Death Race
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Sat 07 Dec · 22:30
Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalise and kill one another on the road to victory.
Action • Dystopian
Part of Creatures of the Night
Part of Burning Rubber, Crossing Borders
In a dystopian future, ex-con Jensen Ames is coerced into a deadly competition—the ultimate prison car race. As brutal rivals clash on the asphalt, survival turns into a high-octane spectacle of betrayal and bloodshed, where only the ruthless prevail.
With a colourful introduction from Lee Bentham of What the Film Club, this screening is a nod to the boundary pushing multi-genre form of car chases within action and science fiction.
This Hyde Park Film School event is part of the wider Burning Rubber, Crossing Borders season supported by the University of Leeds and funded by BFI Art of Action.
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Details
Duration
1hr 46mins
Director
Paul W. S. Anderson
Featuring
Jason Statham • Ian McShane • Joan Allen
Year
2008
Country of origin
USA
Language
English
Strobe lighting
Guidance unavailable
Content guidance
Violence
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Strands & seasons
Part of Burning Rubber, Crossing Borders
Car races and chases have been a key feature of action cinema since the silent era. From The Crowd Roars (1932) to Bullitt (1968), to the present day with franchises like Fast & Furious, audiences have long been drawn to scenes of vehicular mayhem.
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