Death Race (2008)

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Movie
German title Death Race
Original title Death Race
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2008
length 105 minutes
Age rating FSK 18
Rod
Director Paul WS Anderson
script Paul WS Anderson
production Paul WS Anderson,
Jeremy Bolt ,
Paula Wagner
music Paul Haslinger
camera Scott Kevan
cut Niven Howie
occupation
synchronization
chronology

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Death Race 2

Death Race is an American science fiction - action thriller from the year 2008 . Directed by Paul WS Anderson , who also wrote the script and co-produced the film. It's kind of a remake of the film Frankenstein's Death Race, starring Sylvester Stallone and David Carradine .

action

The action takes place in 2012, the US economy has collapsed and unemployment is rising, as is the crime rate , so that companies run prisons. Jensen Ames, a former racing driver, works as a steel worker, but the company is bankrupt and has to close. Jensen comes home after his workday, is robbed and drugged at his house, and wakes up with a bloody knife in his hand that is said to have killed his wife.

Jensen is relocated to Terminal Island Jail , where Headmistress Hennessey races armed cars. There he is also mistreated by the sadistic guard Ulrich - who is also Hennessey's assistant. The main prize of the races is the release papers from prison for winning five Death Races , which are broadcast live on pay TV. Hennessey forces Ames to participate by threatening to tell his daughter about the alleged murder. He drives as the star Frankenstein, who died in the operating room after his last race and was wearing a mask. Like every driver, he gets a co-driver, Case, from the women's prison to help him operate his weapons.

The Death Race consists of three stages with three laps each. At the end of the first stage, Ames recognizes one of his opponents, Pachenko, as the murderer of his wife. In the second stage, Ames is the last to go to confront Case. She admits that Hennessey will sign her release if she sabotaged Frankenstein's car. Ames kills Pachenko in the same stage by breaking his neck. Hennessey then uses a converted truck as a "battleship" with a variety of weapons attached, such as. B. machine guns, flamethrowers, a kind of carpet made of crow's feet that hold a car so that it can be destroyed by the tank cannon that is also attached, and blades attached to the wheels that destroy nearby cars or kill their (co) drivers. Only Ames and Machine Gun Joe survive and destroy the truck.

Before the third stage, Ulrich puts a bomb on Ames' car to prevent him from winning. Ames goes to Joe to tell him that Frankenstein wants to talk to him. During the last stage it looks like Ames and Joe are fighting, but in truth they have agreed beforehand and destroy the perimeter of the racetrack in order to flee the island over the bridge. Hennessey tries to destroy Ames with the remote control of the bomb, but the bomb was removed by Coach. Shortly afterwards, Hennessey can be seen being congratulated on the ratings for the race and receiving a present for it. This gift, however, is the bomb that was previously attached to Ames' car. Coach presses the button on the remote control, so Hennessey and Ulrich are killed. Ames and Joe leave for Mexico, but before that Ames takes his daughter to live with them. Six months later, Ames and Joe are seen working as auto mechanics in a junkyard, and they receive a visit from Case.

Reviews

Wesley Lovell wrote on oscarguy.com that neither the poster nor the trailer offer anything that could induce fans of the original film Frankenstein's death race to watch the remake. The film is worth neither time nor money.

The German picture, however, described the film as a firework of action with "the best car chases of the year".

The film magazine Cinema says about the film: “ Death Race is like Speed ​​Racer without the brightly colored colors. Blood, sweat and testosterone flow in abundance, the dialogues would fit on two or three beer mats, the action scenes are wild and crazy, if a little tiring in the long run. Genre lovers will still appreciate the obscure crash trash, because in its classic B-movie aesthetic it remains unconditionally consistent until the end. Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse Cinema sends his regards, the brakes will take place later! Conclusion: Futuristic racing driver action in a consistently continuous B-movie style: gaudy, loud and bloody "

backgrounds

Paul WS Anderson expressed his intention in 2002 to remake the 1975 film Frankenstein's Death Race (Death Race 2000) . To do this, he worked with a company owned by Tom Cruise. The original title of the movie was Death Race 3000 .

The film was shot in Montreal . The publication in the USA was temporarily planned for September 26, 2008, but this was brought forward to spring 2008. The film opened in cinemas in the US on August 22nd and in Germany on November 27th, 2008.

Vehicles used

Sequels

The prequel Death Race 2 was filmed in the USA in 2010 . The film is a direct-to-DVD production and was released in the UK in late 2010 . The actors Tanit Phoenix , Danny Trejo , Sean Bean , Luke Goss and Ving Rhames can be seen in leading roles . The Dutchman Roel Reiné took over the direction . The shooting took place in South Africa.

In 2013 another part was released with Death Race: Inferno . This is also a direct-to-DVD production and again Roel Reiné took over the direction. Except for Sean Bean, the main characters from Death Race 2 can be seen again and are completed by Dougray Scott .

Another prequel of the first part of the series was released directly on DVD in 2018 under the title Death Race: Anarchy (orig.Death Race: Beyond Anarchy ).

synchronization

The synchronization was carried out by RC Production Rasema Cibic in Berlin under the direction of Marius Clarén .

actor Dubbing voice role
Jason Statham Thomas Nero Wolff Jensen Ames
Joan Allen Susanna Bonaséwicz Prison Director Hennessey
Ian McShane K. Dieter Klebsch Coach
Tyrese Gibson Tobias Kluckert Machine Gun Joe Mason
Natalie Martinez Maria Koschny Elizabeth Case
Jason Clarke Gerrit Schmidt-Foss Prison guard Ulrich
Jacob Vargas Dennis Schmidt-Foss Gunner
Robert LaSardo Thomas Petruo Hector Grimm
Benz Antoine Marco Kroeger Joe's Navigator # 1
Christian Paul Marius Clarén Joe's Navigator # 3
Fred Koehler Konrad Bösherz Lists
Bruce McFee Ernst Meincke Antique car
Max Ryan Tobias Master Pachenko
Janaya Stephens Ursula Hugo Suzy Ames
Justin Mader Michael Deffert Travis Colt
Russell Ferrier Gerald Paradise disgruntled worker
Anna-Marie Frances Lea Anke Reitzenstein angry cashier
David Carradin Torsten Michaelis Frankenstein
Dick Ervasti Matti Klemm Webcast broadcast speaker

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Release for Death Race . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2009 (PDF; test number: 115 373 DVD).
  2. ↑ Oscarguy - Website: Preview: Death Race (2008). Archived from the original on September 16, 2008 ; Retrieved December 7, 2012 .
  3. ↑ BILD newspaper of November 27, 2008
  4. ↑ Cinema.de: film review , accessed on April 6, 2009
  5. ↑ scifi.com - website: Paul WS Anderson reanimates a game group of zombies in Resident Evil. Archived from the original on March 23, 2009 ; Retrieved December 7, 2012 .
  6. ^ Filming locations for Death Race , accessed August 19, 2008
  7. ↑ www.comingsoon.net , accessed August 19, 2008
  8. ↑ Release dates for Death Race , accessed August 19, 2008
  9. ^ The Cars of Death Race
  10. ^ Death Race. German synchronous index , accessed on April 25, 2013 .