What is the premise of the film?

The film belongs to the prison film genre and centers on a dystopian concept where prisoners participate in a lethal car race. This narrative framework combines elements of action and thriller genres.

Who produced and distributed the film?

The film was produced by Relativity Media, Cruise/Wagner Productions, and Universal Pictures. Universal Pictures also handled the distribution as an American film and distribution company.

What is the film's position within the franchise?

*Death Race* (2008) is the first film in the series chronologically by release date. It was followed by *Death Race 2* in 2010, directed by Roel Reiné.

How was the film received critically?

The film received mixed reviews, holding a 43/100 score on Metacritic and a 41% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It has an IMDb rating of 5/10.

Death Race

2008 film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson

Movie film Q1033191

Facts

37 properties

Instance of: film
Director: Paul W. S. Anderson^[2]
Genre: action film, thriller film, science fiction action film, prison film, dystopian film^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]
Publication date: 2008, November 27, 2008^[46]^[47]
Followed by: Death Race 2^[12]
Official website: www.deathracemovie.net^[51]
Screenwriter: Paul W. S. Anderson, Charles B. Griffith^[3]^[4]
Based on: Death Race 2000^[11]
Producer: Paul W. S. Anderson, Roger Corman, Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner, Jeremy Bolt^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]
Part of the series: Death Race^[32]
Duration: +105
Assessment: Bechdel test
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
Cast member: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane, Natalie Martinez, Jacob Vargas, Robin Shou, Benz Antoine, David Carradine, Frederick Koehler, Janaya Stephens, Jason Clarke, Max Ryan, Robert LaSardo, Dan Jeannotte^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]
Color: color^[42]
Composer: Paul Haslinger^[5]
Country of origin: United States, Germany, United Kingdom^[43]^[44]^[45]
Director of photography: Scott Kevan^[36]
Distributed by: UIP-Dunafilm, Netflix^[48]^[49]
Distribution format: video on demand^[38]
Executive producer: Ryan Kavanaugh, Roger Corman^[55]^[56]
FSK film rating: FSK 18
Film editor: Niven Howie^[54]
Filming location: Montreal^[52]

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Filmiroda rating: Category IV
Has characteristic: film reboot
Kijkwijzer rating: 16, 12
Main subject: car^[53]
Medierådet rating: For ages 15 and up
Narrative location: Mexico^[50]
Original language of film or TV show: English^[37]
P14449: 61248
P14821: 452608
Production company: Relativity Media, Cruise/Wagner Productions, Universal Pictures^[33]^[34]^[35]
RARS rating: 18+
Review score: 5/10, 43/100, 41%^[39]^[40]^[41]
Title: Death Race

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 81

AFI Catalog of Feature Films ID: 64617
AdoroCinema film ID: 128251
AllMovie title ID: v395607
Allcinema film ID: 331508
AlloCiné film ID: 128251
Amazon Standard Identification Number: B009CFYRZS
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.787i04ugaz2ywtpuex19itrd5
BFI National Archive work ID: 150710594
Bechdel Test Movie List ID: 222
Behind The Voice Actors film ID: Death-Race
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme): deathrace
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 711348

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Cinema.de ID: 3419715
Cineplex Germany film ID: 202733
Ciné-Ressources film ID: 105799
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 88661
DNF film ID: 58623
Daum movie ID: 47424
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 14184
Douban film ID: 2132412
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 13851, 26725
EDb film ID: t0012964
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/1A96-7E7A-0D01-AB75-066E-P
ElCinema film ID: 2003642
ElFilm film ID: 446363
Elonet movie ID: 1456869
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID: death_race
Exploitation mark number: 121546
FandangoNow ID (deprecated scheme): 1MV79389b7cf5ec071adda41706f9c492c8
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/death-race
FilmAffinity film ID: 127500
FilmTv.it movie ID: 38278
FilmVandaag ID: film/6119
Filmfront film ID (archived): 12592
Filmová databáze film ID: 52988
Filmow ID: t361
Filmportal ID: ff12f447d0f04891b53ad43a2d932103
Filmweb.no film ID: 45127
Filmweb.pl film ID: 219437
Freebase ID: /m/03b_h1l
Golden ID: Death_Race-ZYB5YBG
Google Play Movies & TV ID: Dy-ntAe8_GU, Dzj6-yhfa8I
IMDb ID: tt0452608
ISAN: 0000-0002-0AEC-0000-E-0000-0000-W
ITunes movie ID: 659.4M (291.1M–659.4M, n=4)
Il mondo dei doppiatori ID: film1/deathrace
KINENOTE film ID: 39539
Kinobox film ID: 231331
Kinomania.ru film ID: 374163
Kinopoisk film ID: 102136
LUMIERE film ID: 30136
LdiF ID: 532251
Letterboxd film ID: death-race
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 56811
Metacritic ID: movie/death-race
Movie Review Query Engine ID: death-race-m100020685
Movie Walker Press film ID: mv37578
MovieMeter film ID: 46715
Moviepilot.de film ID: death-race-2
Médiathèque Numérique CVS ID: 4868446
NRK TV ID: program/KOIF43006809
Netflix ID: 70098610
OFDb film ID: 149448
OMDb film ID: 10483
PORT film ID: 93133
Plex media key: 5d776d02594b2b001e6ff20e
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/death_race
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 3247
Scope.dk film ID: 5185
Siamzone film ID: 5208
Swedish Film Database ID: 67085
TCM Movie Database film ID: 677434
TMDB movie ID: 10483
TV Guide show ID (former scheme): 294854
TV.com ID: movies/death-race-unrated
The Numbers movie ID: Death-Race
TheTVDB movie ID: 1359
Trakt.tv ID: movies/death-race-2008
Trakt.tv film ID: 5666
Vokrug.tv show ID: death_race
ČSFD film ID: 230468

