a5c7b9f00b Explores the origins of the first "Frankenstein" car driver, Carl "Luke" Lucas, who died in a race at the beginning of the first film. Directed by Netherlander Roel Reiné and scripted by Tony Giglio, with a story by Paul W.S. Anderson, Death Race 2 serves as a prequel rather than a sequel, despite the "2″ designation. Not only does this installment introduce viewers to the beginnings of the Death Race but also the origin of one of Roger Corman's coolest characters, Frankenstein. Originally played by David Carradine in '75′s Death Race 2000 and Jason Statham in the 'o8 remake, Luke Goss delivers a fun, though entirely too short, sequence or two as the legendary bad ass. His primary character Carl Lucas on the other hand was a lackluster anti-hero with a great face but very little charisma. Surrounded by the likes of cult actor Danny Trejo, Ving Rhames and Sean Bean though, one barely takes notice of any shortcomings Goss (or the script) might have had.<br/><br/>Death Race 2 offers a bit more than the average direct-to-DVD sequel, delivering massive explosions, bloody violence, beautiful women, colorful villains and, naturally, a thrilling race. Surprisingly entertaining, this prequel disguised as a sequel comes clean with everything you see on the DVD cover plus a few shocking extras to boot. Nothing worthy of purchasing but a rental should be in order for fans of the previous films. This has to be one of the worst movies I have had the chance to see this year. (It was a almost identical story to the Death Race 2008 - only far far worse) The 2008 version at least had a bit of originality, this drivel looks like someone sat down and watched the first version and then tried to copy it and simply adjusted a few parts of the story to try not to make it a complete rip off! They even tried to make Luke Goss look like Statham, it was sad to watch, no wonder this rubbish has gone straight to Video - it made me cringe to watch it.<br/><br/>I like Danny Trejo, he is a mean SOB, but he looked like he sold out for the money in this rubbish - he wasn't even acting.<br/><br/>Sean Bean was embarrassing to watch, his ridiculous Northern English accent, and the over the top behaviour - when he tries to break the flat screen TV was hilarious, he could barely lift it! What was the point? <br/><br/>Complete rubbish from beginning to end.<br/><br/>The Statham version is not really worth watching, but it is 100 times better than this tripe!<br/><br/>Luke Goss was ridiculous, the script was terrible, flush this down the toilet and forget it forever, R.I.P
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