Death Race

Dumb, but fun. What a classic way to describe a film. Does it get better? No, the movie wasn't really that good, but it was fun enough I'll ignore how dumb it was. Well, as funny as it may be, I just described Paul W.S. Anderson's Death Race. There's not much to the film, other than action and mayhem, but knowing Anderson's skill set, that's all I want him to tackle. That said, I still can pick apart the film for its many faults. First, and it is weird to say this, Death Race should be more about the actual racing to the death. It seems an artificial plot was thrown into this "remake" for the sole purpose of appearing like something deeper. Just race and kill. So when the film does race and kill, it does so pretty well. The script does more than it needs to, and Anderson just isn't very good at capturing emotions other than anger and... well, that's it. But Jason Statham is the perfect action star, so his casting was not so much inspired, but necessary. He made the film as entertaining as the action, but make no mistake; Death Race is certainly dumb, but fun.

Genre - Action (2.5)

Screenplay (2)
Acting (3)
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Directing (2)