By Chase Lehocky
Rated R for strong violence and language.
Runtime: 89 Minutes
First off I would like to say sorry for being gone for this long because of college and other bull-crap. I have five movies to review and the first movie is Death Race.
Death Race is a “been there done that” movie, but I have no problem if the movie is done right, and I have to say Death Race was done right. The stunts were amazing and of course Jason Statham is a bad-ass, so that is two reasons why you should go the see this movie.
The cast has some pretty noticeable names like Jason Statham who plays Jensen Ames, who is framed to race. Joan Allen plays Hennessey, the warren of the prison, a real bitch! Ian McShane who is the coach, and Tyrese Gibson who plays Machine Gun Joe, Jensen Ames rival.
Death Race will not win any awards, but the racing sequences are some of the best I have ever seen. The racing is the star of the movie and I think that is what the director was trying to do. You might be thinking “Wait, you want me to see a movie just because of the racing scenes?” The answer I will reply is YES. Jason Statham really only has one role act hard and be a bad-ass at the same time, just like Transporter, Crank, Bank Job… you get the picture. So see it for the racing because you would be disappointed.
All in all a good action movie to end the summer of great blockbusters. Like I said see it for the racing!
Death Race: YES