{"id":107,"date":"2020-09-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leoloves.quirki.co.uk\/?p=107"},"modified":"2020-08-25T09:59:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T09:59:50","slug":"bringing-the-racer-to-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/09\/04\/bringing-the-racer-to-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing ‘The Racer’ To Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WARNING:<\/span> <\/strong>This Review Contains Spoilers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article was originally supposed to look at the comparisons between Death Race 2000 <\/em>and Death Race.<\/em> However, from my recollection, Death Race <\/em>is not a direct remake of the original film \u2013 whereas Death Race 2050 <\/em>is exactly that. Based on the short story The Racer<\/em> by Ib Melchior, we follow five drivers in a cross-country race \u2013 taking down civilians to be rewarded points (think of it like real-life Grand Theft Auto).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cheese Factor<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Obviously, Death Race 2000 <\/em>never took itself seriously and looking back at the film it will naturally look cheesy compared to many of the films we have now. What I enjoyed about Death Race 2050 <\/em>is that it did exactly the same thing, did not take itself seriously at all. If I am honest, it\u2019s possibly even cheesier than its 1975 counterpart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People = Points<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                I am probably starting to sound like a broken record when I talk about this sort of thing but with films with death in the title, we can\u2019t not talk about the carnage these drivers leave behind. In the original film, it was actually rare to see any blood and we didn\u2019t look at the flattened head of Calamity Jane\u2019s navigator. However, the remake decided to crank up the gore \u2013 including having a spectator swinging around someone\u2019s intestine following an explosion caused by Tammy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honourable Mention<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                As I mentioned at the start, the origin of this review was actually meant to look at the Jason Statham film from 2008 \u2013 Death Race <\/em>instead of Death Race 2050. <\/em>I guess you can say that it is loosely a remake of Death Race 2000 <\/em>as in both films there is a \u2018Frankenstein\u2019 and \u2018Machine Gun Joe\u2019 and is based around a race where people die. However, in Death Race <\/em>it is set on a prison island and the winner has to be the last man standing, all other drivers have to die but in Death Race 2000 <\/em>it is run like an average race, just with the added twist of killing civilians to maximise your overall points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Conclusion<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                I haven\u2019t been able to say this in a while, but I can\u2019t choose between the two films. I enjoyed them both; possibly Death Race 2050 <\/em>a little more butfor the wrong reasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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