Could It Be Sillier Than the ’75 Original
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Forum Name: DEATH RACE (2008)
Forum Discription: Yet Another Un-Necessary Remake...Keep Up the Bad Work, Hollywood!!
URL: http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2996
Printed Date: June 18 2013 at 6:47pm
Topic: Could It Be Sillier Than the ’75 Original
Posted By: HeadRAZZBerry
Subject: Could It Be Sillier Than the ’75 Original
Date Posted: August 05 2008 at 5:57am
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IT DOES HAVE an INTRIGUING CAST (INCLUDING FORMER OSCAR® DARLING http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000260/ - JOAN ALLEN ). BUT IT TOPLINES http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005458/ - JASON STATHAM , WHOSE PREVIOUS 2008 FILMS RUN the GAMUT FROM PRETTY DARN GOOD ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200465/ - THE BANK JOB ) to PUTRIDLY GOD-AWFUL ( http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093051/ - UWE BOLL 's http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_topics.asp?FID=246 - IN THE NAME OF THE KING ). AND IT's WRITTEN and DIRECTED by http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027271/ - the MAN RESPONSIBLE for NOT ONLY 2004 RAZZIE® NOMINEE http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0370263/awards - AVP: ALIEN vs. PREDATOR , BUT A WHOLE STRING of VIDEO-GAMES-MADE-INTO-MOVIES. SO, WILL IT SHOCK EVERYONE and TURN OUT to BE OKAY -- OR WILL IT TURN OUT to BE JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE of HOLLYWOOD GRAVE-ROBBING ITS OWN PAST and EXHUMING SOMETHING BETTER LEFT DEAD and BURIED?? POSTERS and POSTER-ETTES: "IT's TIME to START YOUR ENGINES!!"
JOAN ALLEN: "You may well ask what a three-time Oscar® nominee like me is doing in junk like this..." DEATH MASK DUDE: "Maybe your career is in a DEATH RACE of its own??" ------------- Ye Olde Head RAZZberry |
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Posted By: moviewizguy
Date Posted: August 05 2008 at 9:17am
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lol, I want to see this, too. Pre-screenings suggest this is Anderson's best film. ------------- |
Posted By: SchumacherH8ter
Date Posted: August 05 2008 at 9:51am
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I think it might be decent... ------------- Joel Schumacher is history's greatest monster!-Robot Chicken https://twitter.com/SchumacherH8r Next-up: The Adventures Of Ford Fairlane |
Posted By: cvcjr13
Date Posted: August 05 2008 at 12:40pm
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The trailers look so good...but the whole idea of remaking the original seems so bad! ------------- |
Posted By: Michaels
Date Posted: August 05 2008 at 2:58pm
| I have respect for Joan Allen as an actress. But why, oh why is she is this movie?! This is one of her weirdest choices since "Face/Off". I like Jason Statham, too. He can be really good or really bad, depending on who is behind the camera. Mr. Milla Jovovich doesn't know how to write a good script, so they are already off to a bad start (no pun intended with the racing theme). |
Posted By: Movie Man
Date Posted: August 05 2008 at 3:28pm
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The guy next to Joan Allen is from the Showtime series "Brotherhood" where he plays Congressman Thomas Caffee... Joan Allen was also in the last two great "Bourne" films. Wonder if she'll star in "The Bourne Legacy", the fourth Bourne movie set for release in 2010? Enough with the actor speculation -- I might actually see this when it comes out in theaters... ------------- |
Posted By: tomsmobr
Date Posted: August 06 2008 at 2:37am
| I thought it also looked like The Condemned with The Death Races being on The Internet where subscribers could pay to watch them |
Posted By: moviewizguy
Date Posted: August 06 2008 at 12:16pm
| Yes, this is oddly similar to The Condemned. |
Posted By: PopcornAvenger
Date Posted: August 07 2008 at 8:21am
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Eh, I admit to liking Death Race 2000. The part where the doctors are laying out their patients to get run over, and the driver avoids them to run over the doctors was classic. As for the remake, ~eh~ (shrug). Doubt it'll be Razzie worthy, but I'll wait for the DVD.
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Posted By: BrassKnuckle
Date Posted: August 10 2008 at 6:34pm
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If it were to be a true remake, I might go see it just to see a certain violence-prone president get run over at the end.
------------- Jurassic Park was the most expensive B-rated Movie ever made - Me |
Posted By: Berrynoia
Date Posted: August 12 2008 at 9:28am
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I have a feeling this film has Razzie potential, but it might have to share Worst of the Weak dis-honors with The House Bunny (With Scary Movie's Anna Faris doing a Jessica Simpson-ish role!). Still, I hope a special version is released where bonus points are given for running over the people involved in making this film. ------------- |
Posted By: moviewizguy
Date Posted: August 12 2008 at 1:17pm
| Sorry, House Bunny looks hilarious...and I didn't even find Superbad funny. |
Posted By: SchumacherH8ter
Date Posted: August 12 2008 at 1:52pm
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You didn't find "Supedbad" funny and liked "Epic Movie"? What's wrong with this picture. ------------- Joel Schumacher is history's greatest monster!-Robot Chicken https://twitter.com/SchumacherH8r Next-up: The Adventures Of Ford Fairlane |
Posted By: moviewizguy
Date Posted: August 13 2008 at 5:54am
| Well, Superbad is probably overrated because, like I said, I was disappointed. |
Posted By: SchumacherH8ter
Date Posted: August 13 2008 at 11:22am
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The main problem is that "Superbad" was the funniest movie of last year, in my and 99% of the kids at my school's opinion....while "Epic Movie" has some defenders but also has a lot of detractors. And most of defenders merely say it's funny and worthy of a rental -- not a trip to the theater. ------------- Joel Schumacher is history's greatest monster!-Robot Chicken https://twitter.com/SchumacherH8r Next-up: The Adventures Of Ford Fairlane |
Posted By: moat
Date Posted: August 22 2008 at 3:30pm
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Yeah cars are cool, but cars with guns are ultra-cool. That's just about the best theme anyone's ever decided to build a movie around. |
Posted By: Sanndman228715
Date Posted: August 29 2008 at 10:07am
| This movie also has Ian McShane, who's a very good actor. (Especially in the film Sexy Beast and The HBO series Deadwood). |
Posted By: Mrs. Magnatech
Date Posted: September 16 2008 at 6:07pm
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Just saw this. Bad, but not as bad as you tmight think. I definitely think Jason Statham is worthy of a Worst Actor for this, though -- He's more wooden than a cigar store Indian. ------------- |
Posted By: MiguelAntilsu
Date Posted: November 08 2008 at 5:24pm
| The so-so reviews at Rotten Tomatoes and other movies that look worse than this might keep the film from getting nominated for Worst Picture (or Worst Remake or Ripoff for that matter). Jason Statham will probably get a Razzie nomination for his role in In the Name of the King rather than for this. Either way he looks to be way behind Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy in that category. |