Been enjoying the Death Race films on Blu-ray this week thanks to the three film box set that encompasses Death Race (2008), Death Race 2 (2010) and Death Race: Inferno (2012).
Fast paced and violent with the second and third films acting as prequels to the first which is in itself a prequel to Roger Corman's 1975 film Death Race 2000.
Whether it be Jason Statham or Luke Goss headlining the films it doesn't matter, both are equally as good and the ensemble cast that makes their racing team (Danny Trejo, Tanit Phoenix and Frederick Koehler as well as returning racers such as Robin Shou's '14K' and Ving Rhames as head of the Weyland Corporation (A nice in joke tying in with the Alien franchise from producer of both series Paul WS Anderson) who hold the all action to the death races held in a maximum security prison.
I think they are all a hell of a lot of fun and a superior direct to video franchise with basically mega budgets and quite surprisingly stories that aren't all completely the same especially the third film Inferno.
If anyone's interested the Blu-rays look superb and sound thunderous.
PS - Any fans of The Walking Dead's Lauren Cohan will get quite an eyeful in Death Race 2.
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