First ‘Death Race’ Trailer Looks Like All Sorts of Fun

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on June 13, 2008

By my estimation, every red-blooded American male has at least a little bit of interest in Jason Statham driving fast cars and leaving a ridiculous body count in his wake — it is safe to say that once we lose interest in baseball, he will become the new national pastime. Not bad for a Brit.

His next movie is Death Race, which will be released on August 22, 2008. To help us understand what is going on in this glorious mess of muscle cars and mayhem, the folks at Universal have released the first theatrical trailer, which you can watch below.

Watch the Death Race theatrical trailer:

The only downside that I can see to this whole thing is the involvement of notoriously so-so director Paul W.S. Anderson, who has previously brought us films like Mortal Combat and AVP: Alien vs. Predator. But even Anderson’s involvement can’t soil the fact that Jason Statham is infinitely badass in anything, the fact that Ian McShane is worth the price of admission alone and that the trailer screams blood, bullets and tight leather female inmates — not even the fact that Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner are on the producers list can soil that.

Death Race has the makings of The Transporter meets Crank, combined with the best parts of Neil Marshall’s Doomsday. I don’t know about you, but that has me interested. If you need some extra help, the folks at Universal also sent over some photos from the film, which can be seen by clicking below:

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