There are two Death Race films, which conveniently both feature an Expendables star. I was going to compare and contrast, in a very concise and not overly verbose manner, producer Roger Corman's original 1975 film starring David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone and the 2008 adaptation starting Jason Statham. But about ten minutes into DR2K I realized you needed to come on the (preposterously verbose) journey with me. Enjoy it now because I'm not sure how many more of these I'll do.
So, without further ado, real time thoughts, analysis, and description of three-plus hours of tantalizing action, starting from the start.
*edit I'm trying the fancy jump break because Jay had the brilliance to reveal the button to me. This way this post will take up less front-page real estate. I assure you you should still read it though. It's brilliant.
DEATH RACE 2000
:13 If engine reving and cars sketched with colored pencils doesn't get you excited, I don't know what will
:27 Any good sporting event must begin with The Star Spangled Banner, futuristic or otherwise
1:28 Is that the pope conducting the opening ceremony?
2:10 Junior Bruce took the day off from porn to be the race's color commentator
2:27 Calamity Jane, winner of trials @ Watkins Glen, enters with her bull-car
2:56 Insinuation that Calamity Jane is a slut
3:02 Grace Pander obviously is a slut, a slutty journalist who is everyone's good friend.
3:26 A man under a sheet was flown in in a state of suspended animation. He must be important.
3:42 Turns out that the man under the sheet is an S&M nut who goes by FRANKENSTEIN.
3:50 In a crowd of 10 people, Grace asks for exclusive info from Frankenstein on how things are abroad. Sounds like futureworld is different from currentworld.
4:14 Our second contestant: Matilda the Hun from Milwaukee, with copilot Herman the German. Nothing like a good reason for some Nazi imagery!
4:47 [script excerpt] CALAMITY JANE, lasciviously, to HERMAN THE GERMAN: I hope your buzzbomb has a little more juice in its warhead this year.
HERMAN THE GERMAN looks nervously at his pants-region
5:06 With his new mechanical arm, Frankenstein can shift gears in less than 1/20 of a second. Seems like something that won't be particularly necessary in a high-speed open-road race but hey, I'm not from the future or anything.
5:20 The script-writing second graders show us how serious is by his interests only in his copilot's ability to navigate, not her reportedly winsome appearance.
5:28 Our third contestant: Ray the Hero Nero, with copilot Cleopatra. I always wondered where they got the inspiration for Napoleon Dynamite's voice. Turns out it was a 1970s B movie. Fair enough.
5:51 2nd graders at it again: Frankenstein's drive to win leads to a very strained conversation with copilot.
6:46 Our fourth contestant: Machine Gun Joe Viterbo, loved by thousands hated by millions. Second highest all-time score behind Frankenstein. I sense a rivalry coming.
7:26 The first recorded appearance of Sly's trademarked crooked grimace. I have been slapped in the face with silver screen history.
7:40 Enter our fifth contestant: Frankenstein. Lost a leg in 98 and and arm in 99. Half a face, etc. etc.
8:29 Joe's attempt to spit on Frankenstein's door lands on his hood. Hey, close enough Sly.
9:08 Mr. President, who loves his children dearly, serves them as best he can be kicking off the race. That did not take long.
10:08 Someone like Howard Cossell will be our in-studio host, and tells us we'll have a pit stop at the home of the American Indian Museum, Santa Fe, NM. Entertainment and learning all in one!
11:07 They just went from the Lincoln Tunnel in NY to something that looks a lot like Oklahoma in a mighty big hurry.
11:45 Alright and hey hey hey, now it gets good they've split directions!
12:09 The plot thickens: as Mr. President is carrying on about the most popular sporting event in history, we are introduced to underground passive-aggressivists, one of whom is tired of inaction. However the old lady of the crowd has confidence that endangering Frankenstein's life will cause them to call off the race, and furthermore confidence in her granddaugher... WHO IS FRANKENSTEIN'S COPILOT!
14:06 Apparently losing both eyes and having your face held together makes you look like a martial arts movie badass: Frankenstein reveals himself to be David Carradine: “What were you expecting, another pretty face?”
15:10 And the “points for running over people” event is introduced to popular culture! Machine Gun Joe Viterbo runs down a 38 year old construction winner to score the first points of the competition. Sadly the guy would have been worth 3x as much if he was just two years older.
16:04 Boy Frankenstein sure is a gruff dude.
