A GREAT ACTION REMAKE: DEATH RACE

Dear readers,

Here I am again! This week, our movie is "Death Race", an action movie directed and written by Paul W. S. Anderson. The movie is a remake of the 1975 movie "Death Race 2000". The remake was in development since 2002 but could not be released until this year because of the disputes between Paramount Pictures and the producers. The movie stars Jason Statham(starred in "The Transporter") in the lead role.

In 2012, the unemployment and crime rates in the US are on the rise and prisons are run by prvate corporations. The movie focuses on the Terminal Island Prison where the executives decided to broadcast "Death Race" via a paysite on the internet. "Death Race is not only a race to the finish line; it's a battle where you use cars for not to be killed. As you can imagine, this race grabs the attention of millions of people and helps the corporation make a fortune.

One day, in a race near its end, the car of a well-known racer wearing a mask named Frankenstein, gets destroyed by Machine Gun Joe(Tyrese Gibson), another racer. Eventually, Frankenstein dies. Since Frankenstein is one of the most important reasons for the high ratings, the executives start to search someone who can replace Frankenstein and they find Jensen Ames(Jason Statham), a three-times-championship winning driver whose driving license has been impounded.

One day, after coming home from the steel mill he works, an assasin kills his pregnant wife and attacks Ames. Ames faints and when he wakes up, he finds the weapon in his hands and he notices the police are cuffing him.

This way, Ames becomes a convict of the Terminal Island Prison. Then, he is taken to Hennessey(Joan Allen), the prison warden. Hennessey makes Ames an offer: He can either choose to be a part of this barbaric race to be free, or he will stay and perish inside a prison cell for the rest of his life.

If you haven't watched this movie yet, I suggest you go watch it immediately. If you don't, you will miss a movie with a super original script, great special effects and full of action!

Here is the trailer of the movie: