Death Race

Every review I have heard, seen or read about this film has infuriated me as they have all been told from the male perspective and pretty much everyone of them has said that “It’s a blokes film, and not for the fairer sex”. I‘m here to tell you that that is about as rubbish as saying that Sex and the City –The Movie did not appeal to any men, at all, which is blatantly untrue.

Yes the film is out and out pointless action, full of fast cars, dangerous situations and hot women. However are we forgetting that the star of the piece (a mainly shirtless) Jason Statham, who can do no wrong in these kinds of films (Crank, and the Transporter 1 and 2 anyone?) and are we forgetting that it is pure adrenalin.

As if you need to know the plot after that introduction but here it is anyway... In 2012, the United States economy collapses, Jensen Ames (Statham) was once a NASCAR champion. He hits rock bottom ends up in prisons, gets out and gets married and has a child. Life is finally looking good until he wakes up semi-conscious next to the body of his dead wife, without a clue of what happened. Turns out, he was framed in order to get him incarcerated in a prison where the warden , a bull-busting hard ass (Joan Allen) runs a pay-per-view event. The Death Race - a kill-or-be-killed car race where the inmates race to win their freedom. Every inmate driver is driving a monster car that they built which is loaded with machine guns, missiles, flamethrowers, napalm, and no rules. Can Jensen win his freedom?

Whether you are male or female, if you liked films like Gone in 60 Seconds (either version) Transformers or The Fast and The Furious then I would put my money on the fact that you’d enjoy this film.

Amy V Gathercole