Explores the origins of the first "Frankenstein" car driver, Carl "Luke" Lucas, who died in a race at the beginning of the first film.
Death Race 2 is a prequel to the 2008 film which starred Jason Statham. It explores the origins of Death Race and of the driver Frankenstein.<br/><br/>I think it was a good idea that they decided to do a prequel instead of a direct sequel. I have seen a few direct to video sequels and they are in fact not that good. Having said that though, it does puzzle me why the movie was called Death Race 2 and not &quot;Death Race: The Beginning&quot; or something along these lines. <br/><br/>Bearing in mind that this movie explores the origins, the storyline was OK to say the least and the action scenes were satisfactory.<br/><br/>I loved the 2008 movie. I don&#39;t think this prequel was as exciting but it was decent enough.
Be honest, was the 2008 Death Race film (itself a remake of the 1975 B movie Death Race 2000) actually avant garde cinema? No it was not! It was a loud, visceral, simple action movie; all style, little substance in the grand Paul WS Anderson tradition. This cheap direct to video prequel, not a sequel as the &quot;Death Race 2&quot; title might seem to imply, is just more of the same. Heck even the main characters looks the same only with different names.<br/><br/>Now fans of the 2008 crash and burn thrill ride of a movie are in for a treat here. In Death Race 2, we discover the origins of the dangerous game; how it went from a simple prison fight caught on camera to full blown TV ratings dependent gladiatorial combat and then, to boost ratings, the brutal Death Race. Anybody remember the cool sounding masked Driver &quot;Frankenstein&quot; who appeared at the beginning of 2008&#39;s Death Race? Well here is his origin story too. Before he became the famous Frankenstein, Carl Lucas (Luke Goss) was a getaway car driver for a crime boss Markus Kane (Sean bean). A heist gone wrong landed Carl a life sentence at Terminal island penitentiary, a prison famous for its broadcasts of &quot;Death Match&quot;. With ratings of Death Match plummeting, one of the organizers &quot;September Jones&quot; witnesses Carl&#39;s driving skills and decides to revamp the games into &quot;Death Race&quot;. Nine cars, three rounds, five wins to freedom. The no holds barred car-nage has just begun. As Carl puts his skills to the test, his former boss is planning his death, and he has someone on the inside to do it.<br/><br/>Sound familiar? To say that the writers were lazy is an understatement. They basically took the exact same character types from the 2008 film and changed their names to be new characters. In other words, we got all the uninspired lines, one dimensional (and slightly racist) characterization, and minimal character development of the original show, but none of the star power the likes of Jason Stratham and Tyrese Gibson. Star power alone was what made the original character bearable and now with that gone, they are not as interesting to watch. Fans would recognize Robin shou and Frederick Koehler reprising their roles of &quot;14K&quot; and &quot;Lists&quot;.<br/><br/>The main attraction here has always been the cars and the carnage. Despite having less than one third of the budget of Paul WS Anderson&#39;s 2008 film, Death Race 2 does a wonderful job of replicating all the excitement and adrenaline of the races. Perhaps too good a job as some scenes look 100% copied and pasted from that film complete with similar camera angles, same chain of events and even similar lines of dialog. The cars themselves and the sets do not look as well designed as its predecessor but remember, this took place before the 2008 film and as such cars get rebuilt and the place gets upgraded as the days go by.<br/><br/>With the target audience being those who loved the brainless 2008 Death Race, Death Race 2 delivers no more than what they expect. If you thought its predecessor was bad, Death Race 2 would not change that impression. It is fun, it is violent, it is a glorified B movie just like Roger Corman&#39;s DeathRace 2000 and Paul WS Anderson&#39;s remake, and it is surprisingly well shot for a direct-to-video film. Definitely worth at least a rental but do familiarize yourself with the 2008 movie before jumping into this.

Yes, this is about how the Death Race was started and the origins of Frankenstein. This all gets explained in the sequel, <a href="/title/tt1988591/">Death Race: Inferno (2013)</a> (2013). Big Bill does not appear in the first film either due to his being killed in this film. He assaults his female navigator, she responds by stabbing him in the eye, shoving him out of the truck and then running over his head. Machine Gun Joe takes over the pickup truck. In this film, September Jones says that she found a new warden for the prison (Hennessy). Jones also says that Hennessy would probably take credit for inventing Death Race if she wasn&#39;t around. This was likely a way to create a continuity for the films as Joan Allen either was unavailable or declined to be in the straight-to-video prequel that shows how Death Race was invented. The Unrated version features four extended scenes that include some more nudity or sexual content. In total the Unrated version runs approximately 105 seconds longer than the R-rated version.
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