to watch still. I liked it. I give it a B+.

I wold rather be in it than watch it again

[thekarmicnomad · 2/10 · 25 May 2013]

I have a lot of love for 'Death Race 2000' and (surprisingly) quite a lot of love for the two remakes.

'Death Race 3' is where Death Race love goes to die... then is stamped on, run over, before its battered body is dragged through the desert behind a gun-laden car, except the guns are obviously lengths of painted drain pipe, and one has snapped but the production crew have run out of duck tape so it swings flaccidly while Love for Death Race turns to ash and blows away in the wind..

Death Race 3 is an endurance race through the desert, the 'film' Death Race 3 is a survival test through stroke inducing bad dialogue, acting that is so horrible a new word is needed to describe its severity, wonky cameras, rubbish fight scenes and a make-up department so inept they even managed to make Taint Phoenix look rough.

Everything about this movie is bad. It has a production level way below the likes of 'Mega Shark vs Giant Octpus'. The direction is the clumsiest I have ever seen (this is coming from the man who gave 'Zombie Women of Satan' a 7!)

Scene: Where could we be? Well there's a red bus in the back ground, some church bells and a good old Bobbie pounding the beat. Are we in London by any chance?

Scene: What's that Mr York? You don't appreciate your secretary? Well how could you possibly communicate your feelings to the audience, short of punching her in the stomach. Oh, like that.

Don't be sold by the high calibre of the cast. I get the feeling the actors had real guns trained on them or they awoke one day unable to account for the last two months of their lives, their sun tans and the massive amount of rohypnol in their systems. Possible both.

Better than 'Death Race 2' !

[lovebd-420 · 7/10 · 13 January 2013]

Well , first of all i have to say that i didn't expect too much from this movie after watching the sequel of death race. But this sequel is not bad. I got the taste of death race here which i missed in the previous movie ( Death Race 2). Still i think there are some illogical action or violence sequence in this movie which make some lackings in this movie. This time the race was in different situation & i enjoyed it. About the finishing part of the movie i can say that it's not awesome but not so bad either. About acting i can tell everyone that this time Frankenstine impressed me again! Luke Goss did a good job in cast of Frankestine as well as Carl Lucas.Tanit Phoenix was looking gorgeous in the cast of Katrina. Danny Trejo acted well too. Dougray Scott was awesome in "Niles".Actually everyone tried 2 cover up the weak parts of the movie but it is still open in some cases! Hopefully u will all enjoy the movie but i think there are still some lackings in the story which have to be covered before making any sequel again! Otherwise we will be bored!

Lacking only a little girl on girl action

[keith-w8888 · 1/10 · 21 January 2013]

I feel sorry for actors like Ving Rhames and Danny Trejo because I think they deserve better than this, since this movie lacks any redeeming features at all, nothing. The shooting, direction and continuity are so bad I find it incredible that this has even been finished, produced and distributed. It has all the quality and finesse of a Jean Claude van Damm movie made in Rumania. It could have been OK, except that the action scenes were all so weak, so poorly hashed together, the continuity between scenes is laughable. Some of the characters, like Prudence contribute nothing material to the plot or the story and then they exit taking no further part, when they could have easily been written into it more effectively. It is so badly written that they had to retrospectively explain in laughable detail, because not enough care was taken in the first place to have it hang together. The writers and Roel Reine concentrate so hard on cheap and very nasty titillation that the have even left in an up skirt shot, which I presume was supplied courtesy of the wind and coincidence, because they couldn't have contrived it themselves and they shouldn't have bothered leaving it in. As far as cheap and very nasty titillation is concerned the only thing left out was a little girl on girl action and whereas with a Jean Claude van Dam or Steven Segal movie they are SO bad that they are almost good, this isn't. This is not bad enough to be good, that's how bad it is.

As a South African...

[Sinudeity · 8/10 · 16 January 2013]

...who was really gerook at the time, I give the movie an 8.

I got what I was expecting (and more). A motor race, with guns. Giggled at the South African references. Tsotsi's shooting at random vehicles, hot local chicks and even a violent protest. Some randomly thrown in nude scenes (raised my rating from a 7), and not a bad soundtrack.

For the full experience, I recommend smoking some swaz or cheese.

