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Paul W.S. Anderson's DEATH RACE Looks Promising?

Yeah, I think it looks ok. by Grando	Jun 14th, 2008 02:02:32 AM
Ian McShane + win anways......
= Win by Grando	Jun 14th, 2008 02:03:03 AM
Stupid shift key.
Muted tones sort of way. by LordEnigma	Jun 14th, 2008 02:03:41 AM
I like that. I like that alot. It also looks like more silly ass fun from PWSA. This is what he does... he makes silly ass action films. Good for him because he's not DOCTOR BOL!
If you enjoyed The Condemned.... by Pop_aristocrat	Jun 14th, 2008 02:06:14 AM
Here it is again...with cars! As much as I love the old Running Man formula, I can't say this one excites me at all.
Man, I love Death Race 2000, by Thorstrongstone	Jun 14th, 2008 02:08:22 AM
It was one of those movies that fueled my love of exploitation movies, b-flicks, and Roger Corman. It was, and still is, one of my favorite childhood movies. That said, this looks like it will be a pretty good stand alone flick -not much more. Will Anderson finally produce something that is not a complete turd? Probably not, but this looks like a Madonna-Shaped turd -one you want to show to your friends before you flush it.
WTF is Joan Allen doing in a PWSA movie?! by jawsfan	Jun 14th, 2008 02:18:11 AM
Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
I'll see anything with Statham by ImMorganFreeman	Jun 14th, 2008 02:19:33 AM
So long as he's kicking somebody's ass. Having just watched the original, I'm not so sure about this one, but after the trailer, I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt.
Where are your weekly DVD reviews Harry? by Monkeybrains	Jun 14th, 2008 02:21:17 AM
The original Death Race 2000 is great BTW. Stallone rulez!!!
So Harry has never seen Death Race 2000? by squirrelsfromspace	Jun 14th, 2008 02:24:14 AM
Because anybody who had seen 'Death Race 2000' would actually call it 'Death Race 2000' and not 'Death Race' - a war movie made for TV in 1973. Maybe when Harry gets round to tidying up this ghostwritten piece he can correct his junior staffer's efforts. And this movie sounds more like Speed Racer 2 than a remake of 'Death Race 2000'. In that case I think they should title it honestly for once. I suggest it be called 'Complete & Utter Shit' - it'll make more at the BO with that title as well.
looks more like CARMAGEDDON 2000 by TheNorthlander	Jun 14th, 2008 02:25:57 AM
that was a great game.
running man by redshirt	Jun 14th, 2008 02:29:11 AM
redux, not death race. where are all the civilians getting run over? Looks good tho!
Are you fucking kidding me!!!! by ZombieisaDouche	Jun 14th, 2008 02:42:35 AM
This looks dreadful. The entire movie takes place in a fucking abandoned steel mill. Where the hell is the open road? This doesn't even make sense, are they just doing laps around the prison yard. What a waste!!! Aw hell, I'll probably see it anyway...
No - it looks shit by kwisatzhaderach	Jun 14th, 2008 02:42:49 AM

I really hope... by BigCZee	Jun 14th, 2008 02:47:36 AM
That Paul WS Anderson dies in some terrible accident...
I think it looks like fun by Dominic-Vobiscum	Jun 14th, 2008 02:54:49 AM
Statham elevates every project he's involved in and say what you want about Paul WS, his films are always well shot and the art direction is always beautiful. Just look at the gothic castle inspired awesomeness of Event Horizon. Besides, wouldn't it be ACTUALLY insulting if he tried to do a straight watered-down remake instead of taking the most basic basic premise of a "race to the death"? This seems less like a remake to me than a "variation on a theme".
Look, all I'm sayin' is by Napoleon Park	Jun 14th, 2008 02:57:45 AM
a movie with the words "Death Race" in the title probably doesn't need a full screen blurb explaining "it's a race to the death". That's all I'm sayin'
Fast and the Furious and Running Man Lovechild? by Outlaw	Jun 14th, 2008 03:03:46 AM
This looks very ho-hum. Nothing about this seems to offer an iota of hope that this flick will be any good. Blah actors (minus Joan Allen, of course)+ Blah story + Blah cars + Blah director equals suckfest 2008! Guess on opening day I'll have to find something better to do, like ripping my eyes out of my sockets...or reading! Either one!
Whatjusthappened. Great line reading. by Napoleon Park	Jun 14th, 2008 03:05:03 AM
needs the Bat-Tank of Death. No, not "Begins", the one from animal House. I loved Bullitt but I thought black Mustangs being cool went out with the Knight Rider remake. (And, yeah, I used to own one.)
