Death Race 3 Movie May 2026

★★½ (2.5/5) – “A desert-fueled gear-grinder that runs on fumes but never stalls.”

| Film | Lead | Budget | Director | Rotten Tomatoes | Tone | |------|------|--------|----------|----------------|------| | Death Race (2008) | Statham | $45M | Paul W.S. Anderson | 42% (critics) | Polished, satirical, big-budget | | Death Race 2 (2010) | Goss | $7M | Roel Reiné | 50% (audience) | Grittier, more violent, prequel | | Death Race 3: Inferno (2013) | Goss | $6.5M | Roel Reiné | 5.3/10 IMDb | Desert road warrior vibe, franchise fatigue setting in | | Death Race 4 (2018) | Zach McGowan | $5M | Don Michael Paul | 4.8/10 IMDb | Soft reboot, post-apocalyptic Mad Max clone | death race 3 movie

| Actor | Role | Notes | |-------|------|-------| | Luke Goss | Carl “Luke” Lucas | Takes over the role from Jason Statham. Brings a more gritty, action-hero physicality. | | Dougray Scott | Niles York | The aristocratic, sadistic new owner of the Death Race. Serves as the primary antagonist. | | Tanit Phoenix | Katrina Banks | A tough, resourceful female racer and Lucas’s forced partner. Represents the “damsel in distress” archetype but with agency. | | Danny Trejo | Goldberg | The mechanic and mentor figure, returning from Death Race 2 . Provides comic relief and exposition. | | Ving Rhames | Weyland | The co-creator of the Death Race, appearing briefly as a reluctant ally. | ★★½ (2

1. Executive Summary

Lucas is paired with a new “navigator,” a skilled but volatile driver named Katrina Banks (Tanit Phoenix), who has her own vendetta against York. The race involves competing against a new roster of psychotic drivers, including the monstrous “Psycho” (Bart Fouche) and the seductive “Scarlet” (Roxane Hayward). The film’s climax sees Lucas and Banks betray York, destroy his desert compound, and escape, setting up a potential new beginning free from the Death Race system. | | Dougray Scott | Niles York |