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43 out of 100

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6.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 82 Ratings

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  • Starring: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson
  • Summary: Terminal Island: The very near future. The world’s hunger for extreme sports and reality competitions has grown into reality TV bloodlust. Now, the most extreme racing competition has emerged and its contestants are murderous prisoners. Tricked-out cars, caged thugs and smoking-hot navigators combine to create a juggernaut series with bigger rating than the Super Bowl. The rules of the Death Race are simple: win five events, and you’re set free. Lose and you’re road kill splashed across the internet. (Universal Pictures)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 24
  3. Negative: 10 out of 24
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Nathan Lee
    80
    The movie is legitimately greasy, authentically nasty, with a good old-fashioned sense of laying waste to everything in sight -- including the shallow philosophizing and computer-generated fakery that have overrun the summer blockbuster.
  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Chris Hewitt
    60
    It's nothing more than an enjoyable, ridiculously macho B-movie romp, but it's derson' best movie since the underrated Event Horizon. Perhaps, at long last, he' starting to find his - yep - top gear.
  3. Charlotte Observer
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Toppman
    38
    OK, so no plot, really.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 42
  3. Negative: 9 out of 42
  1. richards
    10
    It was a cool movie I think you should make a part 2 to this.
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  2. PaulioG
    5
    Stratham is the only reason to watch this. Not much in it except a one line plot and explosions.
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  3. ZachN.
    3
    (I'm short on time so this is going to be a very short and quick review) I was really looking forward to this movie from the second I saw a trailer for it in a theatre awhile back. I finally got to see it and to be honest it was just a run-of-the-mill action flick. Had I seen this during the summer it probably would've been completely forgettable instead of just partially as it was. Most movies of this genre thrive off of their "wow moments". People watch them simply for those scenes. Death Race has one. Those of you that have seen it know what I'm talking about. When the lead character and Shotgun Joe both hit the pad and cause the semi-truck to flip end over end. My jaw dropped at that moment. If only there had been a few more like it. As a side note though, this movie would make a great base for a video game. It actually plays out so much like one that it's a little bit funny and awkward at several points. To sum it all up though, either watch any good racing movie, Grindhouse, or play Twisted Metal, just don't try and do these things all at once.… Expand
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