Speed Racer
Probably a bit of a marmite movie. It will split the audience into love/hate, but I must admit I didn't hate it as much as I thought and actually enjoyed it at times.
Be prepared for a pastel coloured assault on the senses as this film is like watching a computer generated kaledescope at times.
The races are multicoloured, fast and furious as the cars flip, corkscrew and do some kind of strange car kung-fu to stay on the track. There is absolutly no basis in realistic physics in this movie. It really is a living cartoon.
Unfortunatly off the track things are a bit boring, the plot is wafer thin, the twist you see coming a mile off and Speed's family are a tad annoying (They certainly could have done without the not-funny comedy little brother and his monkey sidekick). Christina Ricci as the girlfriend is a cute as a button though so that's not bad.
It is all very fake and pointless. So why was I having fun .
I'm fairly sure this movie is like some kind of LSD fueled dream and any moment I'm going to get the withdrawl.
5/10
Trailer -
http://speedracerthemovie.warnerbros.com/
