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Speed Racer
- Director: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski
- Writer: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski
- Producer: Jessica Alan; Bruce Berman
CGiii Comment
When it all goes wrong ? it turns out like this catastrophe, courtesy of The Matrix brothers.
A spectacular flop with big names and bright colours - a kaleidoscopic melange of hallucinations.
The acting is atrocious with vile precocity in spectacular abundance and, as usual, there is the insipid gay character...being a kid's flick...gay is translated as a pink cravat wearing odious villain.
This is a huge-budget camp-as-tits kids movie - no more, no less...created by filmmakers obviously removed from their comfort zone.
Money mis-spent on this scale simply cannot be justified.
Criminal.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
The story begins with Speed Racer who is a young man with natural racing instincts whose goal is to win The Crucible, a cross-country car racing rally that took the life of his older brother, Rex Racer. Speed is loyal to the family business, run by his parents Pops and Mom. Pops designed Speed's car, the Mach 5. The owner of Royalton Industries makes Speed a lucrative offer, Speed rejects the offer, angering the owner. Speed also uncovers a secret that top corporate interests, including Royalton, are fixing races and cheating to gain profit. With the offer to Speed denied, Royalton wants to ensure that Speed will not win races. Speed finds support from his parents and his girlfriend Trixie and enters The Crucible in a partnership with his one-time rival, Racer X, seeking to rescue his family's business and the racing sport itself.
Cast & Characters
Emile Hirsch as Speed Racer;
Nicholas Elia as Young Speed;
Susan Sarandon as Mom Racer;
Melissa Holroyd as Speed's Teacher;
Ariel Winter as Young Trixie;
Scott Porter as Rex;
Gian Ganziano as Everyman Announcer;
Peter Fernandez as Local Announcer;
Harvey Friedman as Harold Ledermann Announcer;
Sadao Ueda as Japanese Announcer;
Valery Tscheplanowa as Russian Announcer;
Sami Loris as Italian Announcer;
Olivier Marlo as French Announcer;
Sean McDonagh as Celtic Announcer;
Kick Gurry as Sparky