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DEATH RACE! *makes car noises*
Aug. 23rd, 2008 02:03 pmSo I went out on a date last night with a guy who's a total gearhead, and who desperately wanted to see Death Race, the latest Jason Statham/Tyrese vehicle. I went in with no expectations whatsoever... and I loved it. It's so bad it's fuckin' awesome.
Death Race, or DR, is a grindhouse movie made a couple decades too late and with an unusually large budget. It's nothing but an orgy of cars, titties, tattoos, rippling muscles, and explosions. There's no pretense that DR is about anything else. In a world where the American economy collapsed and prisons are run by private corporations that stream fights and races to the death live on the internet, Jenson (Statham) is framed for his wife's murder and sent to Terminal Island, where the Devil (Joan Allen), who's the warden, convinces him to participate in the Death Race. If he wins, he goes free. His major competitors are Pachenko, leader of the Aryan Brotherhood (who, amusingly, wears a Confederate flag sewn onto his shirt. How many Ukrainians fought for the Confederacy?) and Machinegun Joe (Tyrese), my favorite character, who is "one angry homo" who cuts his face for every victory.
Now, I'm totally going to spoil the ending of the movie, which I guess doesn't matter since we're talking about goddamn Death Race here. DR has the GAYEST ending to any non-gay movie I've ever seen. Seriously, y'all. Joe and Jenson escape the prison and RUN AWAY TOGETHER TO MEXICO AND RAISE JENSON'S BABY. And Joe even calls Jenson "Igor", which is his pet name for him. WTF. That's all I'm going to say. Joe/Jenson OTP.
Death Race, or DR, is a grindhouse movie made a couple decades too late and with an unusually large budget. It's nothing but an orgy of cars, titties, tattoos, rippling muscles, and explosions. There's no pretense that DR is about anything else. In a world where the American economy collapsed and prisons are run by private corporations that stream fights and races to the death live on the internet, Jenson (Statham) is framed for his wife's murder and sent to Terminal Island, where the Devil (Joan Allen), who's the warden, convinces him to participate in the Death Race. If he wins, he goes free. His major competitors are Pachenko, leader of the Aryan Brotherhood (who, amusingly, wears a Confederate flag sewn onto his shirt. How many Ukrainians fought for the Confederacy?) and Machinegun Joe (Tyrese), my favorite character, who is "one angry homo" who cuts his face for every victory.
Now, I'm totally going to spoil the ending of the movie, which I guess doesn't matter since we're talking about goddamn Death Race here. DR has the GAYEST ending to any non-gay movie I've ever seen. Seriously, y'all. Joe and Jenson escape the prison and RUN AWAY TOGETHER TO MEXICO AND RAISE JENSON'S BABY. And Joe even calls Jenson "Igor", which is his pet name for him. WTF. That's all I'm going to say. Joe/Jenson OTP.
