Do you like fast cars and action? Then you should like this. But wait... it's a remake, therefore it must be dreadful, right? Actually, in this case, I don't know. I've never watched the original, but I understand it - like so many remakes - has its army of online defenders saying how this incarnation of the film doesn't compare to its source material. However, I like action. I like Jason Statham and, if I'm in the mood for some loud, dumb fun then I will certainly let this entertain me for an hour and a half.Jason Statham plays... oh what the hell, he basically plays that same tough guy he's played in every other recent action fight-fest. Anyway, take one dystopian future where prisons are funded by showing their inmates race to the death around tracks on pay-per-view, add a conspiracy to get 'The Stath' unfairly convicted and sent there in order to race... and you have the recipe for plenty of high-octane driving stunts, fist-fights among the inmates and the Stath snarling at anyone who gets in his way.Now, if you're into your films, you may vaguely be aware of its direction, Paul W S Anderson, and the various film franchises he presides over, mainly 'Resident Evil,' but he got his hands on 'Aliens vs Predator,' too. A lot of people say he can't write a good film. Actually, I may agree on that one, but I've always thought he was certainly a talented director who could handle decent action scenes. And, in a film about racing with machine guns, you're going to want the action to be good. And it is.There are a few other cast members the Stath interacts with. Most of them you won't remember, but Ian McShane does his best with what he's give to provide that 'Morgan Freeman-like' mentor figure to our bald, grumpy hero. Plus you have 'Generic Love Interest #657 and Jason Clarke (pre John Connor) as 'Evil Prison Guard #831' and, of course, the warden. Here, the warden is a woman... or simply 'Generic Evil Corporate B*tch #738? The supporting cast are all pretty much by the numbers and you won't remember their performances, let along their on-screen names.This is a Stath movie. If you like him, or action (specially racing), plus you've binge-watched the entire 'Fast and the Furious' franchise, then you should enjoy this. Put your brain on hold and just have fun.8/10 The Force is definitely strong with this one

My expectations were a lot higher. The film has everything you need for a good action: fast cars that have a weapon on them, racing, prison and Jason Statham. Jensen Ames (Jason Statham) is a former driver, who comes to prison for the murder of his wife, which he did not commit. They received an offer to race under the mask Frankenstein, the famous prison racer who died in the last race, but nobody knows. Races that were supposed to be the best part of the film, turned out the worst. Literally they were boring. There was more dialogue in the car, than the action on the track. The movie has really had the potential to be a good move, but they screwed up. As I said, I was expecting much but got little.

Nuanced. Thoughtful. Subtle. These are but three words that don't describe 'Death Race', a fast-paced, slow-witted remake of the 70s B-movie cult classic.Star Jason Statham has less range than a sling shot, but he remains a likable and dependable B-movie action anti-hero. The rest of the cast is made up mostly of anonymous sleazoids, but it's sad to see a three-time Academy Award nominated actress like Joan Allen slumming it here.Ultimately, though it boasts almost non-stop action, 'Death Race' is more tedious than it is fun, and never manages to reach "Guilty pleasure" status.

This movie covers two basic ingredients of what is an action movie. A nice way to combine driving and shooting in an iconically bad environment - a prison. Not at all boring to watch, I'd say. A fight versus good and evil. David vs Goliath. Pure entertainment. The film contains fast moving scenes, not much talk and a few original scenes as well inside a plot, which in itself doesn't take too much of an imagination. It is a boy's dream: a mean-looking supercar with 50 cal machine guns. Add in pretty-looking girls as well.A fantasy element is at the core of this picture. Despite the fact, what I've recounted as familiar elements of a fairy tale, this doesn't actually happen that often, even in films. I don't remember seeing any 'fight-to-a-death' movies, fought in cars equipped with weapons. So I think this genre requires some replenishment.