On the first day of the three day race, Jensen meets Case. Jensen accepts the offer and meets Frankenstein's maintenance crew consisting of Coach, Gunner, and Lists they explain to Jensen that Hennessey wants him to become Frankenstein to rebuild the profits and audience of "Death Race", which has halved since Frankenstein's "disappearance".
She tells him that Frankenstein had died from the injuries he received at the end of the previous race, and offers to let Jensen go free if he drives Frankenstein's car to win one more race. Hennessey's right-hand man Ulrich calls Jensen to her office. Six months later, Jensen is transferred to Terminal Island Prison. He is sentenced to life imprisonment, while Piper is placed in foster care. Jensen wakes up with a bloodied knife in his hand, Suzy dead nearby, and policemen storming into his home and arresting him. A masked assailant knocks him unconscious. When the steel mill he works at is closed, he returns home to his wife Suzy and their new-born daughter, Piper. Industrial worker and ex-con Jensen Ames struggles to support his family. Case ejects herself out of the car just before Joe destroys it as it crosses the finish line. Against her protests, Frankenstein refuses to let Joe finish first. His navigator, Case, reports that all of his defensive equipment has malfunctioned.
Towards the end of a race, a masked driver nicknamed Frankenstein is nearing the finish line, pursued by his rival Machine Gun Joe. Throughout the season, Terminal Island inmates battle each other in specially modified cars on a track cut into the grounds, with the goal of winning their freedom. One such prison is Terminal Island Penitentiary, whose warden, Claire Hennessey, earns profits from broadcasting "Death Race", a vehicular combat racing series, on the internet. In 2012, the collapse of the US economy and the subsequent increase in crime rates leads to the rise of privatized prisons.
Three direct-to-video films in the series were then released: Death Race 2 (2010), Death Race 3: Inferno (2013) and Death Race: Beyond Anarchy (2018). The film received mixed reviews from critics. Filming began in Montreal in August 2007, and the completed project was released on August 22, 2008. Death Race was acquired by Universal Studios, and Anderson re-joined the project to write and direct. Anderson stated in the DVD commentary that he thought of the film as something of a prequel.Ī remake had been in development since 2002, though production was delayed by disapproval of early screenplays, then placed in turnaround following a dispute between Paramount Pictures and the producer duo Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner (the latter was the producer without Cruise in the film). Though referred to as a remake of the 1975 film Death Race 2000 (which in turn is based on Ib Melchior's short story "The Racer") in reviews and marketing materials, director Paul W. It stars Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane, and Joan Allen. Having been framed for the murder of his wife Ames languishes in priosn until he is forced to participate in society's most popular sport: brutal car races to the death and to become the new driver of Frankenstein's Ford Mustang.Death Race is a 2008 American dystopian action thriller film written and directed by Paul W. The only catch is that he must survive a gauntlet of the most vicious criminals in this post-industrial wasteland to claim it. His face hidden by a metallic black mask, one convict will be put through a brutal three day challenge, with the trophy being the ultimate prize: freedom. But when Weyland demands a driver to headline the big game, Ames is forced to submit. Five-time NASCAR champion Jensen Ames is a man who has become an expert at survival.Īfter eight years of hard time, he has only six weeks before reuniting with his family.
Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport.Īdrenalized inmates, a global audience hungry for violence and a spectacular, enclosed arena come together to form the 'Death Race', the world's biggest, most brutal sporting event. penal system has reached a breaking point. The film is a remake of the 1975 film Death Race 2000. Predator, starring Hollywood hardman Jason Statham. Anderson, who brought us the Resident Evil franchise and Alien vs. Death Race is the latest film from Paul W.