I don't think this is a remake by spectrebeeyatch	Jun 14th, 2008 03:23:24 AM
Just a rip off. Might be cool. Doesn't look or feel like the original. Here is the thing these new remakes try and get young kids and ass holes into theaters PLUS people who want to see classics in a "new light". This just looks like they ripped off one main idea and made an entirely different movie. I mean it doesn't look like they even race outside just in abandoned warehouses and shit.
Oh what a terrible waste of talent. by BirdMcMonster	Jun 14th, 2008 03:42:27 AM

OMG! What a SHOCKING plot twist! by Big Dumb Ape	Jun 14th, 2008 03:44:53 AM
For crying out loud, the moment they mentioned Statham was a former NASCAR driver in for killing his wife...and you then see him waking up on the floor with the cops coming in...let's see a show of hands: who DIDN'T instantly know Joan Allen had set him up to get him into the prison and to drive? Then again I guess I should give them credit. Since they decided to center the plot on such a cliched idea, least they had no shame in telling you it in the trailer TOO. For that matter and along those same lines, am I the only one thinking yet again: Saw the trailer, saw the movie? Who cuts these things? Readers Digest???
S.O.B! by Film.guy.Pete	Jun 14th, 2008 03:53:57 AM
It looks like a good old fashioned blow up stuff flick! I'm in, I'll see it!
"Who cuts these things? Readers Digest???" by Killah_Mate	Jun 14th, 2008 04:00:31 AM
I'm gonna steal that awesome line off you.
i'll see it but...... by chipps	Jun 14th, 2008 04:00:55 AM
I actually laughed. I think the next V.P should have sex with Turkish. Hilary will do.
looks good by barnaby jones	Jun 14th, 2008 04:17:35 AM
and just keep telling yourself, this is not a remake, this is not a remake, this is not a remake, this is not a remake, this is not a remake.....
What's Happening to the Post Titles by FILMFUNK	Jun 14th, 2008 04:29:07 AM
First Quint Loves The Happening then Harry thinks this STINKER looks Promising! Sarcasm is the lowest form of Journalism This guys couldn't make a decent movie if you gave him all the money in the world because he simply doesn't have it in him just like no matter how much Danny De Vito trained he could never play Proffesional Basketball!
looks like massive crapfest compared to the original by Marsellus	Jun 14th, 2008 04:49:43 AM
Fast and furious meets Prison Break, where can I puke ? Statham deserves better. Anderson deserves a kick in the balls.
TDR 2000! by SonOfTorah	Jun 14th, 2008 05:12:03 AM
To those that don't know, a number of years ago a kick-ass series of video games was released under the titles of Carmageddon, Carmaggedon 2 - Carpocalypse Now and Carmageddon - TDR 2000. SCi who released the games tried to license the Death Race name and failed, which is why the final game is called TDR rather than The Death Race. As for the trailer, Anderson has proven that he has skill with vehicular action with the Brit film Shopping. Why did it take him 4 years to make his next film though?
I love the original by MartinX	Jun 14th, 2008 05:23:14 AM
I watched again recently to educate some buddies who had never seen it. I totally stands up better than ever. Serious, they should just go ahead and re-release it as "American Idol: On the road" It'd totally fit.
Robocop Remake? by Axl Z	Jun 14th, 2008 05:32:11 AM
http://www.firstshowing.net/im g/robocop-remake-banner-full.j pg why no news about this?..
Read Empire much, Harry? by loafroaster	Jun 14th, 2008 06:25:13 AM
"If you've ever driven along and seen an old lady on the side of the road with a walker - and the driver got a wicked smile and says, "50 points" and then acts like they're going to swerve... that's DEATH RACE." That was completely ripped off from Tony Horkins' Death Race feature in Empire...
Looked OK for a rainy sunday afternoon by football	Jun 14th, 2008 06:29:04 AM
Though I can't say this revs my engine that much!
Navigators from the women's prison... by loafroaster	Jun 14th, 2008 06:40:28 AM
...and they're all hot skinny supermodels? LOL!
robocop remake... by loafroaster	Jun 14th, 2008 07:10:57 AM
thanks man, that 'teaser poster' made me laugh my ass off!
minus 1000 points for daring to use by blindambition238	Jun 14th, 2008 07:11:10 AM
"The only rule is: THERE ARE NO RULES" Exxxtreme to da maxxx ooh wah ah ah ah!
Sexy girls... by Underdogthe3rd	Jun 14th, 2008 07:12:34 AM
... and you are complaining? Pfff!
