Review – Death Race

Obviously Hollywood makes a lot of movies with sequences that are thinly-disguised promos for the cross-marketed video game. Indeed, some become little more than 90-minute plugs for the game. But this is the first one I’ve seen that sacrifices all semblance of plot and character for the sake of the Xbox element. The production borrows just enough plot from Death Race 2000 to get the ball rolling, but from there on out it’s like watching someone else play the game they should have made out of Car Wars. Heck, the competition itself actually includes power-ups. My personal favorite moment was the introduction of the Dreadnought. While this thing worked just fine as a “boss level,” it made no sense within the story. Who the hell would pay to watch a “sport” in which all the contestants but two are deliberately murdered? If I’d lost money betting on one of the victims, I’d be pissed. The result here is loud, action-packed and almost completely substance-free. See if desperate