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Speed Racer
2008
Start your engines and fasten your seatbelts for the high-octane adventure Speed Racer, combining heartfelt family humor and groundbreaking visual effects. Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is a natural behind the wheel ofhis thunderous Mach 5. With support from Pops and Mom Racer (John Goodman and Susan Sarandon), girlfriend Trixie (.. Read more
| Starring | Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox |
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| Director | Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Family |
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Speed Racer
Start your engines and fasten your seatbelts for the high-octane adventure Speed Racer, combining heartfelt family humor and groundbreaking visual effects. Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is a natural behind the wheel ofhis thunderous Mach 5. With support from Pops and Mom Racer (John Goodman and Susan Sarandon), girlfriend Trixie (Christina Ricci), younger brother Spritle (Paulie Litt) and the mysterious Racer X (Matthew Fox), Speed takes on fierce competitors to save his family’s business and protectthe sport he loves. When Speed steps onto the track, it’s not just a race. It’s an adrenaline-fueled, high-speed charge to the finish. Go, Speed Racer, go!!
| Starring | Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox, Scott Porter, John Goodman, Hiroyuki Sanada, Cosma Shiva Hagen |
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| Director | Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 15 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 15 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Family |
| Language | English, English Audio Description |
| Released | DVD: 10 Nov 2008 Blu-ray: 10 Nov 2008 Production year: 2008 |
| Format | DVD |
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There's a scene towards the end of Act I in the Wachowski brother's madcap live action-anime mashup when Speed's scamp of a younger brother Spritle and his pet chimpanzee Chim Chim secretly gorge... read more »
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17 out of 17 people found this review helpful
wipeout the movie...
first things first...I had no expectations for this movie. The trailer made it look like a confusing, cheesy mess and the waskowski's runied the originality of the matrix with it's dire,dull sequels. So it was with a nagging 'what am i doing here?' that i walked into the imax early this morning to see it.
Some really hammy acting made that nagging grow louder but then the racing started and the pure visual assault of color and speed, especially on the imax screen,won me over...a little bit anyway.
You just can't ignore it, the racing is exhilirating and for the most part not totally confusing which is what i expected to be, there's also some fight sequences which are fun, exciting and original.
It's a kids movie, like whacky races on acid, with caricature charactes painted with a very unsubtle brush, but adults will like the way the tracks all look like wipeout courses and all the references to eighties manga and anime.
If you go expecting rubbish I think you'll be pleasantly surprised, and try to see it at imax if u can...you won't have time to question it if you do. -
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
garbage
Do not rent this film. Usually, even if a film is bad i sit it out until the end. This movie was so bad i turned it off after 15minutes.
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Sarandon and Goodman team up with Pacino
- 14 Jul 2009
Veteran actress Susan Sarandon will reunite with her Speed Racer co-star John Goodman in Al Pacino's forthcoming drama, You Don't Know Jack. Pacino is set to play 'suicide doctor' Jack Kevorkian in an upcoming TV biopic, about the medic who created the 'Mercy Machine' in a bid to help patients end their lives. He will be joined by Sarandon and Goodman in director Barry Levinson's movie, with the actress portraying Kevorkian's activist friend Janet Good, while Goodman will star as the doctor's... Read more
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