Death Race
(2008)
Director:
Paul W. S. Anderson
Writer:
Paul W. S. Anderson, Paul W. S. Anderson, Robert Thom, Charles B. Griffith, Ib Melchior
Cast:
Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane
Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized inmates, a global audience hungry for violence and a spectacular, enclosed arena come together to form the 'Death Race', the biggest, most brutal event.