He made his debut as Deckard Shaw inFast & Furious 6’s credits' scene.
Statham returned as the main villain inFurious 7and has made four more appearances, including post-credits scenes.
By being part of theFast & Furiousfranchise, Statham has been part of some pretty unbelievable action sequences.
There’s even some solid, practical action and family-centric stories, too.
It all seems relatively tame compared to the ridiculous racing movie Jason Statham did beforeFast & Furious 6.
The movie, directed by Paul W.S.
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Anderson ofResident EvilandMortal Kombatfame, is a remake of the 1975 filmDeath Race 2000.
2008’sDeath Racewas not a major hit upon its release.
He hadTransporterandCranksequels that were released shortly after, and then he launched theExpendablesfranchise with Sylvester Stallone.
Death Race is a 2008 action film set in a near-future dystopia where prisons are privatized and inmates participate in a deadly televised car race. The narrative follows a falsely convicted man forced to compete in the high-stakes Death Race, designed as a violent entertainment spectacle for global audiences.
A few years later,Fast & Furiouscame calling, and the rest is history.
Not everything inDeath Raceworks, but the action and racing sequences delivered by Paul W.S.
Anderson can be quite thrilling at times.
HisDeath Racecharacter even has a similar trajectory and rivalry to Deckard Shaw.
This is largely due toFast & Furiousmainstay Tyrese Gibson also having a role inDeath Race.
Even then, there’s a level of distrust between them, similar to the relationship theirDeath Racecharacters have.
The biggest difference isJason Stathambeing a villain turning good inFast & Furiousinstead of remaining the hero throughoutDeath Race.
The sixth movie in the Fast & Furious franchise, Fast & Furious 6 continues the Fast Saga after the events of Fast Five. Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his gang of international fugitives are offered pardons to help DSS agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) apprehend Owen Shaw (Luke Evans). After learning that Shaw’s plans involve a link to Dom’s past, the gang find that the stakes are even higher than they ever could have imagined.
