| Death Race 2 | |
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| Directed by | Roel Reiné |
| Screenplay by | Tony Giglio |
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| Based on | Characters by Paul W. S. Anderson |
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| Cinematography | John McKay |
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| Music by | Paul Haslinger |
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| Distributed by | Universal Studios Home Entertainment |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Countries | Germany South Africa |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6–18 million[a] |
Death Race 2 is a 2010 action film directed by Roel Reiné as well as written by Tony Giglio, who co-developed its story with Paul W. S. Anderson. A co-production between Germany and South Africa, it is the prequel to Anderson's 2008 film Death Race (which is itself a prequel to 1975's Death Race 2000) and the second installment in the Death Race franchise. The film stars Luke Goss as Carl "Luke" Lucas, a convicted cop killer sentenced to life in a notorious private prison where he is forced to fight to the death live on the titular reality show in a bid for freedom. Fred Koehler, Tanit Phoenix, Robin Shou, Lauren Cohan, Danny Trejo, Ving Rhames, and Sean Bean appear in supporting roles; Koehler and Shou reprise theirs from Death Race.
Death Race 2 was developed rather as a prequel that tells the origin story of franchise protagonist Frankenstein sans the directorial involvement of Anderson (who stayed on as co-producer instead) and appearance of Jason Statham. Reiné signed on to direct and began shooting in Cape Town earlier in 2010. Universal Pictures released the film direct-to-video through its home entertainment division on January 18, 2011, although it set the earliest release date for the United Kingdom, December 27, 2010. The film garnered generally positive reviews. A direct-to-video sequel, Death Race 3: Inferno (2013), was also directed by Reiné.
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