16:37 Howard Cossell drops some rules on us. Women (any age) +10 Children under 12: 40 Toddlers under 2: 70, Old people: 100
17:28 Calamity Jane's bull-car gag pays off: She takes about eight passes to hit a guy in a matador costume, replete with red silk cape. I'm not sure you're going to have much luck in this race that's all about killing people if it takes you eight tries to hit a guy who basically wants to be hit. But I'm not from the future.
18:11 Mercy Hospital is putting out all its infirm old people so Frankenstein can drop the best line of the movie:
18:23 ANNIE: What is that?!
FRANKENSTEIN: Euthanasia day at the geriatrics' hospital. They do it every year.
18:43 Instead of taking out the infirm, Frank plows through some doctors. “Which goes to show that even Frankenstein has a cold-blooded American sense of humor.” Thanks Howard.
19:42 Mrs. Payne (the old passive-aggressivist) may be the worst actress I've ever seen. But she gets to launch another plot: “Let operation anti-race begin!”
20:45 Nero gets blown up trying to run over a mother and baby at a picnic. Yes General Ackbar, it was a trap.
21:25 An interview with the wife of Machine Gun Joe's first victim. Grace Pander moves very quickly. Good for the widow though: she has won a 2-bedroom apartment in Acapulco! Futuregovernment sure treats people right.
22:24 Mrs. Payne interrupts Grace's interview! The resistance has struck! “In the names of George Washington, Abe Lincoln, and Harry Truman, I call for you to stand up for your unalienable rights... we call war on... and that most inhuman desecration of life and liberty: the Transcontinental Road Rape.” OOOH BURN! And with such a clever pun. That Mrs. Payne, she's winning me over.
24:22 Matlida the Hun runs down two members of the resistance who were assembling some kind of trap. Looks like it was pretty ill-conceived.
25:26 A nice “voink” sound effect as MGJV runs down a guy hanging a “Welcome Frankenstein” banner... followed by MGJV's bayonet cleanly beheading him. First graphic shock moment.
27:07 Some good old-fashioned frontal nudity by the female contestants! God bless the 70s.
27:37 Apparently futurecameramen wear rocket packs. This must help them get really dramatic action footage. I guess digital recording won't be invented in the future.
28:43 The frontal nudity continues thanks to this extended massage scene.
29:41 F's suit has more zips on it than your average gimp suit. The 2nd graders saw fit to remind us about his steely reserve by introducing the president of the 7th chapter of his fan club, who is letting him know how much they understand his desire to win.
31:40 Annie gives us a blow-by-blow of all of F's replaced parts, which look, oddly enough, exactly like David Carradine's original arms and legs. Not a seam or anything. Plastic surgeons are really going to be something in the future.
32:28 The creepiest dance scene in the history of film, thanks to F wearing his mask, gloves, leather undies, and nothing else. It ends with the most awkward love scene at around 33:30. I'm all confused inside now. It was so erotic and creepy at the same time.
34:12 Frankenstein runs down the deacon of the bipartisan congregation. According to MGJV you can't score by running down religious figures, but Howard informs us that the score counts! Because he was in this case on hand as a race official. This does not bode well for the other officials.
36:08 The fan we met in the 29th minute is offered as a sacrifice to F. Absolutely touching.
37:20 Confusion abounds between MGJV and his copilot as to whether or not to take the turnoff. I must report that Navitron2000 would not approve of the job his copilot is doing. She doesn't appear to be consulting any maps and is generally useless.
38:31 The rather nasty boils which were apparent under F's right eye in his first scene have mysteriously resolved itself.
39:33 F has just run down a doppelganger in another resistance trap. For being able to preempt national TV signals they're surprisingly wretched at planning ambushes.
40:59 F has gotten weary following the last failed ambush. Annie is now in the driver's seat.
41:45 MGJV has run into a dead end on route 54. Like I said, I cannot endorse the work his copilot has done.
42:47 MGJV has just scored some more points by running down the man fishing at the dead end. That is one sad, futuristic case of killing the messenger.
53:31 It just escalated between the women drivers: Matilda takes out Calamity's copilot: “Nobody gores my navigator and gets away with it!” Bitchfight on.
45:06 Matilda has finally evaded Calamity Jane.
45:26 BUT WAIT, THAT'S CALAMITY'S MUSIC! SHE'S HOT ON THE CHASE
45:42 Sadly, she won't get her revenge. Thanks to a resistance 'detour' Matilda has just driven off a cliff.
