{"id":11409,"date":"2008-10-30T02:00:10","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T23:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=11409"},"modified":"2009-09-18T23:03:41","modified_gmt":"2009-09-18T21:03:41","slug":"death-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/30\/death-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Race"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Just came back from watching “Death Race<\/a>” in the movies.\u00a0 Back when I saw the trailer for this film, I thought to myself that it looks like a very safe recipe. I mean, you have Jason Statham as a driver, lots of cards, some hot girls, plenty of chases and shooting.\u00a0 What are the chances of it going bad?\u00a0 Practically none. But what are the chances of it turning into something interesting and original?<\/p>\n

It turned out that whatever were the chances, they weren’t enough.\u00a0 On one hand, we indeed have Jason Statham and lots of cars, shooting, and explosions.\u00a0 The special effects were done nicely, and there was not much screen time without something brutal happening.\u00a0 On the other hand, there is nothing new.\u00a0 In fact, the story and the circumstances were simplified a lot, and in such a way that there is no need to explain anything or to connect the story pieces together with long talks or travels.\u00a0 The plot is simple and uncovers itself in all obviousity (did I just come up with a new word?) at approximately the fifth minute of the movie.<\/p>\n

Was it bad?\u00a0 No, it wasn’t.\u00a0 It was worth every penny, and was well worth the time I spent.\u00a0 Chases were nice, characters were not bad, and I liked most of the effects.\u00a0 The whole thing is pretty dynamic and enjoyable.\u00a0 It was also made for the big screen.\u00a0 But seeing it once is enough and I doubt that I’ll buy or rent it on DVD.\u00a0 At least, any time soon.<\/p>\n

An overall rating of 6 out of 10<\/strong> is, I think, appropriate.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Just came back from watching “Death Race” in the movies.\u00a0 Back when I saw the trailer for this film, I thought to myself that it looks like a very safe recipe. I mean, you have Jason Statham as a driver, lots of cards, some hot girls, plenty of chases and shooting.\u00a0 What are the chances … Continue reading Death Race<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1707,1,24],"tags":[2174,1630,1631,1632,2203,2204],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-11409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4-stars","category-general","category-movies","tag-ian-mcshane","tag-jason-statham","tag-joan-allen","tag-natalie-martinez","tag-paul-w-s-anderson","tag-tyrese-gibson"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9480,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/09\/20\/the-one\/","url_meta":{"origin":11409,"position":0},"title":"The One","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"September 20, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Jet Li is almost a guarantee of a good action movie with lots of martial arts. 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