That looks awesome by Harrigan	Jun 14th, 2008 07:19:23 AM
If you say otherwise you're a femme.
in a time when........... by chipps	Jun 14th, 2008 07:19:51 AM
.....one man will........
The only rule is... by loafroaster	Jun 14th, 2008 07:20:45 AM
...YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT DEATH RACE!
"The only rule is: THERE ARE NO RULES" by loafroaster	Jun 14th, 2008 07:21:54 AM
is almost as hackneyed as "...and a hero will rise..."
first by chipps	Jun 14th, 2008 07:25:35 AM
in a time when evil never dies, when there are no rules, one man will talk about death race, and a hero will rise......
In a world... by loafroaster	Jun 14th, 2008 07:37:33 AM
...where there are no worlds...and rules never die... a hero will rise...and race...TO THE DEATH!
"I guess he didn't like the..." by thefrood	Jun 14th, 2008 07:39:06 AM
cornbred... sorry I mean oatmeal. Or do I?" As if the cunt hadn't leeched the rancid corpse of Aliens enough. There was not one original frame never mind line of dialogue in that entire trailer. It's not even homage, it's just blatant, lazy, talentless fucking theft. I hate that twat more with every film he releases.
Shite by Aswann	Jun 14th, 2008 07:43:32 AM
Anderson's not really that bad a director, just a hack, his films are technically proficient and soulless. As a major fan of the original Death Race 2000 this looks nothing like it, they may as well have called it fucking Spyhunter or some shit.
The pork I ate for dinner tonight looked good too by Antz	Jun 14th, 2008 07:53:09 AM
...but still ended up giving me a good dose of the shits.
not ready to pay to see this by palewook	Jun 14th, 2008 08:12:38 AM
but it looks slightly interesting. might catch it on cable
"my job means... I have to see his films" by beefywhore	Jun 14th, 2008 08:22:56 AM
Harry I've been frequenting this site on a daily basis since about 1998. I read your reviews and sometimes agree, and sometimes disagree, but I don't think for one second that you truly feel you have to see every movie out there because you run this site...for example, here's an piece from Moriarity's LOVE GURU review... "When I spoke to Harry on the phone earlier tonight and told him I was working on my LOVE GURU review, he got very quiet. '... and... was it... any good?' He went on to explain that there’s pretty much no way he’ll end up seeing this film. Not now. Not ever. Even when I told him what I thought of it, he didn’t budge. Just wasn’t interested at all. He’s seen the trailers. He’s seen the clips. Nope." Not to mention there have been several (big geeky) films over the years that never get a single mention on this site even when your readers are all but begging for one... Not that any of that matters..you watch whatever you wnat and keep the reviews coming, but don't try to fool your readers. We're smarter than that.
Quite simply by JoeFriday	Jun 14th, 2008 08:59:55 AM
this looks no good at all. I get the impression that P WS Anderson wants to present some dystopian vision of the future a la Mad Max but instead makes something as scary looking as Cannonball Run.
I know it's going to suck... by DocPazuzu	Jun 14th, 2008 09:11:27 AM
...but it has cars with machine guns, hot women, explosions and Jason Statham, so I will be seeing it one way or the other. Yeah, I hate myself.
Featuring Juliette Lewis by Iowa Snot Client	Jun 14th, 2008 09:17:25 AM
Singing "Gimme a Ride" at 1:08 (from Prodigy's "Hot Ride"). Let the bodies hit the floor!
It looks like fun, but... by CaptainWalker	Jun 14th, 2008 09:38:19 AM
It just doesn't look like "Death Race 2000" It's just using the title.
I'm glad about one thing... by onephatnelly	Jun 14th, 2008 09:42:02 AM
... at least Jason Statham isn't using that painful American accent.
Wow! It looks fucking lame! by Motoko Kusanagi	Jun 14th, 2008 09:45:23 AM
I mean, it looks like they did shoot the race sequences at only 10 mph and then try to give the impression of speed via quick cuts and shaky cam? L-A-M-E. On the bright side, this is rated R, so maybe there's some nice CARnage... On the other hand, it's a Paul WS Anderson flick. That dude proved that he got zero skill with all the crapfests he gave us.
Yet another movie... by loafroaster	Jun 14th, 2008 09:58:17 AM
...featuring Jason Statham in a vest. Seriously, the guy must have it written into his contracts or something.
as soon as I hear "Welcome to the Jungle" by Circean6	Jun 14th, 2008 10:03:07 AM
in a trailer you know it can't be good....
