I've seen the trailer twice now on the silver screen and this movie just makes me laugh! The carnage and adrenaline alone make me ansy to see it... in that "B Action" movie vibe much like Doomsday.

So, who's gonna see Death Race when it hits US theaters August 22?

Looks like a mix of the old movies "Death Race 2000" and "The Running Man".

Having said that I don't mean it in a bad way, I'll add this to my catch at the cinema and/or buy on DVD list.

LBH

Yeah, it's definitely not "original" but it looks to be super fun!!

I'm all over this movie. Statham + Al Swearengin = Winner.



Aaron

Oh indeed, in fact I just picked up both the Transporter movies on DVD for £4 (Funny British money I know), but that's well cheap. That ought to get me in the mood for Death Race.

LBH

I hadn't heard about it yet, but just found out my wife had and put it on the list of movies we should see for the summer. Gotta love that woman!

Wow! And my wife has it on the opposite list... "movies to never be seen!"

Wiki has it listed as a remake of Death Race 2000, imdb lists is follows Death Race 2000.

I think it was wiki listed Statham's character name as Frankenstein, but there was no mention of that in the trailer I saw.

Either way, looks like a fun movie to watch.

Looks better than the remake of Rollerball anyway.

LBH

I just saw the trailer yesterday. It does look like a fun movie and I'm definately adding it to my list.

I will definitely be seeing it. Originally this was billed as a remake of Death Race 2000 with a working title of Death Race 3000 but from what I hear now it's changed the story a bit. The original the race was a sport and you got points for killing pedestrians, all good stuff but the new one is a race between prisoners who are trying to kill each other, takes some of the fun away.

I'll still go and see it. I am sure its going to be hyped at Comic-Con next week in San Diego. I'll let you all know.

Cheers

Tony

Just saw the trailer got to go! Car Wars Mad Max Yee Ha!Warlands!

Billy & I just got back from seeing Death Race - fantastic! Haven't had this much fun since Doomsday!!

Definitely a perfect movie for the Warlands feel of armored vehicles and weaponry!

We really need a Frank model for Warlands!

Is it just me or did Frank's Mask look like a predator mask from the Predator Franchise?

Have to wait another month to see ti over here

LBH

Death Race = teh AWESOME. Just got back from seeing it with Caleb and it is an awesome movie (though, man, I didn't know it was a comedy )



Aaron

What a movie. Please for the sweet love of all that is holy can we get a dreadnought model? That is all.

I'm gonna be using one of these and modifying it with parts from a tank from the same line of toys found at Target / TRU / etc.



http://www.forcesofvalor.com/product.aspx?pid=272

Brilliant...guess I need to buy one soon.

Well I saw the movie at the weekend and loved it, so much fun. I like the fact it just gets on with it. Apart from the bit with Jason Statham's character there is little you know about anyone else, and you don't need to. It's a film about cars with guns. It delivers exactly what it says on the box, and delivers it in an exciting way.

Lots more ideas for Warlands scenery now.

Tony

Indeed. And, it is going to be a franchise - there are two more films planned!



Aaron

w00t!

That is excellent news.

Cheers

Tony

Grumblegrumble, stupid transantlantic delay in release dates.....

LBH

Finally getting to see this on Friday.

LBH

It's about time LBH!

So, in 2008 I've seen a lot of fantastic "genre" films from The Dark Knight to Iron Man, Speed Racer, and more...

but in all honesty, Death Race and Doomsday were my two favorite because they were fun and spectacular to watch. Neither story was as far-fetched as a man inventing an iron suit or a college professor discovering aliens after surviving a nuke by hiding inside a refrigerator and both had just as many fantastic scenes, eye candy, and premise.

In my defence it doesn't get released over here tioll tomorrow, and I'm seeing like the 3rd showing at my local cinema.



LBH

3rd showing? Always excuses with you.

Well I'm going as part of a mate's birthday celebration and it seems silly to watch it twice in one evening

LBH

We are now at Death Race minus 3 hours, I repeat Death Race minus 3 hours.

That is all!

LBH
(Really looking forward to the film, Gentlemen, start your weapons!)

That film rocked.

Elements of and references to:

Aliens
Running Man
Death Race 2000 (Obviously)
Wipeout
A goodly number of prison movies.

Definitely getting added to the DVD collection.

LBH

Indeed!
Glad you enjoyed it as much as I hyped it.

Merry Christmas everyone!

I received the Death Race movie soundtrack and Unrated- DVD today from my wife. She chose nicely - even if she won't watch the movie with me.

I just saw death race.... awesome movie!

ya it was really sweet. i really liked how they put that 2 inch thick plate of steel on the back of there cars. im thinking about modding one of the car minis and doing that and giving it certain bonuses.

ah but the Tombstone was 6" of steel! hurrah! It'd be an awesome design idea for the game / cars.

I watched Death Race for the 3rd time (2nd on DVD) on Sat. morning before heading to Billy's for a day of Rez.

And while I'm commenting on things... welcome to the forums Deadrabbits - love your avatar!

thanks man, i thought it was appropriate for the site, plus that guys awesome.
and ya i didnt kow that plate was 6 inches thick, that be really heavy and slow you down. i think if i put it on one of my cars id make him have better armor from the back but move much slower.

I finally saw this movie on DVD. My girl would never go with me to see it (though she'll take me to every crappy horror movie that comes out). I bought it used for cheap from Hastings. I liked it (in a mindless action kinda way). On a side note, Statham hasn't made great movie choices lately (Snatch and the first Transporter were so great).

Saw Deathrace this weekend on DVD (as well as Venture Bros. Season 3) and was totally inspired to bust out my cars and start working on them.