It was 12am at night and I had just started my shift. Since we were on standby, there weren't much things for me to do. So i took a break and went in to the TV room and watched "Death Race" by Paul W.S Anderson, starring Jason Statham.
picture courtesy of wikipedia
The movie was about an innocent guy, Jensen Ames(Jason Statham) being framed by an infamous prison warden-Hennessey (Joan Allen) to the murder of his wife. He was brought to the prison and soon asked to race in the Death Race. Death Race was a TV live show broadcasted live from the prison. The actors were the real prisoners that raced to death. If the racer won the race for 5 times, he would win his freedom.
Thus, Jensen were asked to mask as Frankenstein, who had won 4 races but died in the last race. So Jensen were told by Hennessey to live the legend of Frankenstein again. Being forced, Jensen had to play by the game.
However, climax began when Jensen was about to lose the last race. He, together with his partners did something out of the blue. What was it? That's for you to find out. :)
Food for thought
The prison life reminded me of the life on the rig offshore! We are being surrounded by seawater here and there's no way out! Kind of similar huh? The difference being we are being paid working on the rig while the prison doesn't? haha.
Anyway, the story reminded me about how cruel and inhuman a human can be in order to achieve what he/she wants in life. In this case, Hennessey. She misused her power and ordered someone to murder Jensen's wife in order to bring Jensen in to the prison to race for her. That's sad.
But Jensen was brave enough to fight for his rights, and also for his fellow inmates. Sometimes, the right thing to do isn't always the lawful thing to do huh? :)
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