Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US 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 biggest, most brutal event.















22nd August 2008
18 years ago
1 hour 45 minutes
Finishes at 10:54am
$45,000,000 ($69,687,000 today)
Revenue $76,000,000

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