Set in a post-economic-collapse (2012) America, the story follows Jensen Ames (Jason Statham), an ex-con and former racing champion framed for his wife’s murder. He is thrown into a brutal prison island known as "The Terminal." To see his daughter again, he is forced to don a metal skull mask, take the wheel of a lethal car, and survive three races against psychopaths, machine guns, and flamethrowers.
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