Death Race 3: Inferno

Death Race 3: Inferno

DVD cover
Directed by Roel Reiné
Produced by Paul W.S. Anderson
Jeremy Bolt
Mike Elliott
Screenplay by Tony Giglio
Story by Paul W.S. Anderson
Tony Giglio
Starring Luke Goss
Danny Trejo
Tanit Phoenix
Fred Koehler
Robin Shou
Ving Rhames
Dougray Scott
Music by Trevor Morris
Cinematography Wayne Shields
Edited by Michael Trent
Radu Ion
Distributed by Universal 1440 Entertainment
Release dates
  • January 22, 2013 (2013-01-22)
Running time
 105 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Death Race 3: Inferno (also called Death Race 3 and Death Race: Inferno) is a 2013 American action film. The film is a sequel to Death Race 2 (2010) and the prequel to the 2008 film Death Race, that was released as direct to video on January 22, 2013.

Plot

Death Race owner R.H. Weyland (Ving Rhames) has been forced to sell the rights to Niles York (Dougray Scott), a British billionaire who acquired the rights by hostile takeover. York reveals he intends to relocate Death Race to the deserts of South Africa as a Transcontinental Race. Before leaving, Weyland arranges Lucas to have surgery to heal the infected and deadly scars on his face sustained from his gruesome crash. With Carl Lucas, also known as Frankenstein (Luke Goss), one win away from gaining his freedom, York coaches Lucas to lose his races and threatens his life if he fails to comply.

Before his first race, Lucas engages in a fist fight with other racers and his mask is knocked off in the middle of the fight, revealing to his crew he actually did not die. Before the first race, all of the female navigators had to participate in a Death Race "Navigator Wars" and Death Race itself is now hosted and produced by Satana (Hlubi Mboya). Contestants to be chosen are the top 10 survivors, with Katrina (Tanit Phoenix) among those who survived. Before the first race, all racers receive shots with GPS locators so the producer will know where all the racers are at all times and so they can be killed if they attempt to escape.

During the first race, it is revealed that racing in the deserts of Africa has different variables than racing in prison. Racers cannot go as fast and more focus should be spent on handling, in addition to hostile locals. Eleven racers take the start, but one, Jackal, jumps the start and is killed by the missile tracker. Three more die in the first sector: Joker is tricked by Frankenstein into driving over a sand dune, causing him to flip and detonating his car. Pretty Boy's car is disabled by another driver (Razor), and he attempts to flee on foot before getting taken out by a homing rocket. Tazmanian Devil is killed by Razor, who beats out Frankenstein by a hair to win the first race.

After the race, Katrina tells Lucas they cannot have a relationship as they previously had since she is broken for convincing her he is dead. Another fight ensues after the first race and Goldberg (Danny Trejo) is cut in the scuffle. The show's surgeon makes advances to Goldberg and the two establish a relationship. In order to make Katrina jealous, the producer Satana orders Psycho's (Jeremy Crutchley) navigator Amber to have sex with Lucas, who seems to refuse the offer. Satana and York grow suspicious that Lucas is up to something due to his non-rebellious attitude to being forced to lose. Lucas then explains to his team mates his deal with York to lose and says instead he made a "new deal."

The second race then emerges with the death of three more drivers. Two of which get into a confrontation which ends with Fury getting killed after being tricked by Olga Braun (Death Race's first ever female driver) who is then killed by Razor seconds later. Afterwards, Razor is struggling to handle both Lucas and Psycho before the three are joined by 14K (Robin Shou), having disabled Nero's car before leaving him to get beaten to death by an angry mob. The race ends with Lucas emerging victorious in the second race. But at that moment, Goldberg is caught in an explosion caused by stray bullets from local hostile war lords, and is pronounced dead. Later on, York reminds Lucas he is to lose his next race to 14K or York will torture him and Katrina. Satana then discovers York wishes to replace her as producer and remove her from Death Race so he can assume complete control. Before the next race, Katrina confesses her love to Lucas, and Lucas admits he did not have sex with the other navigator when he had the chance. The final race begins with Razor disabling Psycho's car, which forces him to pull over the road. His car is then fire by his leaking gas tank and burns Psycho to death. The race continues with Lucas taking the lead and York attempting to kill Lucas with a missile aimed at his locater chip. However, 14K shoots flares to send the missile off course to save Lucas's life, effectively returning the "life for a life" favor.

Near the end of the race, Lucas holds a commanding lead and kills many of the Death Race guards along the way, vowing to kill York. However, Lucas allows 14K to pass him and then speeds to York. As York attempts to flee, Satana handcuffs him to the table for attempting to replace her and making an earlier phone call with a need of help to deal with York. Lucas crashes his car into the control room and explodes, engulfing the room in flames. Initially, it is insinuated that everyone except Lucas perished in the crash. However, it is revealed that Lucas and Katrina escaped unharmed, and framed the now unrecognizable York as Lucas, aka Frankenstein. In order to assert York is Frankenstein, Lists (Fred Koehler) confirms it is him, along with the show's surgeon who claims the implanted chip is that of Lucas's.

It is then revealed that Lucas's "new deal" he made during the meeting with Weyland was to fake Goldberg's death; the surgeon Olivia (Kim Syster) (Goldberg's love interest) falsely pronounced him dead, and after the crash pronounces York and Katrina as dead and Lucas as the sole survivor. Since York is officially dead, Weyland regains control of Death Race and grants Lucas, Katrina, Lists, and Goldberg their freedom, but Lists elects to stay behind and returns to Terminal Island. Weyland pays Lucas a substantial amount of money for his help regaining control of Death Race, and he and Katrina relocate with Goldberg elsewhere, and York is punished and he is imprisoned in Terminal Island, forcing him to become the Second Frankenstein.

Cast

Racers and Navigators

Other cast

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 50% of 6 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 5.1/10.[1] Scott Foy of Dread Central rated it 3/5 stars and wrote, "Movies like Death Race 3: Inferno are like a piece of chewing gum – the flavor is fleeting, you spit it out when you’re done without hesitation, but it gave you the minor fix you were after."[2] Jesse Skeen of DVD Talk rated it 3/5 stars and wrote, "This movie probably won't win any awards, but it's great mindless fun."[3] David Johnson of DVD Verdict called it an "ultimately a loud and tedious chore."[4] Scott Weinberg of Fearnet wrote, "Cheap, choppy, and almost shamelessly by-the-numbers, Death Race 3 earns points for the same reason its predecessor did: it's quick, slick, enjoyably empty-headed, just energetic enough to smash through the finish line".[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Death Race 3: Inferno (Unrated) (2013)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  2. ↑ Foy, Scott (2013-01-07). "Death Race 3: Inferno (Blu-ray / DVD)". Dread Central. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  3. ↑ Skeen, Jesse (2013-01-16). "Death Race 3: Inferno (Blu-ray)". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  4. ↑ Johnson, David (2013-01-28). "Death Race 3: Inferno (Blu-ray)". DVD Verdict. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  5. ↑ Weinberg, Scott (2013-01-17). "FEARNET Movie Review: 'Death Race 3: Inferno'". Fearnet. Retrieved 2014-04-07.

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