Hey, man, I don't care... by 24200124	Jun 14th, 2008 10:04:38 AM
I still love "Event Horizon". The original "Mortal Kombat" was just an enjoyable popcorn movie (one of those I'll catch on TNT or something and watch a few minutes of everytime), but I gotta ask: why all the hate? Is it because of "Soldier" or "AVP"?
At least the new cars look pretty cool. by pokadoo	Jun 14th, 2008 10:44:17 AM
The ones in the original were a bit Wacky Races. I'm thinking Penelope Pitstops in particular.
Where is the killing of the pedestrians? by Alice Cooper Stalker	Jun 14th, 2008 10:50:35 AM
Did they remove that completely from this version? I loved that part of the original.
Now I don't have to see it. by Mr.Meanie	Jun 14th, 2008 11:00:57 AM
I saved myself 2 hours by watching a 2:30 second preview that pretty much summed up the entire movie from beginning to end. Not a bad roi...
The Fugitive + Cars = Death Race by BonScott	Jun 14th, 2008 11:05:01 AM
This has to be in the future because AN ENGLISHMAN IS RACING NASCAR?? Of course the drop date of the ass end of August tells you what the studio thinks of it, should be out on Blu-ray Sept 1. I don't think I can put in enough LAMEs to signify how lame this is.
Answer is no... by Sprout	Jun 14th, 2008 11:07:45 AM
I hope Corman gets lots of money from it though.
Jason Statham AND Ian McShane! by O_Goncho	Jun 14th, 2008 11:23:56 AM
I'll have to see this for them, no matter how depressed it makes me.
Event Horizon is Awesome by MasterBateman	Jun 14th, 2008 11:29:33 AM
Mortal Kombat is the best video game adaptation of all time (that's not saying much). I thought Soldier was watchable. But Event Horizon is great through and through. It's Alien meets Hellraiser and the result is beautiful and terrifying at the same time. Sam Neil and the supporting cast give great performances all around. Even Danny Boyle, director of Trainspotting, totally ripped it off in last summer's Sunshine. I remember Harry's review of it back in the day and I remember him having an issue with the effects not being as organic as in Hellraiser. I suppose he has a point, but let's face it, cgi has completely virtually replaced practical whether or not we like it. Anyway, Event Horizon is fucking awesome and I love it no matter what you say.
MORTAL KOMBAT was very entertaining you fuckers! by Mike_D	Jun 14th, 2008 11:32:59 AM
admit it!!
As much as I hate PWSA... by kyle051554	Jun 14th, 2008 11:47:22 AM
...for ruining AVP, I gotta say, this looks pretty cool. Granted, I've never seen the original, so I don't know how bad he's fucking up a cult classic, but this new one looks like a good popcorn flick.
The original ruled, this is gonna be fucking gay... by Sulla	Jun 14th, 2008 11:48:02 AM
It's obvious from the trailer that the spirit and overall 'coolness' of the original is gone. This is Fast & the Furious type BULLSHIT. No Nazi chicks, no points = another pointless gayass remake. I thought the writers strike was over? Start fucking WRITING you twits!
Damn Harry I didn't know you where by Series7	Jun 14th, 2008 12:09:20 PM
A big fan of the Condemned? This is the sequel right? I thought the first one was a good time (not No Escape good) but better then they said. This looks fun.
Looks like Running Man over again by punisher5150	Jun 14th, 2008 12:16:24 PM
but I'll see it. It doesn't look too bad. Nothing to do with the original, though. Where's the social commentary that made the original a classic (racism, overcrowding, etc)? Without that the original would have just been another B-movie with no place in cinema history. They'd better push some old/sick people out of the hospitals/nursing homes to be run over DAMMIT!!!!!
Wow That really sucked. Too bad, like Jason. by Stormwatcher	Jun 14th, 2008 12:16:50 PM
But seriously this is a miss.
I love Event Horizon, too... by DocPazuzu	Jun 14th, 2008 12:17:46 PM
...even if I still think it falls apart during the last 20 minutes or so.
Derivative drivel thats been done a millions times before by 2LeggedFreak	Jun 14th, 2008 12:27:14 PM
Shouldn't even have the Death Race title should be something like "Here's one of those god-awful paint by numbers films that we normally put a WWE fighter in, but we got Jason Statham instead" Jason needs a word with his agent, a very serious word, like twat !!!
NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-KNEEEEES by PR1C3Y	Jun 14th, 2008 12:34:31 PM
I'll give it a watch because I like watching movies I don't need to be some 25 year old version of robert ebert who inventively swears every single time a new movie comes out
It's only a trailer, but by rogueleader66	Jun 14th, 2008 12:38:15 PM
It actually looks decent. Then again, I thought the trailer for the first AVP looked promising too, and we all know how that one went. So I won't get my hopes up, but my curiosity is peaked enough to go see it.
this is the good paul anderson by jonahhex	Jun 14th, 2008 01:00:41 PM
I thought the trailer looked badass, and I am glad they are not doing a carbon copy remake, but using the story in a different way. I love paul ws andersons movies, mortal komabt is my favorite video game dapation, and I love soldier, and event horizon was such a freaky film. I dig him much more than paul thomas anderson as the only film of his i like is boogie nights and it is the only one i own but I have all the paul ws anderson films.
jonahhex by Dominic-Vobiscum	Jun 14th, 2008 01:14:54 PM
You should check out his first film, Shopping. It's a solid little flick. Sean Bean, a young Jude Law, and Sean Pertwee as a complete bad ass.
JASON STATHAM IS THE MAN by Unlabled	Jun 14th, 2008 01:20:55 PM
I know he just wants to get paid. But I wish he would be cast in some higher brow action/suspense films. The guy fucking rocks. The only true action star out there right now.
THe ladies prison... by Zeegloo	Jun 14th, 2008 01:49:34 PM
(eye roll) Not one butch in the bunch. How realistic.
PWS Deathrace by Arcangel2020	Jun 14th, 2008 02:14:39 PM
Hmmmmm.... Well, finally saw the original "Death Race 2000" a little while back...man oh man was it totally off the scale when it came to 70-ies post apocalyptic cheese and campiness. Hopefully the new one will improve on the Blood, Guts and Gore and tons of female Nudity? Damn! How I wish Paul Verhooven did this one!! Ha!! :)
Hey.... by matalo	Jun 14th, 2008 02:15:13 PM
There Will be Blood! Get it? /me knows it is the "other" Paul Anderson who made that classic
Wow. Joan Allen's in it? by ciroslive	Jun 14th, 2008 02:28:18 PM
Consider me intrigued.
Why can't they used the weaponry on the cars... by GeekySciFiAnimeFreak	Jun 14th, 2008 02:38:16 PM
... to escape from the prison?
Statham? Check! by palimpsest	Jun 14th, 2008 02:56:57 PM
Dumb as fuck premise? Check! Excellent character actors slumming it? Check! Asskickery? Check! Hard-faced men saying sweary bad words? Check! Comedy slo-mo of hotlaydeez walking to their hopelessly over-engineered vehicle? Check! Statham? Check! And yeah, PWSA tends to make dull movies from solid properties, but I'll be there with a popcorn and a grin like a freshly lobotomised sex offender watching this. I'm not proud...
My brother by Shaun of the Dead	Jun 14th, 2008 03:25:52 PM
just brought me back some French beer from his holiday (in France, no less). Tastes like fizzy Guinness. I love my brother, but I feel like I should lay a beating on him for bringing me back a lame present. Though it IS 'beer' and therefore alcohol. Oh, and, this looks both shit and good. Like Statham, like good old fashioned action, like films that are ridiculous but still somehow entertain you. Then again, its made by PWSA.
Spaces by Shaun of the Dead	Jun 14th, 2008 03:26:42 PM
How do you make spaces between paragraphs? Ta.
Why the hell would they remove the only thing... by ELGordo	Jun 14th, 2008 03:52:19 PM
that made the original worthwhile? And it's the only thing that is relevant today. Reality TV insanity. And what the fuck is up with the women prisoners? Did they arrest the entire 10 seasons of America's Next Top Model? Give me a fucking break. I know it's fantasy and is supposed to be just fun but they've drained all life from this and this will be as forgettable as yesterdays cock tug.
Can't believe it...I'm excited!!! by HarryBlackPotter	Jun 14th, 2008 03:52:29 PM
Seriously, PWS Anderson's movies suck. At least, they have...until now. This looks like the dogs bairy bollocks.
Why try to dissect the trailer? by DDayMachine	Jun 14th, 2008 04:07:16 PM
Why pick apart a two-minute trailer and read way too deep into it? Let it go....its obviously not a thesis on our prison system where one is absorbed into the solitude of each character and the pain and regret they feel. THIS IS AN ACTION MOVIE. Its called escapism...try it sometime you just might like it.
looks fucking wank by Jonny_boba	Jun 14th, 2008 04:10:25 PM
tarnish the original and fill it with a fast and the furious star and jason "i will do any kind of shit action film" statham and unfortunately this is what you get. It looks like another utterly forgetable wild ride action film that has action scenes that no one will care about even if they are good and a typical he was framed and isnt actually a bad guy line for the lead role, i mean in the original david carridane was fucking insane he had a god damn grenade for a hand and he killed innocent people and you still loved him. The only good thing about it and my english commrades will agree with me here is the inclusion of lovejoy!lol
I'm gobsmacked... by Sprout	Jun 14th, 2008 04:14:51 PM
That people are defending this film based on a trailer that's told you the entire plot and looks like it's lifted a fair few elements from older films. The original Death Race 2000 is something totally unique this remake has stripped the concept of everything that made it so.