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🔗 Connections

Cast member 14

Jason Statham, Ian McShane, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson, Jason Clarke, Robin Shou, Natalie Martinez, Jacob Vargas +6 more

Producer 4

Tom Cruise, Roger Corman, Paul W. S. Anderson, Paula Wagner

Country of origin 3

United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Genre 3

action film, thriller film, prison film

Production company 3

Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Cruise/Wagner Productions

Executive producer 2

Roger Corman, Ryan Kavanaugh

Screenwriter 2

Paul W. S. Anderson, Charles B. Griffith

Assessment 1

Bechdel test

Based on 1

Death Race 2000

Composer 1

Paul Haslinger

Director 1

Paul W. S. Anderson

Distributed by 1

Netflix

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Filming location 1

Montreal

Followed by 1

Death Race 2

Followed by (predecessor) 1

Death Race 2

Instance of 1

film

Main subject 1

car

Narrative location 1

Mexico

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Part of the series 1

Death Race

← Derivative work 1

Death Race 2000

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Summary

Death Race is a film^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Death Race — director (P57): Paul W. S. Anderson. bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-07. bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Death Race — screenwriter (P58): Paul W. S. Anderson. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Death Race — screenwriter (P58): Charles B. Griffith. siamzone.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07. siamzone.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Death Race — composer (P86): Paul Haslinger. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Death Race — genre (P136): action film. nytimes.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Death Race — genre (P136): thriller film. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Death Race — genre (P136): science fiction action film. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Death Race — genre (P136): prison film. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Death Race — genre (P136): dystopian film. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Death Race — based on (P144): Death Race 2000. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Death Race — followed by (P156): Death Race 2. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Death Race — cast member (P161): Jason Statham. bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-07. bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Death Race — cast member (P161): Joan Allen. bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-07. bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Death Race — cast member (P161): Tyrese Gibson. metacritic.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07. metacritic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Death Race — cast member (P161): Ian McShane. bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-07. bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Death Race — cast member (P161): Natalie Martinez. siamzone.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07. siamzone.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Death Race — cast member (P161): Jacob Vargas. siamzone.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07. siamzone.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Death Race — cast member (P161): Robin Shou. siamzone.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07. siamzone.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Death Race — cast member (P161): Benz Antoine. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Death Race — cast member (P161): David Carradine. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Death Race — cast member (P161): Frederick Koehler. siamzone.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07. siamzone.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Death Race — cast member (P161): Janaya Stephens. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Death Race — cast member (P161): Jason Clarke. siamzone.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07. siamzone.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Death Race — cast member (P161): Max Ryan. siamzone.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07. siamzone.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Death Race — cast member (P161): Robert LaSardo. siamzone.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07. siamzone.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Death Race — producer (P162): Paul W. S. Anderson. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Death Race — producer (P162): Roger Corman. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Death Race — producer (P162): Tom Cruise. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Death Race — producer (P162): Paula Wagner. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Death Race — producer (P162): Jeremy Bolt. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Death Race — part of the series (P179): Death Race. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Death Race — production company (P272): Relativity Media. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Death Race — production company (P272): Cruise/Wagner Productions. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Death Race — production company (P272): Universal Pictures. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Death Race — director of photography (P344): Scott Kevan. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Death Race — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Death Race — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Death Race — review score (P444): 5/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-06. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Death Race — review score (P444): 43/100. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Death Race — review score (P444): 41%. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ Death Race — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ Death Race — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ Death Race — country of origin (P495): Germany. wikidata.org.
[45] ↑ Death Race — country of origin (P495): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[46] ↑ Death Race — publication date (P577): 2008. wikidata.org.
[47] ↑ Death Race — publication date (P577): November 27, 2008. kinokalender.com. Retrieved 2017-11-24. kinokalender.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[48] ↑ Death Race — distributed by (P750): UIP-Dunafilm. wikidata.org.
[49] ↑ Death Race — distributed by (P750): Netflix. wikidata.org.
[50] ↑ Death Race — narrative location (P840): Mexico. wikidata.org.
[51] ↑ Death Race — official website (P856): http://www.deathracemovie.net. wikidata.org.
[52] ↑ Death Race — filming location (P915): Montreal. wikidata.org.
[53] ↑ Death Race — main subject (P921): car. wikidata.org.
[54] ↑ Death Race — film editor (P1040): Niven Howie. wikidata.org.
[55] ↑ Death Race — executive producer (P1431): Ryan Kavanaugh. wikidata.org.
[56] ↑ Death Race — executive producer (P1431): Roger Corman. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Death Race is an instance of film (Q11424) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Publication date → +2008-01-01T00:00:00Z, +2008-11-27T00:00:00Z

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