46:20 Censors get on the case just as Jr Bruce is telling the world about the explosion. THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT PERMIT THE TRUTH!
47:38 I could really go for a classic CBS video-toaster update of the current scores. I have no idea how everything is shaping up.
49:00 Annie has just laid out the ultimate to F: “Your life in exchange for the permanent abolition of the race.” Really, your country is run by a totalitarian Mr. President and your plan of attack is the Transcontinental Road Race? I mean, I guess that's better than doing nothing...
49:33 Grace Pander eulogizes Matilda the Hun beautifully: “She was a dear friend of mine. I picture her screaming down the highways of heaven... knocking down... the angels.”
49:45 Followed by Howard spinning it for us: “Her death was caused by enemies of The People.” The future sure is a fertile ground for social commentary.
50:30 And F's boils are back at dinner! Apparently they're only a problem when he's wearing the mask.
51:58 MGJV has, at the conclusion of a very tense conversation with a representative of Mr. President, smashed a white violin over a wooden chair.
52:43 Mr. President blames the ambushes on the French and their dirty stinking European allies. You can't trust the French in the future, either.
54:11 MGJV is about to choke Annie out for giving them some bad directions. But F steps in, leading to some dancing only slightly less awkward than the dance between F and Annie. At least one doesn't run the risk of getting erotic.
55:22 Not Sly nor Carradine's best work. For the record, MGJV is bloodied and beaten but swears that “next chance he gets, you're (F) dead” as F walks away.
56:37 It's official: Annie is stacked.
56:57 F's origins: he was brought up in a government facility to be just what he is. Sounds like a prequel to me!
57:40 We're a cat o' nine tails away from this being a really weird snuff film. At least beautiful blond Annie is still involved.
58:24 Day 3 is about to kick off, and F is talking to her like they didn't just gimp it up. That's a mighty quick way to hurt a girl's feelings.
59:32 MGJV has just scored his own mechanics. That's an easy way to net 40 points.
60:24 “You know Myra some people might think you're cute. But me, I think you're one very large baked potato.” Is that an insult? I'll try it out the next couple days.
60:51 Grace tells us that MGJV used to ride over his pet snake on his motorcycle. Those kinds of children would be put in counseling nowadays.
61:46 Following an attack by resistance motorcycle riders, Jane comes to a stop just inches from a land mine. She is in some kind of strange car graveyard, which appears to be what spurs her to turn around and get back on the road (you know, being in a race wasn't enough). She tries to pull out and backs over a land mine. Too bad. Only two drivers left.
64:40 Annie has been drugged! She passes out in F's car just as he's being beseiged by a resistance guy in a plane.
65:52 The resistance pilot is a terrible shot. He buzzes F but does not hit him with any of his little missles. On with the drama!
66:35 It's looking pretty good for MGJV... until he drives through a minefield!
67:00 The pilot is still on F's tail, and now a white Chevelle-looking car is too.
67:28 Until it takes a turn too tight and flips.
67:48 F is hit!
67:59 And 'the French airforce' has just driven into a cliff. Poor technical showing by the rebels here. Maybe they should have taken the classes the Al Qaeda took, as their current training regime leaves something to be desired.
68:32 Annie wakes up just as the other resistance members have failed.
69:41 Things have gotten so dramatic between F and Annie that they have to pull over on a scenic vista.
70:19 TWIST! Turns out that F has some machinations of his own:
ANNIE: I thought the only thing you cared about was winning the race
F: Sure, because only the one who wins the race gets to shake hands with Mr. President (removes glove, exposing a pale-colored hand holding a similarly-colored GRENADE)
ANNIE: Is that a grenade?!
F: A hand grenade. That handshake is all I've lived for for as long as I can remember.
70:44 And so the villain has become the hero. Cue the upbead music as F rips up windy canyon roads on his way into New L.A.
71:02 I'm pretty sure MGJV just said he wants to win this race “for hate.”
72:10 MGJV pulls the Oil Slick Knob. That spells trouble for F, who's in hot pursuit.
72:33 But not enough trouble. After losing control, he's right on MGJV's bumper!
73:00 Annie takes F's hand and tosses it into MGJV's car. His only concern now is how he's going to shake hands with Mr. President.
74:10 F pulls into New LA alone and victorious
74:44 Mr. President Is pontificating as F walks up to the stand
75:19 Mrs. Payne has shot F
75:30 But F is actually Annie!