Not Bad At All by CCSO1449	Jun 14th, 2008 04:17:03 PM
Wasn't expecting much out of this movie, figured it would just be cheesy. It actually looks like very entertaining cheese with a bit of "The Fugitive" thrown in for good measure.
the worst thing about this by Nerv31	Jun 14th, 2008 04:27:20 PM
is that it made me miss Deadwood that much more......
Looks Good. by Topher4801	Jun 14th, 2008 04:33:09 PM
Have to admit this looks pretty good. Not too worry about the bomb on the bottom of his car though. As long as he see it in the reflection in a puddle and there's some crates and a crane around he'll be alright. : )
Nope. by TELF	Jun 14th, 2008 04:53:41 PM
They showed the whole thing. Oh no, Statham was framed so he could win the race for Allen. And why call it Death Race? It is completely different. Why are they confined to a prison track? Where is the danger, humor and satire. Oh I forgot, we aren't allowed to have grown up action fun anymore. this bodes poorly for the incoming Robocop fuck up that's on its way.
This... Actually looks fun. by jermcdee	Jun 14th, 2008 05:03:25 PM

Can't believe I just said that. by jermcdee	Jun 14th, 2008 05:05:02 PM
Paul. W.S. Anderson hasn't made a movie that I've liked, but this looks like it actually has some style. Looks like a flick that woulda been made in the 80's.
I like what I'm seein' by Al Swearengen	Jun 14th, 2008 05:34:37 PM
from that handsome, dark haired actor. That fella looks like a fine, upstanding cocksucker.
Why is it that when they remake these movies... by WS	Jun 14th, 2008 05:35:56 PM
...they never keep the dystopian aspect of the story? It's never that the whole world has gone insane, instead everything is the work of one evil guy. If they ever remake The Running Man I'm sure Killian will be running an "illegal internet game show" or some bullshit like that. Is it supposed to make the story more palatable for the audience, or is it so the movie won't rile up the corporations funding it?
Nerv31 by Al Swearengen	Jun 14th, 2008 05:55:19 PM
Huzzah! A-fuckin'-men.
M-O-M by DocPazuzu	Jun 14th, 2008 06:28:40 PM
I don't think that anyone who considers The Searchers and Midnight Run to be shit has the credibility to lecture anyone on the merits or failings of any film or any director.
I think it's a shame... by J.B.M.A.	Jun 14th, 2008 06:33:31 PM

by J.B.M.A.	Jun 14th, 2008 06:41:02 PM
...that nobody has tried to do something with the material from Steve Jacksons 'Car Wars' game instead. The cars/bikes/trucks/copters in that are all far cooler than anything in 'Death Race' cos they're just regular ve-hicles with concealed weapons. Mad Max rejects are soooo 1980's...now where's me Uncle Albert's catalogue?
Fair enough, M-O-M... by DocPazuzu	Jun 14th, 2008 06:41:51 PM
..."overrated" then. That's still enough to make anything else you say about movies dubious at the very least. And how in the name of fuck did you reach the point where you'd even ask the question about There Will Be Blood vis-á-vis AvP?
Looks Better Than Peed Racer, But, This Still Looks Terrible!!! by Media Messiah	Jun 14th, 2008 07:38:55 PM
The small location sets, rob this movie of a sense of scope...something even the poorly funded original had. Clearly the entire budget of this film went into Joan Allen's bank account...hence the reason she is in this movie. I appreciate the no CGI look, but again...the cramped quarters here kill any chance of this film having any real scope. This should have been a race set out on normal streets and freeways...targeting civilians for points, as the original film did. Instead, we get this cramped prison affair???
if this is the remake... by Thunder Mammoth	Jun 15th, 2008 12:08:50 AM
then i've got no time for this. this is bullshit. however, if this is its own "death race" flick, then i still don't have time for it, but at least i'm not pissed. if they are really gonna remake Death Race 2000, then they should really do it justice. one of the greatest cult flicks of all time. deserves better than this, if this is what it gets.
Looks pretty fun! by Super Rabbi	Jun 15th, 2008 12:13:25 AM

Let me get this straight, M-O-M.... by DocPazuzu	Jun 15th, 2008 03:02:16 AM
...Are you telling me that as long as you consider There Will Be Blood a good movie, and AvP a bad movie, that your taste in movies cannot be questioned? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! !
