Death Race to the Clone Wars Movie

Death Race (2008)
Jason Statham is a pretty enjoyable action star. Even if the movies he stars in aren't exactly Academy material, most them are fun to watch. This remake of an old 70's movie set in the future (as the original), but the main plot is quite different although similar details are present.
It was set in a jail, and luckily, there wasn't any creepy shower scenes with people dropping the soap.
The characters where all dripping with attitude and anger. So there wasn't a whole lot of range of acting going on (but what do you expect from an action flick).
The race scenes were quite exciting to watch. Lots of collisions, machine gun fire, and the occasional missile being launched.
There was some hand to hand action, but it wasn't as prevalent as some of Staham's other action films.

Bottom Line: If you like tough looking men trying to kill one another with cars with weapon systems, its worth a look. However if your looking for a feel good movie of the year, keep on truckin.


Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
I also had the opportunity to squeeze this animated contribution to the Star Wars universe into my weekend. They had produced 20 three minute animated cartoons on the cartoon network which were quite good, and had a lot of action. This was a theatrical release, feature film length movie. It provides filler between episodes II and III of the Star Wars series of movies.
It also had tons of action, but had more dialogue than the short 3 minute episodes. Also the plot and sub plots were strung throughout quiet well, and always kept you guessing.

The plot was pretty good, and definitely expanded the star wars universe in a fun direction. We got to see more of the clones that and a few even had some personality. The droid army's troops also provided comic relief, as they had many jokes throughout (usually before they get junked).
The animation was well done, but I didn't like how the main characters were stylized personally. They were too cartoonish (yes I know it's a cartoon). I felt they could have been done with more of an edge.

Bottem Line: If you are a Star Wars fan, or just like Cartoons with Scifi and action, then you will probably like this movie. If your anti-geek, or anti-imagination, then go watch a documentary on the reproduction lifecycle of cockroaches.