75:50 The real F drives into the awards podium, causing Mr. President to fall to his spiny death on top of the F mobile.
76:58 F and Annie get married and announce to the media their plans for a new America including free elections and abolition of the race.
78:07 As Junior carries on about America loving the violent race, the newlyweds gleefully run him down. My how much we have learned.
So here we had a futuristic, comedic satire with some T&A thrown in for good measure. Also the formal debut of an action legend and the introduction of a pop culture concept. And all clocking in at a bit over an hour. Let us see what we get with the update...
DEATH RACE
:35 Text informs us that in 2012 the economy collapses (this was made in 2008- hate to see how bad they thought it could get) and that the prison system reaches the breaking point. Prisons are run by private corporations for profit. At one facility cage fights to the death are held.
1:07 The plot is being setup by more text. Ultimately, Death Race is born
1:32 Cars shooting at each other. What was wrong with cage fights? I'm going back to the text-based introduction.
1:08 Revisited: I see. “Modern audiences got bored.” Just like I got bored with their simplistic, blunt setup. They couldn't have used the same tricks as the original did? Some talking heads interleaved with shooting cars?
2:52 We're dropping the tombstone. The tombstone apparently was the metal armor plate on the back of masked man's car. The gas tank is now exposed.
3:50 Copilot ejects just in time, as black driver shoots a missile which hits the tank. Frankie's car explodes as it flips over the finish line. I'm not sure if that means he made it or not.
4:49 The opening credits show us a bunch of molten lava and welding. I think this is going to be extreme.
6:01 Jason Statham's kid is cute and his wife is hot. Looks like family is going to come into play here.
6:32 Statham's factory is being shut down. Unemployment + family, I sense a revenge crime coming up.
7:48 And the SWAT team shows up for the factory closing. That was completely unsubstantiated, but everyone recognizes it.
8:30 SWAT is beating everyone's ass now. Except Statham's, he's a badass.
9:52 Good thing I don't really care what he's saying or Statham's low, inaudible growl would be pretty annoying.
10:22 Oop they're about to do it on the kitchen counter (sans frontal nudity) but then the baby pipes up on the baby monitor. Children spoil all of the adults' fun.
11:10 THERE'S A NINJA IN THE HOUSE! Revenge crime odds just got taken off the board.
11:47 Statham wakes up surrounded by cops. His wife is dead. He's holding a knife. The onions she had on the stove are burnt! And he's being taken into custody. None of things bode particularly well for a normal home life, but they do portend well for a DEATH RACE!
12:27 It's now 6 months later. Guess I'm wrong- not revenge crime, just a mistaken identity crime.
13:42 Holy god Jason Statham is ripped.
14:10 Political brother from Brotherhood in the house! He's running the dehumanizing spray down/cavity search.
15:07 Who is the woman in the shadows?
15:36 Statham is greeted into his cell by piggy noises. He then proceeds to kick his 3 cellmates' asses. The 2nd graders from DR2K just told us how badass he is.
17:04 We finally learn Statham's name: Jensen Ames. Ames it is. That's a fine town and an easily typeable name.
17:59 Tyrese mumbles something about Ames. And then decides to get the fuck out of there.
18:23 PACHINKO in the HOUSE! He's giving Ames the shit for killing his wife and raping kiddies. Hearsay is a bitch, especially in jail.
19:00 Luckily Ames is still a badass so he whaps Pachinko with his lunch tray and busts some heads before being subdued.
19:37 Political brother is giving some procedural advice about handling the warden after this little outburst. Joan Allen, the warden, is fixin to throw his ass in the hole.
21:10 No one can speak over a whisper. I'd turn it up but its 11:40 at night and I know 80% of this flick is going to be really, really loud.
21:38 The warden lays out the Death Race, and apprises us that “Frankie” from the opening sequence is short for Frankenstein- nice throwback- whose face is so disfigured that he always wears a mask. He's a big hit with the fans, etc., but there's a problem in that Frankie died after his old race. “Anyone can wear the mask. Not just anyone can drive like him.” So she wants him to become Frankenstein.
23:01 She doesn't think he belongs in there, if he does it she'll cut him a break, etc. Do we really need this setup scene to take five minutes?
24:10 So instead of a social satirical commentary we've set up a story of salvation and self-righteousness. Here I was afraid we'd get a “Condemned” knockoff where it was all about commentary about our modern obsession with violence. Instead this guy is going to fight for his freedom.
