Death Race 2, an actual prequel to 2008's Death Race. It is a sci-fi/action film directed by Roel Reiné, written by Tony Giglio and Paul W. S. Anderson. The plot of the film is about a man (Carl Lucas) portrayed by Luke Goss who is a wheel-man for a crime kingpin portrayed by Sean Bean. A bank heist goes terribly wrong, Lucas is sent to a maximum prison facility known as Terminal Island for life. There he encounters death fights put on for entertainment purposes run by Lauren Cohan and Ving Rhames.
The storyline gives us how the character "Frankenstein" was developed and how the actual Death Race came to be. The acting is not award winning by any stretch but it certainly is not horrible. Lauren Cohan is creatively brilliant as the money hungry, power wielding antagonist running the show. Luke Goss comes across as plain, and not very driven but maybe that is the creativity stand alone. Danny Trejo is just a face in the film really with not much substance for his character.
The film is adrenaline fueled, violent to an extent, certainly not as gory as 2008's Death Race. All in all the story moves well and it has it's moments for the small budget it was filmed on. It is not a power house of a film, BUT is worth a watch. 6 out of 10
The storyline gives us how the character "Frankenstein" was developed and how the actual Death Race came to be. The acting is not award winning by any stretch but it certainly is not horrible. Lauren Cohan is creatively brilliant as the money hungry, power wielding antagonist running the show. Luke Goss comes across as plain, and not very driven but maybe that is the creativity stand alone. Danny Trejo is just a face in the film really with not much substance for his character.
The film is adrenaline fueled, violent to an extent, certainly not as gory as 2008's Death Race. All in all the story moves well and it has it's moments for the small budget it was filmed on. It is not a power house of a film, BUT is worth a watch. 6 out of 10