HD Link for DEATH RACE (2008) Trailer

In my opinion, Jason Statham can really do no wrong (well... scratch that.. there is that DUNGEON SIEGE movie)... he's one of my favorite actors these days.

I was worried when I heard about the remake of Corman's DEATH RACE 2000... the original is a huge guilty pleasure of mine. I love it. Now that I've seen the remake trailer I can honestly say I am totally stoked!

It's looks amazingly violent, cheesy and full of ridiculous car-crashing stunts (my favorite)... I can't wait for this now!

Trailers cool, but afterwards I thought, 'that wasn't DEATH RACE 2000, that was Car Wars. The only reason they bought the rights to DEATH RACE 2000 was so they could use the name. Are they actually calling this a remake? Or a re-imagining? I didn't see a whole lot of satire.

This "new" version didn't seem to have any cars plowing into old folks on the roads, so I doubt if the humor/point system thing is still intact. As a matter of fact, it looks as though the race is in a self-contained track, too, and not an "outside" thing. Remake or reimagining... this movie looks like a lot of fun either way.

This looks terrible. Humorless, unoriginal with ugly photography. Everything is shot on a set or in a warehouse. It looks like a $70 million version of BLOODFIST 2050. Statham has become a boring version of Bruce Willis; too bad the filmmakers didn't have the imagination to give Ian McShane the lead (who apparently isn't Frankenstein?). By removing the concept of scoring points through hitting pedestrians, the new film both destroys the #1 reason that most people remember the original film and its entire point.

Paul Anderson = Albert Pyun with more money.

Wonders never ceasing: Joan Allen and Ian McShane, in a Paul W.S. Anderson picture.

Oh, yea. If it's supposed to kinda be a sequel, then I kinda buy into it. Major tonal shift, but then this trailer was emphasizing the action. Have to remember about trailers; they could make this look like a romantic comedy if they felt like it. If nothing else it looks like a proper summer time popcorn movie.

What is this crap? Guy framed for his wife's murder so he can drive cars? THE DEATH RACE REDEMPTION?

I remember reading a treatment for the remake that Anderson was proposing many years ago that had 100s of cars all racing across the desert towards a wall with randomly opening & closing portals. I remember that treatment getting a lot of positive buzz at the time so I'm surprised it appears to have been jettisoned.

The new trailer looks alright but I'm also disappointed that they appear to also be dropping the whole cannonball run/satire/running over people aspect of the race. Isn't that what the original is famous for? Honestly, this looks more like a remake of The Longest Yard but with car battles. I'll be surprised if Ian McShane doesn't end up getting heroically killed in a failed attempt on Statham's life.

That's exactly what I mean... After seeing crap like THE CRAPPEN... uh, THE HAPPENING this weekend, which really was one of the worst movies I've seen in years, I need some good senseless violence with crashing cars and DEATH RACE seems to fit the bill quite nicely.

Sounds like DEATH SPORT (1978): 15 cheesily modified motorcycles racing across the desert towards a matte painting. I wonder when that one's gonna get remade.

Looks like an R-Rated The Fast and The Furious to me.

Maybe they thought it was Paul Thomas Anderson who was hiring them. :lol:

(Nervous call to agent from set: "Are you sure this is the guy who directed MAGNOLIA?")

This looks far more like DOOMSDAY than DEATH RACE 2000. Definitely not a good thing.

That is very funny, Brian...

Now here is the real deal - Asylum's ripoff called DEATH RACERS starring The Insane Clown Posse and wrestler Raven. Caution: nudity snuck in the trailer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSS81ZDOImI