26:14 We're introduced to the garage, the car, the gang. Biggest highlight is the guy from Deadwood playing the team leader, who advises (two minutes into the scene) to not bother thinking
28:59 Three stages to the Death Race: 1st two, eliminate competition while getting your ass to the line. In the third, you have to be the first to the line. Hrm, so isn't it all “get to the line and don't die?”
29:37 Apparently Tyrese is the new Machine Gun Joe. A little more badass: he carves each kill into his arm.
30:13 Introduction to the other drivers. Former NASCAR driver, skinhead, possibly gay black guy (MGJ).
31:47 Ames handles MGJ's insults with a degree of aplomb. Mostly because they were really lame insults.
32:51 Ames has a flashback of his wife's killer.
33:57 Ames has put on the mask. All the inmates seem to love him. At least on that particular cell block.
35:23 Sex appeal injection: women inmates are brought in to be the navigators/copilots. Why you would need a navigator on a closed course is beyond me. Anything in the name of sex appeal for the viewers I guess. BUT WHICH VIEWERS ARE WE APPEASING: THE UNSEEN VIEWERS IN 2012 OR THE CONSUMERS OF THE MOVIE?!!?!?! Commentary!
37:29 Finally we get the TV coverage layout introduction to Death Race. This could have really saved everyone some headache about 20 mins ago.
39:22 At this point DR2K was halfway complete and rolling with the resistance plot. This movie has just launched its first earnest race scene.
40:23 But it's what I came to watch so I'm enjoying it anyway.
41:13 OK it turns out they're driving through some closed off warehouse district island or something, there are some twists, turns and shortcuts. A navigator is an OK choice.
41:58 MGJ just said “wakey, wakey.” Not sure why as it was followed just with more straight racing.
42:36 MGJ just smacked his copilot. Who is a man, either because he's gay or because so many of his copilots die that viewers got squeamish about them being women.
43:36 Always a fun angle: we know about four drivers in a field of nine or something. So, we've got some drivers we can kill off here.
44:16 Guns are activated by driving over spots on the road. I kind of like this concept. Means some skill is required to arm yourself. I'm OK with this action sequence.
44:40 Well that was incredibly grisly. Impaled then compacted by spikes which raised out of the road after driving over a “death head”
46:57 After carrying on about not being able to be killed, some guy gets broadsided by MGJ (running way behind after some engine malfunction), causing his head to explode. Big blood spatter.
47:49 Ames' copilot dangerously leaning out of car to unstick a jammed gun. MGJ has his sights on her. She probably won't die though.
48:39 Yeah, she didn't die.
49:40 For some reason Ames' smoke and napalm aren't working.
50:57 Nice trick sequence: they just napalmed the NASCAR guy by flipping the napalm canister out of the copilot's ejector seat, then flicking the cigarette lighter at him. Effects tricks are fun.
51:54 Probably a big moment: the guy driving next to Ames just did the gun-pointy-fingers thing the guy who killed his wife did.
53:35 Everyone seems very disappointed that Ames ended up last. I'm not clear why it matters.
54:10 Ames thinks the warden may have been involved in the set up to get him in to prison so he could be Frankie. This leads to a confrontation about him doing as she wants or he'll never get out and some other dude will be Piper's daddy. Etc etc etc
58:04 Ames has a talk with Coach (Deadwood guy) laying out the point I made four minutes ago. Revenge kill is back on the board!
61:53 Nerdy crew guy just saved Ames from getting his skull crushed by Pachinko with enormous wrench. Fight scene!
63:07 We see that Pachinko did indeed kill his wife. He was driven to Ames' door by political brother. Just as Ames is going to wrench Pachinko's head, political brother tazes him. “Save it for the track, boys.”
64:39 Statham is really, really cut. Sweet jeebis.
64:57 Day 2 begins. Apparently now everyone knows Ames is Frankie so we've discarded the mask. Too bad, I liked the mask.
66:24 Ames is driving the speed limit so he can have a chat with his copilot Case. Turns out she sabotaged his rear weapons, supposedly so he would lose and wouldn't be set free. Didn't have anything to do with bringing Ames to jail, on the face of it. No way.
68:19 He caught up mighty quickly. Time and distance in movies is such a flexible concept. Just like in the Need for Speed videogames!
