Death Race review
Jason Statham’s newest action smash fest is a remake of the Roger Corman classic, Death Race 2000. While the original was a cross-country, no holds barred, low budget, dystopic view of the future, the newest version of the tale is a tightly controlled video game on a closed course.
Statham stars as a former driver framed for his wife’s murder. He is forced to drive a car for the corporate controlled prison in a reality TV-based online Death Race. Just for once, I’d like to see a large corporation as a force for good in the world instead of the source of all evil. You know, just to mix things up. Also, I wonder if a person becomes more evil because they work for a bigger corporation, or if the most evil people are drawn to the biggest companies. Or, here’s a thought. Do the people get eviler when the corporation gets bigger?
Anyway, the race completely lacks the low-budget grit of the original and instead is filled with flashy video game style special effects. It almost seems like the movie was designed to be made into a game. There are weapon and defense circles to drive over to gain power-ups and activate traps.
I didn’t go in expecting much and was still disappointed.
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