He has a tendency to go to predictable places: Requisite gay jokes for the prison? Check. It annoys me when the problems at script level are so apparent. I wouldn't keep going to his movies if I didn't enjoy them. I think the annoying thing is that Anderson has potential. Brain still hurts too much to think about it. If you've watched his other films, you know exactly what to expect. Sliding back into predictability, it is used solely to make a few tasteless jokes before being forgotten about. Tyrese's character is homosexual, which I thought was stunningly inventive given the scriptwriter. In fact, have you seen the trailer? You've seen the film. The movie is so predictable, lazy and unambitious that it asks you to hand it the popcorn. If you were to put any consideration into serious film criticism where 'Death Race' is concerned, then you'd be the first one. Maybe some of the viewers are from Canada. Or how the American economy of the Dystopian future has crumbled, but 70 million can still afford the pay-per-view price to watch. Or how massive amounts of armour on a car wouldn't make flesh and soft tissue any safer in horrifying car crashes. As long as you numb your brain into not asking serious questions about things like physics. Anderson knows the art of kaboom and action junkees should be satisfied with his efforts here - especially during the second race when the 'Dreadnought' enters the race. This movie's lone strength is the special effects and it lives and dies by the car chase, the machine gun firing and the gory death(s). Unless unintentional or totally by mistake and ironic - That'd be alright. And as little subtlety, satire or nuance as needed.
Just without the boring stuff like characterization and development. He isn't trying to make 'Casablanca' 'Robocop' is more his style. I shouldn't pick on him because I actually do enjoy his movies. Anderson had an idea during the script writing and thought to himself "That'd be awesome!" before looking around the room for someone to high five. It was never envisioned to be anything other than an attempt at 'cool.' The average viewer will - without fail - be able to pick out every moment where Paul W.S. It is fun, very loud and unabashedly dumb. I'll try but I'm not making any promises. A movie like 'Death Race' can only be judged fairly through a set of lowered genre expectations. I shouldn't write reviews for movies like this because it feels like I'm lining up to kick a puppy.
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