A triple-bill of action films based on Paul Bartel&s 1975 film & Death Race 2000& In & Death Race& (2008) Jason Statham stars as former racing driver Jensen Ames who is sent to Terminal Island prison after being framed for the murder of his wife There he is forced by the masochistic Warden Hennessey (Joan Allen) to compete in a lethal car race where the contestants must win or die In the follow up prequel & Death Race 2& (2010) Luke Goss plays a convict determined to gain his freedom no matter what it takes Set in the near future as the US economy begins to falter & crime increases new prisons run strictly for profit begin to appear Terminal Island is one such penitentiary where a regime of brutal oppression reigns Beginning his life sentence after killing a policeman Carl Lucas (Goss) soon realises his only chance for freedom lies in entering & winning the latest TV show devised by unscrupulous producer September Jones (Lauren Cohan) In the last-man-standing &death race& Lucas must battle it out against his fellow inmates in heavily modified vehicles designed to destroy anything that gets in their way Finally in & Death Race Inferno& (2012) with his fame having spread worldwide & only one more race win required to gain freedom for himself & his pit crew Lucas (Goss) suddenly discovers that the rules have been changed when the race is relocated to South Africa With those in control planning to ensure his defeat Lucas will need every ounce of his skill & cunning as he battles it out against his deadliest opponents yet in a winner-takes-all race across the merciless landscape of the Kalahari Desert