No bare boobs? no bullfighter? by CuervoJones	Jun 15th, 2008 04:53:43 AM
Not promising.
You can suck me all the time by CuervoJones	Jun 15th, 2008 04:55:00 AM
I liked Event Horizon.
"the motives and the argument and logic behind it." by DocPazuzu	Jun 15th, 2008 08:04:00 AM
Which are...?
"There's no two ways about it." by DocPazuzu	Jun 15th, 2008 08:12:07 AM
It's right there in black and white, M-O-M. You said, quite clearly, that everything you think and believe about movies has led you to believe that There Will Be Blood is great and that AvP is awful, and that if anyone questions your taste, they MUST re-evaluate TWBB's greatness and AvP's awfulness -- in other words, your taste is impeccable, infallible and incredible. Actually, your taste in films is mediocre, predictable, clichéd and quite often pretentious.
FUCK THIS SHIT by johnyaztec	Jun 15th, 2008 09:23:08 AM
Im sorry but women cant even think for themselves much less start a Death Race type thing. More viewers that the Super Bowl? Suck my dick you cunt bitch, Id rape the shit out of that broad if she ever talked like that to me in real life. Go out and rent the real one with Frankenstein and C. Jane. This movie is going to suck ass.
M-O-M by DocPazuzu	Jun 15th, 2008 10:43:35 AM
No, that's not what I said. Even a broken clock tells the right time twice a day. Now, if you have the balls, you'll answer my question.
"It don't matter. It don't count. You can't score religious pers by Biggie Kaiju	Jun 15th, 2008 10:47:19 AM
"Death Race 2000" is one of my all-time favorite movies. This trailer made me want to deep-throat a shotgun. And I'm also a big fan of Godzilla, the Planet of the Apes saga, and the book "I Am Legend." And once again, dear Lord, you have smited me with a big-budget braid-dead ass-raping of another favorite. What did I do? Why must you torment me? At least the Star Wars prequels... ahh, fuck! "Death Race 2000" may be total cheese and exploitation, but there was at least something else going on underneath. Frankenstein isn't a wrongly-convicted Brit, for fuck's sake! He's many things; he's part of the government's lie (he's supposed to be a veteran driver repeatedly pieced together each year, but he's really in perfect health and simply this year's replacement). But he's also secretly got an agenda of his own; he's a rebel on his own, and driving to win so he can kill the despotic President. Via the hilarious "hand grenade." But on another track, he falls in love with his navigator, so she puts a crimp in his death-wish plans. They take out the President together, and he's so popular he BECOMES the President. All that stuff sounds like fertile ground to explore in a remake, but instead we get the Transporter driving a leftover from Thunderdome in a circle. The Monster in the original is a car than you never forget. When you see all five lined up, each distinctive, it's sweet. This is utter crap. Looks like the ONLY thing from the original is female navigators and the race takes three days. No points system with citizens? Unforgivable. Sorry about the rant, gang, but I love this flick and am fuckin' pissed Paul "I wish my talents were at Uwe Bolls level" Anderson is fucking up YET AGAIN. STOP FUCKING UP! I'm sure there's a wonderful and rewarding future for you in the septic and sewage industry. Jagoff.
I'll be by Series7	Jun 15th, 2008 11:46:38 AM
Amazed if this is half as bugnuts as Doomsday.
Ugggh. This was one of those remakes. . . by Nice Marmot	Jun 15th, 2008 11:55:18 AM
. . . that I thought could be awesome. There was a brief moment when I thought even Anderson couldn't fuck it up. Now I see it looks like shit and don't know why I trusted Anderson for that brief moment. Why in the world would you take out the cross-country racing and the killing of pedestrians? By confining the race to a track, they're doing to this what they did to The Running Man.
Maxim models as navigators by Dopenose19	Jun 15th, 2008 01:49:43 PM
If this thing is supposed to be the biggest television draw in the world, then of course you would use the hottest possible women at your disposal to increase the ratings. In the logic of this kind of movie, that actually makes perfect sense. It would have been lame if they had given one of the guys (the small annoying one at the end of the trailer perhaps) a fat, ugly loudmouth woman as "comic relief". That would have crossed the line into The Longest Yard territory. At least Anderson seems to be trying to maintain a tone for this one, although it's only a trailer so what the hell do I know?
looks alright to me by slappy jones	Jun 15th, 2008 03:51:45 PM
good brainless fun.
