Fans of Jason Statham will likely enjoy Paul W.S. Anderson's new action flick "Death Race," in which the actor plays a prisoner who's forced to participate in a deadly race for freedom. Joan Allen, Ian McShane, Tyrese Gibson and Natalie Martinez co-star. While the nation's top critics didn't really give the flick a warm welciome, let's see what the online film fans have to say about it. (I will post my review later on today)

• Brian Orndorf at Collider: "Visually, 'Death Race' is as hackneyed a film as can be. Performance-wise, it's in REM sleep."

• Cinematical's James Rocchi: "Anderson seems to take every chance he can to aim the camera through other elements -- smoke, glass, water, flame, iron bars, dust, and so on -- to capture the focus of the shot, and while that device is hardly a hallmark of greatness, it's lively."

• Josh Tyler at CinemaBlend: "This isn’t a particularly smart movie, but it’s a fun movie, and one that delivers on the car killing mayhem it’s supposed to. Paul W.S. Anderson may have a lot of flaws as a filmmaker, but the man knows cheap thrills, and he delivers them here."

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