Death Race: Beyond Anarchy (2017) seems to be more or less a sequel to Death Race: Inferno, yet somehow manages to have nothing in common with it (except Danny Trejo).
In this round, the prison is a huge walled-off city called the Sprawl (see: William Gibson), run by the Weyland Corporation (see: Alien franchise), run by the prisoners. Danny Glover runs the Death Races, which are now illegal. He broadcasts them on the Dark Web with the help of his tech Fred Koehler (from Inferno). Danny Trejo is their man on the outside, who delivers weapons in exchange for a cut of the profits.
A new prisoner shows up, Zach McGowan. He quickly fights his way into the elite, for a chance to drive in the Death Race against Frankenstein. He also makes a connection with Christine Marzano, while all the other females are chasing him as well. But it’s revealed that he is actually a Special Forces commando, sent in by the warden and Weyland Corp to kill Frankenstein. Frankenstein will race him, but he takes Marzano as navigator, so McGowan can’t kill him.
One thing about this outing - it is way bloodier and grosser than the others. Of course, they all have ridiculous kills, so when the guards invade the Sprawl, they all get slaughtered like you’d think. Then, big guys in leather aprons come in with chainsaws and hack up the dead and wounded. That’s extreme.
Other than that, there isn’t much new in this outing. Danny Glover seems to be having fun. Trejo, less so. Zach McGowan makes no impression, and I’m not even sure we see Frankenstein without the mask. The plot isn’t actually that bad, but everything else seems played out. It might be time to let the franchise die.
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