Hmmm... by Bruce Leroy	Jun 15th, 2008 05:18:20 PM
Once again PWSA takes a great premisse and turns it in to something mediocre. This isn't even a remake of Death Race 2000. This is more an unoffical adaptation of that old video game: Carmageddon.
Instant embarrassment at seeing Joan Allen in this. by CreasyBear	Jun 15th, 2008 07:14:42 PM
This looks like a murky, dismal, boring disaster.
Why is this a remake?! Waste of an opportunty! by KillaKane	Jun 15th, 2008 09:10:33 PM
Pisses me off, I love the Corman/Bartel original and judging from this trailer, Anderson's take is about as far removed from DR200 as that crapfest remake of Rollerbal. They should retitle this DTV shit and avoid sullying another classic.
This looks like the remake of "Roller Ball" by Gozu	Jun 15th, 2008 10:26:55 PM
Was that what they were going for? You know, failure?
Jeff Albertson by Series7	Jun 15th, 2008 11:14:36 PM
Yes, yes Speed Racer is great.
This is a hand-grenade by CuntBubble	Jun 16th, 2008 03:56:44 AM
Why make a movie when the trailer says it all? Pity about the lack of old people and religious nuts.
jonahhex & memories by Lost Jarv	Jun 16th, 2008 04:52:28 AM
You're a cunt. Plain and simple. Memories, the problem with you is that you don't enjoy "bad" movies on a purely visceral level- and your crap divining meter is badly skewed. Yes TWBB is as great as AvP is dreadful, but that is not the point. There is a whole range of middle ground- take Doomsday for example, Bugnuts crazy and great but obviously flawed. Now by your rationale it must be crap, but this isn't the case. Don't forget, you're the clueless arsehole that thought AvP:R was going to be good, so don't pretend you have any right to judge based on a trailer. For the record, I think this will be shit. And for anyone defending Anderson: 2 words: "Resident Evil"
Well I don't care by FGT	Jun 16th, 2008 06:21:14 AM
I liked Event Horizon, AVP and Mortal Combat..so there :P Resident Evil was...ok It was based on a computer game..was anyone expecting War and Peace? What's everyone's beek with the man...other than it seems to fashionable to slag him off online..
by FGT	Jun 16th, 2008 06:24:39 AM
that should read 'beef with the man'
by FGT	Jun 16th, 2008 06:25:37 AM
and ' to be fashionable'
FGT by Lost Jarv	Jun 16th, 2008 07:24:09 AM
"It was based on a computer game..was anyone expecting War and Peace?"= complete rubbish and a pathetic apology. Resident Evil has a remarkably simple premise that Anderson gutted in favour of Amnesia. Also AvP and Mortal Kombat are awful. There can be no debating this.
Okay nothing about Anderson is ever promising. by knowthyself	Jun 16th, 2008 08:01:13 AM
Unless this film is rated X with tons of nudity, loads of gore, and old people getting run over its not promising. It won't be good. And certainly that has nothing to do with Paul "can't direct for shit" W. S. Anderson.
I see it more as "The Longest Yard" but without ... by LaneMyersClassic	Jun 16th, 2008 08:16:37 AM
the humor, and, uh, the football. I'll see it!
by FGT	Jun 16th, 2008 10:00:44 AM
Why is it rubbish? It was based on a computer game..or did you think it was based on real events? I'm not apologising for the man..I just don't get the geek feeding frenzy every time his name is mentioned There can be no debating this....Well..ok then... However...in matters of taste there is no dispute
closed track = fail by zenzer	Jun 16th, 2008 02:15:47 PM
Looks like this "race" is set on a closed track. I am guessing an old industrial complex that somehow "confines" the race. The lack of a "cross-country" setting means failure IMO. Just like The Running Man failed (compared to the book) by confining the race. I want to see the state of America as backdrop to this kind of brutal sport. This just smells of lazy, back-lot film making. Get a bunch of stunt drivers together with "road-warrior" cars, set them loose on a set, film and then write your movie in the edit suite. Yuck.
Death Race by Robert Rodriguez by stuatfunnyordie	Jun 16th, 2008 02:34:20 PM
would fucking rule, they should have let him do Speed Racer as well...
Because, old chap by Lost Jarv	Jun 17th, 2008 02:52:45 AM
the source material should have no bearing on quality. Standards are standards. For example, Indidana Jones is based on old pulp serials and look how that turned out. The source is irrelevant and a feeble apology.
The Flash by Skarkrow	Aug 11th, 2009 09:19:32 PM
Seann William Scott should be cast as The Flash
OK by Orcus	Aug 12th, 2009 09:11:39 AM

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