Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another... Read allEx-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.
- Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations
Frederick Koehler
- Lists
- (as Frederick Koehler, Fred Koehler)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDavid Carradine, who starred in the original film, Death Race 2000 (1975), played the voice of Frankenstein in the opening scene of this film.
- Goofs(at about 24:00 into the film) At the introduction, Coach tells Frankenstein that the back protection plate, a.k.a. the Tombstone, is 6" thick solid steel. There are four plates 1.5" thick each and about 40", 50", 60" and 70" by about 48" tall. That is about 1,972 kg or 4,340 lbs. of steel. That would make the car so back heavy that, at the first hitting of any bump, the front of the car would go up and make controlling it impossible. Besides that, it would also be so heavy that the car would not be fit for the race.
- Crazy creditsAfter the credits, the line "Okay, cocksucker. Fuck with me, and we'll see who shits on the sidewalk" is heard again.
- Alternate versionsThe unrated version runs 111 minutes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Film '72: Episode dated 23 September 2008 (2008)
- SoundtracksMaybe Tomorrow
Written by Stuart Cable, Kelly Jones, Richard Jones
Performed by Stereophonics
Courtesy of V2 Music Limited
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
Twisted Metal meets Mad Max
I was able to attend the advanced screening here in Dallas and must say I enjoyed myself immensely. While anyone going into this film expecting anything more then a thin veil of a plot will be sorely disappointed, it will definitely entertain those who have the right expectations. That said, this is a no holds barred, testosterone fueled thrill ride. Think of the game Twisted Metal, then throw in convicts, a greedy warden looking only at the profit and you have Death Race. While the movie has plenty of explosions, machine guns, armored cars, gore and beautiful females, there was enough humor and sentiment thrown in to make it all seem worthwhile. Definitely an entertaining film, and one that any over-the-top action movie junkie will surely add to their collection.
Details
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- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Death Race 3000
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $45,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $36,316,032
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,621,090
- Aug 24, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $76,014,335
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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