Death Race
by People who talk in cinemas should be shot. Anyone who answers, messages or even checks a mobile phone while in a cinema deserves to suffer a similar fate. That’s the problem with going to see a film that appeals to the lowest common denominator. You have to sit in a cinema with them. Luckily there were that many explosions, killings, fast cars, hot girls and clever quips, that even those that tried to distract everyone else eventually had to give up. I spend a lot of my time watching intellectual, intelligent films that push boundaries and I find them both rewarding and enjoyable. Sometimes, though, it is extremely cathartic and refreshing though to just watch shit explode. So many films attempt to do this but often fail. Death Race even contains enough twists and script complexity, that it’s actually exciting throughout. If you expect nothing but entertainment, this film will leave you extremely satisfied.
Tagged: action movies
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justin said | 25 November, 2008
while i totally agree with everything you said about seeing a film in theaters, and even about watching shit explode, i’ll have to say i’m skeptical about seeing death race. the 1975 film “death race 2000″ is easily one of my favorite cult films. to see it butchered with jason “i’m an asshole with no talent” stathman could soil my overall idea of what death race is. i don’t know if my soul can take another bastardized remake like this.