Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the U.S. penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized inmates, a global audience hungry for violence and a spectacular, enclosed arena come together to form the 'Death Race', the world's biggest, most brutal sporting event.

Five-time NASCAR champion Jensen Ames is a man who has become an expert at survival. After eight years of hard time, he has only six weeks before reuniting with his family. But when Weyland demands a driver to headline the big game, Ames is forced to submit.

Donning the costume of mythical rider Frankenstein, the racer becomes an instant crowd favorite, an unequaled sporting superstar. His face hidden by a metallic black mask, one convict will be put through a brutal three day challenge, with the trophy being the ultimate prize: freedom.

The only catch is that he must survive a gauntlet of the most vicious criminals in this post-industrial wasteland to claim it. Driving a monster car outfitted with machine guns, flamethrowers and grenade launchers, Ames must now kill or be killed to win the most treacherous spectator sport on Earth: 'Death Race'.

 

Also Known As: Death Race 3000
Production Status: Released

Logline: In the year 2020, a series of race car drivers compete in an ultraviolent race using heavily armed cars.
Genres: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Thriller and Sports
Running Time: 1 hr. 29 min.

Release Date: August 22nd, 2008 (wide)

MPAA Rating: R for strong violence and language.

Distributors: Universal Pictures Production Co.: Cruise/Wagner

Productions (C/W Productions) Impact Pictures, Relativity Media

Studios: Universal Pictures, United Artists

Films Filming Locations: Japan Los Angeles, California, USA

?Produced in: United States