Beware the 'warlords of kalahari' and don't stop when you hit brakkiespan.

Looking forward to more and more South African related and South African made movies!

Not so good as expected BUT

[PauloOliveira1471 · 6/10 · 24 July 2013]

Sorry for the long review, i want to say it all. Read if you want. It's my opinion, please respect it.

Just an aside, I'm not coming here to say that, this or that movie was horrible and some actors deserve better (like they were forced to do it). I respect your opinion but I think it's more important to concentrate in what worked / what we liked and what didn't work instead of 'criticizing it at gross'. It's what I think.

So the movie. Best part: Boobs and girls. Tanit Phoenix (Katrina) besides gorgeous, has an outstanding body; those boobs oh god ;). In every scene, I was like Lists, in the scene when she enters the car, staring to her boobs. All the girls that appeared in the movie are hot; the qualifying fight to death scene was very nice, because of the girls and the deaths too. But Tanit Phoenix amazed me in every scene.

Besides that, what I liked also in the movie: some kills were nice; the all concept of race, out of the prison, more endurance and hardness, like Goldberg said; Psycho was a nice surprise, a funny psycho killer; the scene where he grabs his co-pilot boobs is hilarious,; liked the role of Niles York (Dougray Scott), the maniac who wanted more money, death and control. Also liked the story around Frankenstein, the man behind the mask. The deal and the plan made by Carl Lucas and Weyland was cool.

What didn't worked for me: i would like to see more action in more scenes; Luke Goss is a nice actor but it wasn't at the level we expected for a character like Frankenstein; i really liked if Jason Statham were still in the role; characters like Prudence didn't added nothing to the film. Oh and the scene where Lucas escape from the missile (with the 14K help), how the missile exploded if it didn't hit his target? like the other guys, strange no? And 14K wasn't dead already from one the past movies?

Some errors I detected: clothes changing in sequential scenes (I think they are, make sense). When they arrive to the prison, before going to the cells they have that fight scene in the tunnel. Katrina top changes from red to a larger black top. An 'error' that I think was forced. When stage 1 is about to start, the announcer says that the 11 drivers are ready at the starting line; 11? the girls weren't fighting for 10 positions ? Only 10 started the race yes, because one tried to escape and got killed before the race even start, but it was a detail it should had been corrected, I think.

Overall, it isn't a perfect movie and not so good as expected, but I think it wasn't so bad as some people say. It had a story, action (not so much as expected) , girls - hot girls, boobs, a twist in the story; the ending makes me think what it could be made next with Frankenstein, if a fourth film were made.

I enjoyed to watch it. It's my opinion, please respect it. Thanks !!

Why?

[skunksurffer · 1/10 · 14 May 2020]

It's just painfull to watch doesn't fit to the previous scenario at death race 2 Carl is COMPLETELY burn now he just have a small scar WTF????!?!?!??! end it looks like fast and furious but without big budget the actors are lame...they don't even try to act anymore just no If I have the opportunity to put minus for sure I will put -4

embarrassing

[jolpi · 1/10 · 8 March 2021]

Utter idiocy made by imbeciles for imbecilic children with severe learning difficulties

Moderately fun and entertaining. Watch it.

[ericzillazillo · 6/10 · 21 January 2013]

I just wanna open by saying I hate people who don't judge content by context, and in context, I thought this film was pretty sweet. Yes, there is the continuity problem and some extent of continuity problems- but come on, its a death race movie. Of course Death Race is crap if you judge it by normal movie standards, but death race is death race, man! And while this third installment wasn't a masterpiece, it still delivered enough entertainment for me to go "that was worth it". There's also that ending which, while some might say are cliché or cheesy or "Hollywood endings", I personally thought was awesome. Minus the ultra- numerous plot holes and impossible Hollywood stuff that happens because entertainment conflicts with realism, plus the constant bitching from Danny Trejo and Tanit Pheonix about friendship and deceit is really cheesy and annoying and cheesy and annoying, the only problem I got with this film is that Fred Koehler annoyed the crap outta me with that god awful character "Lists" and the things Lists says which is, as I mentioned before, annoying. However overall, this is a nice finish for a Death Race trilogy, if you bothered to see the first two you might as well see this as well. And yes, let's hope they don't make Death Race #4.

