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Death Race   2008             R, 89 min. Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller Director: Paul W.S. Anderson   Cast: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane, Tyrese Gibson, Natalie Martinez, Max Ryan, Jason Clarke, Frederick Koehler, Jacob Vargas, Justin Mader, Robert LaSardo, Robin Shou, Benz Antoine, Danny Blanco, Christian Paul   It is the future, and America's economy has collapsed. Prisons are now privatized, and Warden Hennessy (Joan Allen) at Terminal Island Penitentiary has come up with a scheme to raise funds for running the prison: a three day pay-per-view "Death Race" and promises that the winner of the race will be released from prison. Terminal Island prisoner Jenson Ames (Jason Stratham) had been a race car driver, and Hennessy forces him to don the mask of dead racing hero "Frankenstein" and enter the race. Ames is in prison wrongly accused of murdering his wife and, if released, could once again be with his baby daughter. And the race is on—a combination of NASCAR and demolition derby with prison drivers accompanied by navigators from a women's prison. Racers are armed with grenade launchers, machine guns, flame throwers, and napalm as Ames and his navigator Case (Natalie Martinez) set out against other prison drivers—along with their chief opponent Machine Gun Joe (Tyrese Gibson)—in what is truly a race to the death. Cast Jason Statham Jensen Ames Joan Allen Hennessey Ian McShane Coach Tyrese Gibson Machine Gun Joe Natalie Martinez Case Max Ryan Pachenko Jason Clarke Ulrich Frederick Koehler Lists Jacob Vargas Gunner Justin Mader Travis Colt Robert LaSardo Grimm Robin Shou 14K Benz Antoine Navigator Danny Blanco Navigator Christian Paul Navigator