disgusting, overrated, pointless

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

I must say this- This is the first time I stopped watching an action sequel just 50 min in. I really liked the first one, but this one was just awful.Let me tell you why: The story was boring, the action scenes were just like the first movie so nothing really to be excited for, no funny moments at all, and let's not forget the fact that THERE WAS NO FRANKENSTEIN !This movie was just filled with action scenes- whether they were pointless or just a copy from the first film. I didn't enjoy a moment from that movie, didn't either laugh or excited from what I've seen, and they replace some of most important cast members with boring cast members who took the ideas of the first film and told it like it's a brand new thing.

I gave it a 6 out of 10. It's not great but still a watchable film that you'll enjoy.I've watched Death Race before watching this second film. I personally feel a bit boring watching this film. They have many similarities and it made me feel like I was watching Death Race the second time.It has okay actions, okay drama and acceptable storyline. The main role in Death Race, Jason Statham, was replaced. I personally think that Jason Statham would do better in this film. I'm his fan, though.Overall, not bad. If you've watched Death Race(2008), you won't enjoy it much. If you haven't, it may be a really good film with great ideas for you to enjoy. Pure actions, not bad overall. 6/10.

First off, I'm not sure how anyone could like this movie. Aside from the boobs all through the flick, there is nothing to like. Horrible acting, poor miss calculated fight scenes where its ridiculously clear right from the first fight that their are not hitting each other. The way I see it is I feel I have to review this movie. This movie went right to DVD simply because if they charged people money to see this movie, the viewers would have set the place on fire. Do not buy this movie, seriously. Stare at the cover for an hour, it will be much more fulfilling.

Death Race 2 (2010) * 1/2 (out of 4) This direct-to-DVD flick is being sold as a sequel to the 2008 film DEATH RACE but it's actually a prequel and tries to show the early history of the man who would become known as Frankenstein in the following film. In this film, Carl Lucas (Luke Goss) gets sent to prison after killing a cop in a botched robbery and once there he realizes that a female wacko is filming death matches between the prisoners. When the TV ratings on this drops she decides to make it more interesting by offering a race to the death, which would give prisoners their freedom. DEATH RACE 2 has a lot of tough talk but the film never backs any of it up and in the end we're left with a pretty lifeless movie with no guts or glory. The biggest problem is that everything in this movie is pretty tame. This includes the story, the action, the violence and the blood. Now, I understand that the 2008 film was a "pretty" version of DEATH RACE 2000 but why on Earth would they deliver something so tame in this prequel? I mean, you know you're going straight to DVD so why not deliver something fun, wild and over-the-top? The filmmakers didn't even have the guts to show Lucas as a bad guy and just wait until you see how they filmed the cop getting killed. The producers wanted to make sure that you still liked this guy no matter what. Even worse is an incredibly awful love story that is thrown in for no apparent reason. There's a reason romantic comedies don't have bloody violence so the producers of this film should have realized that the people renting a movie called DEATH RACE 2 don't want romance. Goss isn't too bad in his role but he's really not given much to do. Ving Rhames and Danny Trejo both pick up paychecks, which they both deserve. The rest of the supporting cast is pretty much what you'd expect in a film like this. DEATH RACE 2 isn't a complete bomb but it's pretty useless and fails on most levels that should make it a fun exploitation film.