Death Race

Contrary to its title and theme, not quite a remake of the 1975 cult classic "Death Race 2000,"--which was great campy, popcorn fun. This time around, in the grim future of 2012, ex-racecar driver and steelworker Jenson Aimes (Statham) is wrongly accused of murdering his wife and is ultimately sentenced to a Death Race, a race to win his freedom or die trying, in which each participant drives souped-up assault vehicles around the prison yard, trying to take out the other guy and avoid booby traps along the way. Looks like a video game, feels like a video game, and surprise, surprise, directed by video-game-to-screen veteran Anderson. The non-stop action would be fun if it weren't so serious.