Death Race
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Starring: Ian McShane, Jason Statham, Joan Allen
Details: US / 105mins (16).
Days of Thunder meets Oz, meets Super Mario Kart, is the pitch for this one, and if you're a 16-year-old boy this is your Citizen Kane. If you're not a 16-year-old boy there's nothing here (once the set up is over it's just a series of bullets and crashes) to keep you amused. The action sequences, which is where this movie will live and die, has a frenetic pace about them and there's enough gory deaths (of which we get endless replays of) and bullets to keep the lads entertained. If you somehow miss it, don't panic - the computer game (which Death Race essentially is) will sure enough be in the shops before Christmas, followed by a movie sequel next year, followed by the game sequel, followed by...
Review by Gavin Burke
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