It is a truism that Hollywood trailers advertise not the movie that has been made, but the movie that the studio wishes had been made. - Roger Ebert

Hitchcock said a movie should play the audience like a piano. Death Race played me like a drum. It is an assault on all senses, including common. Walking out, I had the impression I had just seen the video game and was still waiting for the movie.

Siskel’s classic question, “Is this movie better than a documentary of the same actors having lunch?

When, in a free society, the press is criticized for negativity, that almost always means it has dared to question the policies of the party in power. 'Patriotism,' Samuel Johnson said, 'is the last refuge of a scoundrel.' He could have been speaking of those who use it to shield themselves from dissent.