I was on hand recently on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood for a private screening of the third installment of the “Death Race” franchise, “Death Race 3: Inferno,” hosted by Luke Goss and director Roel Reiné. It was great to see the film after traveling to South Africa for Bullz-Eye.com to cover the filming of the movie last year. After seeing it, I’m convinced it was easily the best yet in the series. With most of the cast returning from “Death Race 2,” including Luke Goss and Tanit Phoenix, Roel Reiné directing and Mike Elliott producing, all of the pieces were in place for a very successful production, and the end-result was excellent. “Death Race 3” is available in a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
This latest version, inspired by Roger Corman’s cult classic, “Death Race 2000,” finds the legendary Frankenstein (Luke Goss) in a new competition, a winner take all race in South Africa. Set in an underground convict prison inside an abandoned Cape Town rock quarry, the extreme action soon explodes out in to the Kalahari Desert, with more explosions, car wrecks and wild to the death chases than you can imagine. he director himself even commented on the sheer number of cameras destroyed in the making of this film.
The Death Race, a brutal prison blood sport that bid the opportunity for prisoners to race for their chance to be released from prison, but it is to the death they must go. This race in turn is broadcast worldwide in this future apocalypse for the sadistic joy of a twisted civilization with a desire for blood thirst. There are some interesting twists to the story, however, and you’ll have go along for the ride to find out what happens.
Rounding out the cast is Ving Rhames and the stellar Danny Trejo, whose real life experiences in San Quentin helped bring a hardened authenticity to his portrayal of Goldberg. I had the opportunity to interview them in South Africa as you can see from clicking on their names above, along with lead actor Luke Goss, Robin Shou and Fred Koehler.
“Death Race 3” also brings an ever greater bevy of beauties on board this time, now with female co-pilots (the Nav Girls) next to the drivers and even one “all girl” race team led by Dutch model Michelle Van Schaik in her acting debut. Hot pit crew girls also prep the outlandish desert cars between races. Bullz-Eye was granted exclusive photo sets of the Navigation Girls, the sexy driver team and the female star Tanit Phoenix (“Death Race 2,” “Femme Fatales”). We also interviewed them all as well, so follow the links above to their photo sets and video interviews.
Bullz-Eye.com was back in South Africa again as we visited the set of “Death Race 3: Inferno.” Check out all of our “Death Race 3″ coverage which includes interviews with some of the beautiful actresses from the film, including Tanit Phoenix, Michelle Van Schaik and the Navigation Girls. One sexy Navigation Girl is paired up with each driver, while Tanit Phoenix plays Katrina Banks who pairs up with Frankenstein, and Michelle Van Schaik plays the only female driver in a badass role.
One of the biggest attractions for these films has to be the badass Death Race cars, and you can see all of them below including the car driven by the infamous Frankenstein. Check them out and compare them to the Death Race 2 cars we covered for the last Death Race film.
In “Death Race 3: Inferno,” we learn more about the development of Luke Goss’s Frankenstein character, with some interesting twists along the way. Luke discusses his character on set in South Africa with Bullz-Eye’s Paul Miller.
Luke Goss at the “Death Race 3″ premiere. Photo by Paul Miller
Fred Koehler and director Roel Reiné at “Death Race 3″ premiere. Photo by Paul Miller
Fred Koehler has been in all three Death Race films and he discusses the development of his character on the set of “Death Race 3: Inferno” with Bullz-Eye.com senior photographer Paul Miller.
Robin Shou at “Death Race 3″ premiere. Photo by Paul Miller
Bullz-Eye.com’s Paul Miller was in South Africa for the filming of “Death Race 3: Inferno” and he had the opportunity to interview many of the cast members, including Robin Shou (“Mortal Kombat”). Robin also made an appearance at the “Death Race 3″ premiere as you can see in Paul’s photo above.
Check out the video interview below where Robin discusses his character and also discussed martial arts.
Here at Bullz-Eye.co we’re huge fans of Danny Trejo. he’s appeared in some great movies over the years, like “Machete” and “From Dusk Till Dawn.” He’s also appeared on some of the best shows on television with “Breaking Bad” and “Sons of Anarchy” among his credits.
We interviewed Danny for “Death Race 2″ and now had another opportunity to speak with him on the set of “Death Race 3: Inferno” as you can see in the video below. As you can see he’s a great guy and he’s fun to talk to. Above you can see Danny posing with the lovely Nav Girls from the film.
The beautiful Tanit Phoenix returns as Katrina Banks in “Death Race 3: Inferno,” and she’s just as badass as ever. She has some pretty incredible fight scenes in this third installment of the “Death Race” series and one very hot scene as well.
Bullz-Eye.com was on location in South Africa for the filming of the movie, and senior photographer Paul Miller had the opportunity to talk to this stunning South African actress and model. He also helped the unit photographer set up some of the sexy photos above as well. Tanit has a great sense of humor as you can see in this video, and you’ll definitely want to pick up the Blu-ray/DVD set after watching her interview.
Michelle Van Schaik is a stunning Dutch model who was working in South Africa and then auditioned for a role in a new film. Now she’s made her acting debut in “Death Race 3: Inferno,” and Bullz-Eye.com was on location for the film production. Senior photographer Paul Miller got the awesome assignment that included an interview with the blonde beauty that you can watch below. Paul also assisted the unit photographer in getting some exclusive glamour shots of the Michelle in her costume from the movie that you can see in the slideshow above.
Michelle does a great job in the film as she’s the lone female driver among the 12 drivers in the Death Race. She has a badass scene that we can’t tell you about, so you’ll have to pick up the Blu-ray/DVD to see it.
Bullz-Eye.com was on location in South Africa for the filming of “Death Race 3: Inferno,” which is out on Blu-ray/DVD on January 22nd. Here we have a great slideshow of three of the Navigation Girls from the film along with an interview in the video below. Bullz-Eye.com’s senior photographer Paul Miller was on the set during the filming of the movie and had the opportunity to speak with these three lovely actresses. They include Tanya van Graan who plays Amber, Charlbi Dean Kriek who plays Calamity J and Kim Engelbrecht who plays Kelly O’Donnell. Each are great in the film as they assist their various drivers through the Death Race.
