Those who saw the 1975 film “Death Race 2000” based on Ib Melchior’s short story “The Racer” might get a kick out of the 2008 remake written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson simply titled “Death Race.”

In a future America, prison inmates are forced to compete against each other in a driving arena. The prison warden forces a prisoner (Jason Statham of “The Transporter”) into becoming a driver, and he becomes a crowd favorite known as “Frankenstein.”

The cars in “Death Race” are deadly as the title implies. Take a gander at these awesome road machines, view the images here but don’t take these cars out on the road!