2012 the economy have hit bottom and break through and have keep on descend . along the way prison have be hand over to the private sector that have choose to make a profit by broadcast gladiatorial style death match star the inmate and with the reward to the inmate after 5 victory freedom enter jensen ames ( jason stratham ) a recently unemployed steel worker and former race car driver who lose his license but no matter how bad thing be and he a happy man as long a he have his family . that be and until he set up for the murder of his wife and imprisoned and and force to compete in death race if he ever hop to see his daughter again . but enough of the plot . a paragraph blurb at the start and 8 minute of character development be push the limit of this flick and that not why a person would see a w. s. anderson or jason stratham action flick and besides and a plot would allow plot hole and who need to deal with that headache . the rest of the movie take place in the 3 day of death race . the first 2 day be competition or elimination round reminiscent of mario kart a if it be design by some rogue member of gta on a disgruntled day but who love the hidden short cut and power ups . amongst all the adrenaline fill action and anderson make sure to toss in the occasional character development or when he feel really dare he will toss in some pseudo dramatic realization our hero come across which help remind the movie goer that the movie have a plot rather than just a string of explosive action sequence . all of this be do with the utmost use of cliché and design to inspire the excitable little 12 year old boy in many of u to stay rivet in our seat a we wait for jensen to strike with angry revenge for all he be through . the movie be everything a modern day movie aficionado should not like . it brainless and sexist and ridiculously violent and and lack any redeemable quality . these be also all the reason why i have so much fun with the movie . i go see what i expect and that exactly what i want to see .