The movie is legitimately greasy, authentically nasty, with a good old-fashioned sense of laying waste to everything in sight -- including the shallow philosophizing and computer-generated fakery that have overrun the summer blockbuster.Read Full Review »
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Time: Richard Corliss
Though the picture doesn't deserve to appear on any critic's 10-best list, it observes the minimum standards of modern action films, which is to say it looks smarter, talks sassier and moves faster than almost anything else on the market.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Stephanie Zacharek
Statham moves with such easy grace that you don't have to work hard to believe him. And if he can stand up to Joan Allen, melting her predatory stare with his own molten gaze, then it's clear he's not just the prettiest guy on the prison block, but also the toughest.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
Soft sexual and racial jabs replace the more daring political commentary of the original, a crude classic from the Roger Corman factory.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
This movie is about mayhem on wheels, tough guys viewers can root for, and villains whose comeuppances audiences crave. That's what Death Race is all about and, for what it is, it does a solid job.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Tom Russo
Smartly, Anderson makes some eclectic casting choices that keep the story from feeling as though it's populated by video-game characters.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Philip Kennicott
It isn't so much a movie as a superheated, highly conductive miracle substance for the pure transmission of masculine aggression and misogyny.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
It is an assault on all the senses, including common. Walking out, I had the impression I had just seen the video game and was still waiting for the movie.Read Full Review »
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