Speed Racer

Location - Cineleisure

Drink - Coke

So I got in pretty much on time for this movie, being a Sunday and about 5 hours till the Man Utd vs Wigan game (ITS LEGENDARY). Expectations for this film was pretty low cause after all, it was a kids cartoon show back when I was 10 and only followed it cause I thought it was quite similar to Whacky Racers.

Story starts off with the main character Speed and his attachment to his brother Rex, who is a racing driver and pretty much his idol in life. Things start to change when Rex decides not to drive for his father’s team and switches to another. Tragically Rex dies in a car accident racing in a very dangerous cross country rally circuit. Fast-forward and Speed has taken over where his brother left off except this time he stays true to his father’s team. This is until the whole family gets a pretty generous offer from Royalton Motors.

Taejo's Halloween parties were usually under strict invites only

You get heck of a lot of Matrix type shots (the slow-mo kung style) in this movie for starters. Then you feel it’s starting to turn into bit of an adult film but wait, there’s that annoying kid with the monkey again. I suppose that is exactly the problem with this movie. It’s almost half kid and half grown up. You can feel that the makers were trying to stretch out of the kiddies’ genre and venture into the middle age youth market with its effects and general awesome camera shots. Do constantly remind yourself that it is a FAMILY film. You can’t go in thinking, “nah wait that don’t make sense man”, it never will especially since our hero does wear a male scarf.

Mach 5 - a very fast car

Still, the movie was pretty well done. It’s almost kind of like a Cat in the Hat meets the Matrix kind of movie. Most people will actually like this film cause its immensely light hearted. Plus, there’s even Rain in this movie. Good thing he didn’t sing the theme though.

Stars – 3.8/5

Non-shock of the hour – Rain can't speak Engrish.

Nothing Like – RV starring Robin Williams.