Death Race: Inferno (2013)

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Absolutely brilliant

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Don't be put off by the IMDb score, or any negative reviews, this movie is a more than worthy successor to Death Race 2, and has earned its place in the franchise.Lots of subtle humour, stylish action and surprisingly memorably characters, all combined with sufficiently varied and suitably over-the-top set pieces make this feel more like a cinema release than a direct-to-video offering.Sure, the plot gets a bit silly at times, and there are clichés and stereotypes liberally scattered throughout, but I still found the new setting, the new (if often short-lived) characters and the tidy wrapping up of the story arc to be effective and entertaining.Dougray Scott shines as the enthusiastic antagonist, relative unknown Jeremy Crutchley provides a great Russell Crowe-esque caricature, and even Luke Goss manages to steal some good moments.All of the actors look like they're having lots of fun, and I too thoroughly enjoyed the movie. Dig it up and give it a go. Watch all three movies back to back for the full experience!

Sorry for the long review, i want to say it all. Read if you want. It's my opinion, please respect it.Just an aside, I'm not coming here to say that, this or that movie was horrible and some actors deserve better (like they were forced to do it). I respect your opinion but I think it's more important to concentrate in what worked / what we liked and what didn't work instead of 'criticizing it at gross'. It's what I think.So the movie. Best part: Boobs and girls. Tanit Phoenix (Katrina) besides gorgeous, has an outstanding body; those boobs oh god ;). In every scene, I was like Lists, in the scene when she enters the car, staring to her boobs. All the girls that appeared in the movie are hot; the qualifying fight to death scene was very nice, because of the girls and the deaths too. But Tanit Phoenix amazed me in every scene.Besides that, what I liked also in the movie: some kills were nice; the all concept of race, out of the prison, more endurance and hardness, like Goldberg said; Psycho was a nice surprise, a funny psycho killer; the scene where he grabs his co-pilot boobs is hilarious,; liked the role of Niles York (Dougray Scott), the maniac who wanted more money, death and control. Also liked the story around Frankenstein, the man behind the mask. The deal and the plan made by Carl Lucas and Weyland was cool.What didn't worked for me: i would like to see more action in more scenes; Luke Goss is a nice actor but it wasn't at the level we expected for a character like Frankenstein; i really liked if Jason Statham were still in the role; characters like Prudence didn't added nothing to the film. Oh and the scene where Lucas escape from the missile (with the 14K help), how the missile exploded if it didn't hit his target? like the other guys, strange no? And 14K wasn't dead already from one the past movies? Some errors I detected: clothes changing in sequential scenes (I think they are, make sense). When they arrive to the prison, before going to the cells they have that fight scene in the tunnel. Katrina top changes from red to a larger black top. An 'error' that I think was forced. When stage 1 is about to start, the announcer says that the 11 drivers are ready at the starting line; 11? the girls weren't fighting for 10 positions ? Only 10 started the race yes, because one tried to escape and got killed before the race even start, but it was a detail it should had been corrected, I think.Overall, it isn't a perfect movie and not so good as expected, but I think it wasn't so bad as some people say. It had a story, action (not so much as expected) , girls - hot girls, boobs, a twist in the story; the ending makes me think what it could be made next with Frankenstein, if a fourth film were made.I enjoyed to watch it. It's my opinion, please respect it. Thanks !!

I have a lot of love for 'Death Race 2000' and (surprisingly) quite a lot of love for the two remakes. 'Death Race 3' is where Death Race love goes to die... then is stamped on, run over, before its battered body is dragged through the desert behind a gun-laden car, except the guns are obviously lengths of painted drain pipe, and one has snapped but the production crew have run out of duck tape so it swings flaccidly while Love for Death Race turns to ash and blows away in the wind..Death Race 3 is an endurance race through the desert, the 'film' Death Race 3 is a survival test through stroke inducing bad dialogue, acting that is so horrible a new word is needed to describe its severity, wonky cameras, rubbish fight scenes and a make-up department so inept they even managed to make Taint Phoenix look rough. Everything about this movie is bad. It has a production level way below the likes of 'Mega Shark vs Giant Octpus'. The direction is the clumsiest I have ever seen (this is coming from the man who gave 'Zombie Women of Satan' a 7!)Scene: Where could we be? Well there's a red bus in the back ground, some church bells and a good old Bobbie pounding the beat. Are we in London by any chance? Scene: What's that Mr York? You don't appreciate your secretary? Well how could you possibly communicate your feelings to the audience, short of punching her in the stomach. Oh, like that.Don't be sold by the high calibre of the cast. I get the feeling the actors had real guns trained on them or they awoke one day unable to account for the last two months of their lives, their sun tans and the massive amount of rohypnol in their systems. Possible both.

With three movies under its belt, we can safely say Universal has established a franchise with the "Death Race" movies. Who knew a big- screen remake of Roger Corman's apocalyptic 1970s B-movie "Death Race 2000" would do so well in theaters and merit prequels and sequels? The latest entry in the series is the satisfying "Death Race 3: Inferno." Many might see two direct-to-DVD follow-ups to a movie as a desperate attempt at wringing more money out of the concept before it dries up. I see it as returning to its roots, as the equivalent of B-movies these days are cheaply made projects released directly to the home entertainment market.Carl Lucas is legendary when it comes to the prison sport known as Death Race. He's been known as Frankenstein ever since his supposed death. Lucas is the greatest driver of the infamous race. When Death Race goes global, he's taken to South Africa to compete in a deadly duel across the Kalahari Desert. He has one win left before he and his crew are to be set free. Unfortunately, the new owner of Death Race wants him to lose on purpose or die. What would Death Race be without its most popular driver Frankenstein?"Death Race 3: Inferno" definitely doesn't feel like a B-movie in the scale of its production. Huge explosions and expansive shots of vehicles tricked out with all sorts of artillery give the movie a bigger budget look than it should have. You can tell director Roel Reine takes these movies seriously and pushes his budget and shooting schedule as far as he can when it comes to special effects and multiple camera shots.Writers Paul W.S. Anderson and Tony Giglio don't skimp on a sensible and engrossing script for "Death Race 3: Inferno." They could easily have just had a bunch of cars blowing each other up in South Africa. However, they didn't settle for that. Anderson and Giglio put some thought into the storyline and come up with a plot that includes some suspense and mystery as the viewer tries to figure out how Frankenstein's ultimate plan will pan out and ultimately work."Death Race 3: Inferno" rises above much of the straight-to-DVD fodder released these days. A good story mixed with plenty of destruction will please fans of the first two entries. What action film enthusiast wouldn't like to watch cars race through the desert while running into each other and blowing up?http://contributor.yahoo.com/user/849014/eric_shirey.html