Luke Goss (Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Blade II, Tekken) takes the lead here as Carl "Luke" Lucas, a getaway driver for mob boss Markus Kane (Sean Bean). When a bank robbery goes bad, Lucas is sent to Terminal Island Correctional Facility, which is ran by media giant, The Weyland Corporation. In order to bring in revenue, the prison televises "Death Match", hosted by former Miss Universe, and blood-thirtsty, September Jones (Lauren Cohan).
When ratings begin to bottom out, Jones persuades her boss, Weyland (Ving Rhames) to upgrade "Death Match" to "Death Race", and use the existing prison perimeter as the track. To add tot he excitement, Weyland decides that he will grant freedom to the driver who wins 5 races.
This isn't a bad straight-to-DVD title. I've definitely seen worse. It actually has some entertainment value, although not as much as the Jason Statham film. Luke Goss does a adequate job in the lead, and has help from Bean, Rhames, Cohan, and Danny Trejo (as "The Last Mexican Jew" Goldberg). It's a good, mindless, action flick, that plays very much like the original film.
Check it out, when it hits DVD on January 18.
Rated R
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