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Speed Racer (2008)
description written by member Zara:
Based on the classic 1960s series created by anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida that later was retooled for North American audiences, the big-screen film will follow the adventures of the young race car driver Speed in his quest for glory in his thundering gadget-laden vehicle, Mach 5. The movie will feature other characters from the show, including Speed's family and his mysterious archrival, Racer X.
| Release Date: | May 9th, 2008 |
| MPAA Rating: | PG |
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Speed Racer Movie Review by Tim  (5/6/2008) |
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Screeners....sometimes you open up that envelope and see tickets you are excited about and sometimes you don't! I don't normally get excited about kids movies because they only send two tickets and I have two kids which means that I have to choose ONE kid to take with me....and that's always tough. This time it was my...
(complete Speed Racer review by Tim)
| Speed Racer Movie Review by Chris (9/26/2008) |
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Directed by The Wachowski Brothers, 'Speed Racer' is a colorful and inventive film. Based off a cartoon from the 70's or around that period of time, 'Speed Racer' has been reinvented with some new characters (and some old appearences), new visuals and overall a lot of fun. I heard a lot of negative and some positive...
(complete Speed Racer review by Chris)
| Speed Racer Movie Review by Mitch (9/13/2008) |
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So Speed Racer didn't get much love upon release and I don't get it. I'm no Speed Racer fan, having never seen a single complete episode in any incarnation so I can't compare them. I enjoyed all of the Matrix films (of course they went downhill after the first one, but I still dig all the action). V for Vendetta was a...
(complete Speed Racer review by Mitch)
That almost sounds like what the Wachowski brothers said before making this movie (well brother and sister because apparently one has a penchant for cross-dressing, but that is another story.) They have made a good living off overdoing things in movies. They had a good start with the first MATRIX and ruined the franchise...
(complete Speed Racer review by The Alpha Craig)
| Speed Racer Movie Review by Chris (5/31/2008) |
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I think we can finally admit it now. The Wachowski Brothers are hack directors barely a notch above Eli Roth and Uwe Boll who somehow managed to hit the jackpot on a one in a million longshot with The Matrix. Matrix Reloaded took itself way too seriously. Matrix Revolutions pretty much stole everything good from Star Wars...
(complete Speed Racer review by Chris)
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