In 2012, the US economy deteriorated, crime rates soared, and the gradually privatized prisons did whatever it took to make huge profits, so the "Death Race" competition came into being. Frank (Jason Statham), a former excellent racer, participated in a workers' protest in the factory. As a result, someone broke into his home that night and killed his wife, but Frank was wrongly imprisoned as a murderer. The warden and organizer of the death race, Hennessy (Joan Allen), asked Frank to replace the dead masked racer Frankenstein, and promised that as long as Frank won another game as Frankenstein, he would be free. Frank and navigator Kath (Natalie Martinez) entered this crazy game of driving a modified car and facing death at any time. However, he was absent-minded and failed to start well. Faced with the threat and frame-up of Hennessy, Frank had to give it a try...