Movie Review: Death Race

[Gadgets]

Here is my attempt at a movie review. I hope these to be fun/funny with some seriousness but without the over the top examination of film making. I have zero writing talent and any of these reviews will be completely subjective and totally unscientific.

So that being said here is my review of:

Death Race
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Who Is In It: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane, Tyrese Gibson, Natalie Martinez

Run Time: 111 minutes

Blu-Ray or DVD: Blu-Ray

Plot/Synopsis: Innocent dude sent to prison, NASCAR gone psycho

IMDB: Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.

What I Thought: Even though I like Jason Statham I wasn’t really expecting much from Death Race. The director did a smart thing not trying to make something out of nothing. The story gets right to the main focus, the death races in the prison. The races themselves are well done with lots of action but actually could have been longer. Story and acting are minimal but that was to be expected. Essentially just sit back, shut up and watch a fun movie.

Video: :Ah :Kc
- mostly a darkly lit film but looked really good in High Def
- close ups reveal detailed scars and cuts from all characters

Audio: :As :Ac
- great surround sound, gun fire from all directions and localized to specific speakers when appropriate
- dialogue could always be heard (which is a pet peeve of mine)
- nice rumbles from the subwoofer due to gunfire, cars and explosions

Story: :7h :6c
- simple to the point
- not going to get any surprises.
- if looking for high art this isn’t the place.

PMC Quick Hits: Guns, cars, violence, no nudity, 1 ½ hot chicks

Overall: Lots of guns and explosions, gruesome deaths, car races/chases, I like Jason Statham so all in all a good popcorn movie that I enjoyed more than I thought I would just don’t expect Oscar worthy story or acting.

3.5 Swankys out of 5.
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How I watched it:
Beverage of choice: Jack Daniels and Diet (fuck you I’m diabetic) Pepsi
Player: Sony Blu-Ray S350
Projector: Sanyo Z4: 720p upconverted by blu-ray to 1080i
Receiver: Pioneer 1018
Speakers: Front & Rear – Infinity RS3
Center – Infinity CC3
SubWoofer – A slow dying, unreliable Infinity BU-150

[JCinPA]

Nicely done! My kind of review! I like the Swanky rating system, all the important points covered (Like the nudidity factor). Keep this up! I will actually find them useful.

JC

[j p frog]

nicely done. Although the pix should be swanky in the dress! LOL

[MsprinM]

Swanky rating system is brilliant. Will be using it in the future.

[Oz]

Well done! Was thinking last night we need to start doing movie review PMC style, and here it is! :). Swanky rating is brilliant!

+ rep

[CRAW]

Nice review! What's with the card ratings though?

[Gadgets]

Cards are an attempt to rate the 3 parts of the movie that I think are important and tie it in with PMC. The higher ranking the cards the better I rate it. I have seen movies where the audio is great but the picture not so much and vice versa.

[morningwood]

PMC quick hits and Swanky ratings system = manlaw

[dermaestro]

How does it compare to the original?

[Doctor_XXX]

^^^
Ah yes, Death Race 2000. Filmed right down the street from you, in (and around) the current federal building in Laguna Niguel...my old place of work. Pure cheese, through & through. :D

"Nobody scores my navigator and gets away with it!!!"

[Buchananite]

PMC quick hits and Swanky ratings system = manlaw

Seconded.