Even Worse

[dickinsonjason-34081 · 1/10 · 18 June 2020]

A Sequel To A Prequel This Was Absolutely Awful Not Even Good At all hated it

Another one!

[joshrortiz · 6/10 · 30 January 2013]

Death Race 3: Inferno was directed by Roel Reine, the same director as Death Race 2. It is a sequel to the prequel but still a prequel to the original which is a remake of Death Race 2000 (a classic!) I enjoy them all! As a Death Race movie, it has all the ingredients: beautiful ladies, sweet cars, guns, explosions, twists. But this time, the race goes to the Kalahari Desert. Great move! It was refreshing to have a new environment. It provided the opportunity to mix things up, add some warlords here and there, maybe cliffs, other stuff! Watching Frankenstein and his signature car rip around always rocks.

The same cast from the previous 2 entries in the series have also returned (the ones that make sense, anyway). Danny Trejo is always fun to watch. Tanit Pheonix is gorgeous and awesome. Luke Goss kicks butt, he rocks as Frankenstein. Ving Rhames is super cool. Dougray Scott plays Niles York, the baddie of the picture. He is one-dimensional, hammy, incredibly unlikable, couldn't wait for something to happen to him yet I enjoyed watching him do his thing. All the actors seemed to be having fun and it's contagious.

Sure, there's some editing issues (ex: navigator battle), bad acting, poor dialogue, plot holes, but hey, I loved it! It was fun, fast, ridiculous, entertaining, over-the-top, and knowingly so. There were some neat surprises throughout the movie, definitely at the end. Won't spoil it but I'll just say it all kind of connects in an interesting way. The makers of DR3:I have an obvious passion for these movies. An effort was made here like with the previous ones and I respect that! If you like Death Race or any other ridiculous, over-the-top, kinda movies, I recommend this one.

If you liked the first two, you'll hate this one.

[kobra8706 · 3/10 · 27 January 2013]

The Good: the cheesy predictable action, and hot women

The Bad: Death Race: Inferno... Lets face it, there is just too much that is bad about this movie. The acting is listed in most reviews, and in some cases I would agree. The special effects are kind of cheesy too. The plot? Lets just say a screen door would hold water better than this movie could. The plot holes in this movie aren't just small easily-explained-away-with-some-imagination holes... they are huge, gaping, WTF plot holes!

The Ugly: I think this was the conversation that the screenwriters had with the director: "Hey, lets make a third installment!" "Good idea, how will it play in relation to the other movies?" "There are other movies? Oh... I think I can incorporate some of the characters..." "Ok, just pick two and lets do this!" Seriously though, if you think that this will be ANYTHING like the other two... quit while you are ahead. They bring in dead and escaped/freed characters as though the first movie never happened.

Other Notes: This movie, by itself, would be iffy at best... but as a third installment, it looks like a desperate attempt to get more money out of a finished franchise. And special note to the directors and screenwriters: If you are going to make another installment to a series: WATCH THE ***** MOVIES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO COME BEFORE IT!

Frankenstein merchandise....

[FlashCallahan · 7/10 · 19 January 2013]

Only one victory away from winning freedom for himself and his pit crew, Lucas is plunged into an all-new competition more vicious than anything he has experienced before.

Pitted against his most ruthless adversaries, Lucas fights to keep himself and his team alive in a race in South Africa's infernal Kalahari Desert.

With powerful forces at work behind the scenes to ensure his defeat, will Lucas' determination to win at all costs mean the end of the road for him....

The Death Race movies are the marmite of film franchises, and much like Paul W.S Anderson, you either love them or hate them.

But with these films, you have diminished expectations, so matter how bad the film is, you get some enjoyment from it.

Goss is back as the cheap Statham, even though he has more screen appeal than him, and is joined by an array of B movie stars.

Dougray Scott buys the franchise from Rhames so he can buy more hats, and this is the films biggest problem, Scott is awful and plays the billionaire villain right down to the last letter. it's literally a cringe worthy performance and brings the film down.

The rest of the film is cars smashing into shanty towns, and Goss growling something to Trejo and the annoying little one, with lots of eye candy to stop males thinking about the plot holes.

