Death Race: World Tour (2023 Netflix Series)

Death Race is an 2023 Netflix series. It is directed by Charles Adler, and launched on Netflix on April 27th, 2024. It stars William Zakba, Ludacris, Pascal Langdale & Willem Dafoe.
==Synopsis==
In 2050, the world has collapsed due to WW3 between the United States & Russia. In order to make money, an underground organization ran by Clarke Hennessey, a prison warden, streams a bunch of cage fights, with an novice fighter, 5E, winning all the matches. Soon, however, the cage fights stop reeking in ratings, so Death Race is born.
==Episodes==
===Season 1 (2023)===
Number	Episode 	Release Date 	Plot
1 	Welcome to Death Race	April 27th, 2023	Inmate Jensen from Los Angeles finally enters the Death Race. Arriving at The Facility, he is berated by Slovo Pachenko, berating him for allegedly "eating people's flesh" & "raping women". Destroying Pachenko's navigator, Fetch, Ulrich offers him two choices - either the death penalty or the death race. Choosing the Death Race, he meets his team, comprised of Coach, Lists & 50 Cal.
2 	Jensen 	April 27th, 2023	Jensen opens up to the team - He is arrested after a robbery for his crime boss Markus Kane goes wrong. As his accomplices are robbing the bank, two officers casually enter the building. Luke tells them to abort, but they refuse; Luke intervenes, but it results in the death of one of the three accomplices. Luke shoots and kills one of the officers and dumps off his accomplices in order to fulfill Markus's wishes. In doing so, Luke is eventually captured by the police following a high-speed chase and sentenced to prison. Six months later, Luke is transferred to Terminal Island in L.A.
3 	First Race 	April 27th, 2023	The 1st Race in Kinshasa, DRC, starts. Before the start of the race, Bumbo tries to escape, but Hennesey notices him trying to escape, and orders Ulrich to shoot him. The race's stakes are raised even further as they race through the slums. Using Napalm, Frankenstein kills Sebastian Vogel & other racers.
4 	Meet Your Navigator 	April 27th, 2023	Several girls fight for the role of a driver Navigator. Eureka wins Jensen's role, and he introduces her to his car, the 1984 Lamborghini Countach LP500S "The Monster".
5 	Tokyo Shoguns 	April 27th, 2023	The 2nd Race, set in Old Tokyo, starts.
6 	 	April 27th, 2023	
== VAs ==
=== Racers ===
* Jensen Garner Ames (acted by William Zabka) - A falsely-accused convicted prisoner coerced to drive in the arena, taking the name "Frankenstein" from the man who came before him. He kills 3 racers (Sebastian Vogel, Hector Grimm and Slovo Pachenko) at the race. He drives a 1984 Lamborghini Countach LP500S named "The Monster"
* Sebastian Vogel (acted by Ian Somerhalder) - A disgraced F1 racer from the United Kingdom who caused an accident behind the wheel of his Aston Martin, after driving under the influence of alcohol. He drives a 2005 Ferrari F430.
* Shogo "5E" (acted by Takumi Saitoh) - A fourth-generation Japanese-American & ninth-generation Yakuza, sent to business school by his father & who holds a degree from MIT. He has won two races and killed seven racers; he killed 14 fighters in the Death Match. He drives a 1998 Mazda RX-7.
* Marcus "Machine Gun Joe" Newton (acted by Ludacris) - A sociopathic racer who looks to use Death Race as a means to escape from prison. He alone uses male navigators, due to his habit of killing his navigators or them dying during the race. He has won three races, killed 16 racers (including 14K) and wishes to win so he can leave for Miami. He drives an 1983 Ford Bronco.
* Michael (acted by Danny Pino) - A Iraq War Veteran who went on an murder spree. Although mentally unstable, he still is in the Death Race, and is known for playing with the cars he wrecks. He drives a 1965 Chevrolet C-10.
* Bumbo (acted by Danny Trejo) - Not much is known about Bumbo, only that he is in for some horrifying crimes. He drives a 1969 Austin Mini Cooper
=== Mechanics ===
* Coach (acted by Pascal Langdale) - Frankenstein's loyal head mechanic and a voluntary inmate, since he feels that the outside world is not worthy enough.
* Lists (acted by Ayden Merkus) - An juvenile who another member of Frankenstein's pit crew and a compulsive data collector. He is in prison for murdering his abusive mother.
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=== Navigators ===
=== The Prison ===
* Clarke Hennessey (acted by Willem Dafoe) - A sadistic prison warden who is the controller of the Death Race.
* Ulrich (acted by Alfred Molina) - Hennessey's second in-command and sadistic prison guard.