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Started 3 years ago by Motorist
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Motorist
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http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/deathrace/index.html
I saw this last night and it was awesome. If you don't know what it's about, you can learn the entire plot from the trailer. Which leaves you the rest of the movie to just enjoy the action; there are absolutely no surprises in this movie. Jason Statham is exactly how you would expect him as Jenson Ames/Frank Martin/Turkish/Terry Leather. Watching it has made me realize that I have been missing for far too long having a giant machine gun mounted on the hood of my car. If any of you have ever played the Twisted Metal video games, it really just a live action version of that game.

Posted 3 years ago #
Coremodels
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Statham certainly looks cooler than this guy in the original...

Posted 3 years ago #
osulew
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Coremodels wrote Statham certainly looks cooler than this guy in the original...
I'd want to check this movie out even if he wasn't in it...but I'm sooooooooo glad he is. ;)

Posted 3 years ago #
gramarye
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Sounds like an instant classic. (Or maybe just Cyclist's worst nightmare.) Might have to give it a look!

Posted 3 years ago #
some dude in clintonville
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I have issues with watching movies like this. Hollywood race flicks. Just because I'm sort of a car guy, but moreso a car guy because I like watching most forms of auto racing ('cept Nascar :x ). But I always get turned off at these types of movies because of ever-present inconsistencies of how the cars handle/react/etc. It's hollywood and I should expect that, but it always bothers me.
That's why I probably won't be seeing this. Glad it's actually a fun flick though. Who knows, I might try it.

Posted 3 years ago #
shroud
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From what I've seen of the trailer, I can't figure out what relation this has to Death Race 2000 at all. Even the starting premise (running over people for points) seems gone...
So why give it the same name?

Posted 3 years ago #
Coremodels
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This article explains it:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-death22-2008aug22,0,1805249.story

Posted 3 years ago #
kessler
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Coremodels wrote This article explains it:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-death22-2008aug22,0,1805249.story
Now it makes sense. I'll have to check this movie out!
at first I thought the title of this thread was an advert.
for the MNR. :shock:

Posted 3 years ago #