It's a load of rubbish, with a silly twist at the end, but I loved every minute of it, thanks to the brain washing edits and silly explosions.

See it, and then come on here and lie to everyone about how much you hate it.

You cheeky monkey.

just horrible and painful to watch.

[wauters_simon · 1/10 · 20 January 2013]

i saw death race 1 and 2 and liked them a lot. so i had my hopes up for death race 3... i have never been so disappointed in my life. the only audience this movie may speak to consists of violence junkies that do not care for plot.

Reasons to watch this movie: 1) hot chick 2) nothing else really

Reasons not to: 1) No storyline 2) Perverted 3) Bad actors 4) Extremely violent 5) some things Don't make sense 6) Bad Jokes 7) cheesy 8) predictable 9) cliché 10) overproduced

Overall i have never ever facepalmed so much while watching a movie. i do not recommend. it was a total waste of time. I am now filled with regret and frustration.

I see there are a lot of positive reviews so maybe you Will like it. but it is not meant for me.

I found it decent

[mawalton910 · 8/10 · 20 January 2013]

I'm not sure what we are to expect from a straight to DVD sequel to a prequel. I got just what i expected to get. Cars shooting and blowing up people dying a egotistical main protagonist and a twist which was unexpected yet also closed the chapter on this series.

*****SPOILER******

This movie picks up where DR:2 left off with Luke becoming and racing as Frankenstein. He has lied to his friends about his new identity to protect them and has had major facial reconstructive surgery to look normal again after being burned. During a fight its revealed that Luke is Frankestein. Movie ends with Luke and Katrina driving into Niles and getting away. Its then revealed that Niles was "swapped" in place of Luke as a burned Frankenstein and now is imprisoned and wearing the mask seeking revenge which brings us to the 2000 Death Race movie and the old Frankenstein (Niles) death and entrance of the new Frankenstein Ames.

Crash, bang, wallop!

[BA_Harrison · 7/10 · 29 December 2015]

If you thought Death Race 1 & 2 were preposterous films, you ain't seen nothing yet: Part 3— Inferno—is more outrageous than the previous two outings put together, with increased violence, numerous sexy women, crazier car action, and extra explosive stunts, all of which, in my book, equals a good time.

The film starts with current race owner Weyland (Ving Rhames) being forced to sell the rights for Death Race to ruthless businessman Niles York (Dougray Scott), who wants to turn the event into a global franchise, starting with a three day race in The Kalahari. Four times Death Race winner Lucas, AKA Frankenstein (Luke Goss), is an automatic contender, but with one more win guaranteeing him his freedom, Niles needs to ensure that his biggest draw doesn't make it to five.

Even before the race begins, this film delivers in the excess stakes with a wonderfully exploitative battle to the death between 16 insanely hot women competing to be co-drivers in the race; the babes go crazy with an assortment of weapons, but gorgeous Katrina (Tanit Phoenix) steals the scene in stockings, suspenders and push-up bra, brandishing a flamethrower. Scorching stuff!

With it's cross-country, multi-stage, three day race, numerous colourful characters, and wide variety of modified vehicles, the film stays relatively true to the spirit of Death Race 2000 (1975), which for a fan of the original cult classic like me, makes proceedings a lot more entertaining. While it never quite matches the satirical heights of Roger Corman's film, there are some neat tongue-in-cheek moments, plus a truly ridiculous twist ending in keeping with the insane nature of the whole series.

Throw in a juicy decapitation, a full body explosion, a gratuitous shower scene for Tanit Phoenix, and Danny Trejo getting head from a sexy African nurse, and what you have is a lot of mindless fun. Roll on part 4

Death Race Dreadful

[gregsrants · 2/10 · 26 January 2013]

Admitting to being fan of the original Death Race released in 2008 starring Jason Statham and Joan Allen doesn't exactly put me in elite company. Hell, I even enjoyed (to a much lesser degree) the sequel, Death Race which swapped Statham for Luke Goss in 2010 and went straight to DVD. They were mindless action films, but there was some valued entertainment it be had amongst the car chases and carnage.

