Death Race 2008 American science fiction action thriller film produced, written, and directed by Paul W. S. http://www.downloadmovieo.com/death-race-2008-full-hd-movie-download/ Anderson and starring Jason Statham.Though referred to as a remake of the 1975 film Death Race 2000 (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 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 the producer without Cruise in the film). Death Race was acquired by Universal Studios, and Anderson re-joined the project to write and direct. Filming began in Montreal in August 2007, and the completed project was released on August 22, 2008.Two direct to video prequels were released: Death Race 2 (2011) and Death Race 3: Inferno (2013).In 2012, the economy of the US completely collapses, causing unemployment and crime rates to skyrocket, and a sharp increase of convicted criminals, which leads to the rise of privatized prisons. Claire Hennessey (Joan Allen) is the warden of Terminal Island Penitentiary; she earns her profits from the pay-per-view broadcast of a modern gladiator game called “Death Race,” with the prisoners as the participants.In “Death Race”, the racers, along with their navigators, compete in a3-part race over 3 days on a closed track on Terminal Island. The track is littered with pressure plates that either activate their car’s offensive weapons, defensive equipment or deadly traps. If one racer wins 5 races, in any
order, they will be granted immediate & unconditional freedom signed by Hennessey.Towards the end of one race, a masked driver nicknamed Frankenstein (David Carradine) is nearing the finish line against his only surviving competitor and rival Machine Gun Joe (Tyrese Gibson). Frankenstein’s navigator, Case (Natalie Martinez), reports that all his defensive weapons don’t work. Against Case’s protest, Frankenstein refuses to let Joe finish first; Case uses the ejector seat to exit the car just before Joe destroys it with a rocket launcher.Industrial worker and former NASCAR driver Jensen Ames (Jason Statham) struggles to live normally and provide for his family in the ruined economy. When the factory he works at is closed, he returns home to his wife and their new-born daughter, Piper. A masked assailant knocks him unconscious. Ames wakes up, holding a bloodied knife, just before policeman stormed into his home. He is arrested by the police and sentenced to life imprisonment as his wife lies near him who is dead killed by the assailant , while his daughter Piper is placed in foster care.Six months later, Ames is transferred to Terminal Island prison. He immediately gets into a fight with Pachenko (Max Ryan) and his Aryan Brotherhood gang. Hennessey’s right-hand man Ulrich (Jason Clarke) calls Ames to her office. There, the warden offers to let Ames go free, if he impersonates Frankenstein, uses his driving skill and wins one more race (as Frank already won 4). She reveals that Frankenstein died at the operating table after the previous race, but it was kept a secret as he is a crowd-pleaser and she wants to keep the ratings high. As Frankenstein is heavily scarred, wears a mask all the time, and talks to no one but his maintenance crew and navigator, impersonating him should be easy. Ames accepts the offer and meets Frankenstein’s maintenance crew, including Coach (Ian McShane), a professional mechanic that is deliberately staying in prison, Gunner(Jacob Vargas), the crew’s jokester, and Lists (Frederick Koehler), a paranoid convict with an apparently eidetic memory
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