Death Race(Movie, 2008)

Name: Death Race
Genre: Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
Released: 2008
Duration: T01:45:00
Rating: 3.1

| 1h 45min | Genres: Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

Rating: 3.1/5 (with 1,668 votes)

Death Race is a 2008 dystopian action thriller film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. It stars Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane, and Joan Allen. Though referred to as a remake of the 1975 film Death Race 2000 (which in turn is based on Ib Melchior's short story "The Racer") in reviews and marketing materials, director Paul W. S. Anderson stated in the DVD commentary that he thought of the film as something of a prequel. A remake had been in development since 2002, though production was delayed by disapproval of early screenplays, then placed in turnaround following a dispute between Paramount Pictures and the producer duo Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner (the latter was th... ()

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Duration: 1h 51min

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Duration: 1h 51min

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About Death Race

Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized inmates, a global audience hungry for violence and a spectacular, enclosed arena come together to form the 'Death Race', the biggest, most brutal event.

Trailer for Death Race + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Trailer 1(Trailer, 2:26)

Trailer 1 (Trailer) | Deutscher Trailer (Trailer, DE) | German (HD) (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Official websites:

www.deathracemovie.net

Production countries: Germany, United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Montreal

Plays in: Mexico

Based on: "Death Race 2000" (movie, 1975)

Made by: Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Scion Films, Cruise/Wagner Productions, Impact Pictures, H2S2 Filmproduktionsgesellschaft

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 32 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Burmese (MY), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 08/22/2008

Cast: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane, Natalie Martinez, Jacob Vargas, Robin Shou, Benz Antoine, David Carradine, Frederick Koehler, Janaya Stephens, Jason Clarke, Max Ryan, Robert LaSardo, Dan Jeannotte

Director: Paul W. S. Anderson

Producer: Paul W. S. Anderson, Roger Corman, Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner, Jeremy Bolt

Screenwriter: Paul W. S. Anderson, Charles B. Griffith

Executive Producer: Ryan Kavanaugh, Roger Corman

Film Editor: Niven Howie

Director of Photography: Scott Kevan

Composer: Paul Haslinger

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Carrera Mortal"

"Death Race 1"

"Carrera de la muerte"

"La Carrera de la muerte 1"

"Death Race, course à la mort"

"La Carrera de la muerte 1"

"Smertelnya gonka"

"絕命尬車"

"Death Race 3000"

"La Carrera de la muerte 1"

Keywords: prison escape, car race, remake, action hero, martial arts, dystopia, prison, matter of life and death, street race, car fire, vehicle combat, exploding building, prison guard, car crash

Budget: 45,000,000 USD

Revenue: 76,014,335 USD (= 169%)