The same cannot be said for the third entry titled Death Race: Inferno. In this installment, inmate Carl Lucas (Luke Goss), or Frankenstein as we have come to know him, is but one win away from gaining his freedom via the Death Race sweepstakes. But behind the scenes wrangling of the Death Race rights from Death Race 2 show runner, Weyland (Ving Rhames) to the corrupt – OK, more corrupt – Niles York (Dougray Scott) there is foul play afoot that may negate any chance Lucas has in becoming a free man. So as the race moves to an international location, Lucas and familiar members of his pit crew, Goldberg (Danny Trejo) and Lists (Fred Koehler) will go through the motions while masterminding a way to come out of the whole mess as winners.

Whereas Death Race and Death Race 2 were both mindless action, Death Race: Inferno is simply mindless. Luke Goss is definitely no Jason Statham. He has 99% less charisma and even less acting ability.

That noted, Goss is given nothing in which to work with here. The dialogue is inane, the fighting sequences are boring and unfolding plot had my decision to not watch paint dry in my garage in lieu of this screen in a frightful mistake.

Director Roel Reiné seems hell bent on appeasing his teenage target audience with car flips and explosions all put to slow motion and loud rock n roll music invading our ear drums. Dougray Scott's character is about as deep as a newborn's bathwater. His actions and dialogue were laughable while he reacts to events unfolding on television screens around him.

Danny Trejo looks almost embarrassed to be part of this project and all other drivers in the Race are disposable actors who are intended on keeping a body count at a teenage acceptable level.

Not all is terrible. There is at least one kill that was worthy of a hand clap and there is some humor to be found – particularly in the television narrators descriptions. But all these fine points accomplish is move Death Race: Inferno from a No Star rating up to a single twinkle.

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Car crash in more ways than one!

[marcotiero · 4/10 · 1 February 2021]

The highlights: The fast paced action, the beautiful women... And that's it.

The rest is utter crap, and it's actually pretty pointless (the last one worked well as a prequel, this should have continued the story from the Statham entry). The new characters are flat and one dimensional, and the end is just a joke.

Also, what is going on with 14k? In the first movie he's a rival, switches to an ally, but then in this movie it's as if he's part of Frankenstein's team, but then he has his own team but still an ally but only when the plot needs him to be.

Also, I kind of expected Machine Gun Joe to be in this. In the 2008 movie, Frankenstein is on 4 wins, Joe on 3.

Fans of the series should be pleased.

[Hellmant · 6/10 · 18 March 2013]

'DEATH RACE 3: INFERNO': Three Stars (Out of Five)

Another direct to video prequel which almost leads up to the beginning of the original 2008 remake (of the 1975 cult classic Roger Corman film 'DEATH RACE 2000'). In the original remake Jason Statham played a framed ex-con who's forced to participate in a deadly prison sport in which inmates race against each other while trying to kill one another. He replaced the original star driver 'Frankenstein' (since he's just a man in a mask) who was killed trying to win his final race for freedom. 2011's sequel told of the origins of the original 'Frankenstein', Carl 'Luke' Lucas (played by Luke Goss). This second prequel continues to tell his origin story.

In the film Carl Lucas (Goss) is one victory away from winning his fifth race in the popular 'Death Race' prison tournament. If a driver wins five races they're supposed to be granted their freedom but Death Race's new owner, Niles York (Dougray Scott), wants the show to expand and make more money, so he makes Lucas promise not to win another race (if he does he'll kill him). Lucas and his pit crew are forced to participate in a new tournament in Africa where Lucas at first appears to be compliant with the new owner but things aren't quite as they seem. Death and carnage ensues as the races are once again a violent bloody spectacle.

The film is directed by Roel Reine (who also directed the second movie). It's written by Tony Giglio (who also co-wrote the second film) and Paul W.S. Anderson (who wrote and directed the 2008 remake). Danny Trejo, Ving Rhames, Fred Koehler, Tanit Phoenix and Robin Shou all reprise their roles from 'DEATH RACE 2'. My expectations are always low for these direct to video sequels and because of my low expectations I'm always pleasantly surprised. This movie (like the second one) has a lot of cool action, car chases and hot chicks. It of course completely lacks any originality or depth but it is entertaining. That's all you can really ask of a movie like this and it does it's job well. I'd say it's just as good as the second film if not even a little better. Fans of the series should be pleased.

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