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Death Race
Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized inmates, a global audience hungry for violence and a spectacular, enclosed arena come together to form the 'Death Race', the biggest, most brutal event.
2008 · Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson · 105 min · Action · Thriller · Science Fiction · 10 frames
Tagline
Get ready for a killer ride.
Crew
- Screenplay: Paul W. S. Anderson
- Cinematography: Scott Kevan
- Edited by: Niven Howie
- Music: Paul Haslinger
- Production design: Paul D. Austerberry
- Produced by: Jeremy Bolt, Paul W. S. Anderson, Paula Wagner, Roger Corman
Cast
- Jason Statham as Jensen Ames
- Joan Allen as Warden Hennessey
- Ian McShane as Coach
- Tyrese Gibson as Machine Gun Joe Mason
- Natalie Martinez as Elizabeth Case
- Max Ryan as Pachenko
- Jason Clarke as Guard Ulrich
- Frederick Koehler as Lists
- Jacob Vargas as Gunner
- Justin Mader as Travis Colt
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America, Germany
- Language: English
- Studios: Impact Pictures, Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Cruise/Wagner Productions
- Budget: $45,000,000
- Box office: $76,000,000
- Themes: prison, martial arts, car race, dystopia, matter of life and death, car crash, prison guard, prison escape, exploding building, vehicle combat
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