69:26 Ames opts for the sword (vs. shield) even though he's in first so he can shoot up Pachinko. Shoots him up a bit, smokes him out, makes him flippy flippy rolly rolly. Stops his car to make sure he's dead.
70:55 Reverses to hit him with his door. Case: “This is a race you don't go backwards.”
71:13 Gets out of the car. “And you don't get out of the car.”
71:30 Pachinko reveals that the warden put him up to it. Ames says “I know, she's next.” Then snaps his neck.
72:06 MGJ kicks his copilot out of the car for thinking a sword was lit when it wasn't. He is one tough cookie.
72:40 MGJ has a new copilot. This fellow wasn't entirely willing to get in the car.
73:00 The warden releases the dreadnaught. It.s a bigass semi with a bunch of machine guns. We saw where it was being built earlier.
73:35 Now the dreadnaught is shooting shit up left and right. Lots of splosions. I think my buddy Andy has a tattoo of that silo in the middle of the track. Never knew he was such a Death Race fanatic.
75:09 Shortcut, dreadnaught. Big explosion, lots of gunfire. Thing has some wicked flamethrowers on it. And of course spiny wheel things. One of which impales the oriental driver's copilot. Now it has the oriental guy dragging by chains as it points a tank right at him.
76:03 The oriental guy got blown up. He had been speaking Japanese with english subtitles. His last words were “Fuck me” subtitled in Japanese. Trite but I'm always down for movies toying with subtitles. Like Street Fighter The Movie did.
77:17 Team effort to run the dreadnaught over a death head. I wish I was in a theater for that explosion.
78:08 The warden is not impressed with their ruse.
78:32 Frankie walks down the cell block. Apparently we're just using the mask when its convenient.
79:24 MGJ is on Frankie's trail. Apparently Pachinko was the only one who noticed when he had his mask off at the start of day 2.
80:12 The warden wants political brother to kill Ames. “You want me to kill Frankenstein?” “Don't be silly, he can't die. After all, he's only a mask.” So Ames is in shit shape, but then who's life gets fucked?? The warden is out of control! The media attention and profits have made her a power-hungry money-grubbing whore! Down with big business?
82:15 Ames just requested an extra ½ gallon gas tank. This will probably come up later.
83:44 Ames confronts MGJ. MGJ really wants to win this race, cuz then he'd only need one more to be free. Finally Ames talks. He says “I figure you and Frank should have a little talk.”
85:00 Day 3 starts. Set up voiceover by the TV guy. If Frankie wins he's supposed to be freed, etc.
86:01 Confrontation with the warden. She gives him his release papers, but suggests he stay as Frankenstein as she thinks she's very appealing for some reason. She tries to convince him he's not 'daddy material.' This is all terribly asinine.
88:27 Case reveals that if he's going to win she's supposed to stop him.
89:04 I'm going radio silence for the next fifteen mins so I can enjoy the big showdown.
94:34 Could't resist this one from the warden: “Ok cocksucker, fuck with me and we'll see who shits on the sidewalk.” Is that a threat? First the baked potato, now the shitting on the sidewalk...
100:00 So Ames gets jobbed the first part of the race, they won't let him get a weapon. At one point MGJ overshoots him, blasting open a wall which they then drive out of and escape the island. Turns out that earlier when Ames sought out MGJ, they arranged the escape. Basically they arranged the ending of Jurassic Park 2: get off the island, tear some more stuff up, be an expected and disappointing conclusion that doesn't live up to the source material. And the extra ½ gallon tank was to make it away from the course. So they ditch, Ames bails, Case takes his place and stops driving. Coach blows up the warden. He loves this game.
102:12 MGJ and Ames are kicking it fixing up an old car, gone straight “6 months and 2000 miles later”
102:43 Case shows up in a slick Chevelle and meets Piper.
104:00 Ames has decided that no one in this world is perfect, and his daughter is is chance at something better in this world, hooray personal improvement and justice.
104:42 The motor vehicle stunts in the film were performed in a controlled environment, don't try this at home, etc. Glad we got that cleared up, I thought I saw something that looked like the 405 for a minute there.
So, where have we gotten ourselves through eight pages of liveblogging? We've been through one delightfully cheesy, futuristically dated satire and one dingy, futuristically dated blow em up flick. I think that, in comparison, New Death Race would have been better off getting the tie-in with Twisted Metal and just going with that angle. The guns and power ups were cool, but the open country racing and zany spirit from the original were completely lost in translation.
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