now here an exploitation film that know what a solid b movie be suppose to be represent an action dense and amped up and gore soaked killfest . it the cinematic equivalent of eat that entire box of red vine you buy at the snack bar and use them a candy straw to suck down your extra large coke . a a fan of the original death race 2000 and i be pleased to see just enough of a shadow of the original movie inhabit the skin of the new one . roger corman name on the produce credit give me hope at the start and and his seal of approval seem to mean something and perhaps as counterweight to paul w. s. anderson track record of shoot mediocre video game adaptation . surprisingly and anderson rise to the occasion and effortlessly elevate a cliché rich but fast move script to the level of a satisfyingly adrenalin fuel confection aim like a bullet at the a. d. d. addle brain of the short attention span generation . set in an escape from new york style dystopic prison culture ( that sound suspiciously like current american society ) and slaughter happens and stuff blow up and and the weak be cull like bunny catch in the headlight of gas suck american muscle car . fan of the twisted metal video game will love the new wrinkle in the race and the addition of weaponry a need bloody bump for version 2 . 0. and what a bump it be and with each car chug machine gun indiscriminately spew hot round at every foe and shred detroit steel like it be use kleenex . it unabashed gun fetishism at it gleeful best and and it make you want to strap an m60 to the hood of your prius in order to cut your commute in half . jason statham do his standard tough guy job a the scowling frankenstein and joan allen play a ball bust warden ( perhaps a bit in the mold of louise fletcher nurse ratched ) and and ian mcshane of deadwood have a solid cameo a the prison wise mechanic and coach . even machine gun joe get a new incarnation in the form of tyrese gibson and who thankfully be nothing like stallone bluster italian meatball . i love it and and can not wait to see it again in a theater with enough bass to pump up those impact crunch to the bone jar level they deserve . yeah .