Speed Racer
Alright, so raise your hand if you have no clue what this cartoon turned live-action film is about. Don't try looking at the trailer for any revealing details. The most you'll get is that it's about a race car driver...which the title tells you. But if you do some digging around you'll learn that this was a 1960's Japanese cartoon about a boy who was born to race. After his older brother, Rex Racer (Scott Porter from "Friday Night Lights"), dies in the most dangerous race there is, The Crucible, Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch)--yes, that's his name--becomes determined to live out his brother's dream. Using his dad's (John Goodman) incredible Mach 5, he races down the track in fixed competitions that are controlled by ruthless moguls out to make a buck. When Royalton, a big tycoon, offers Speed a lucrative deal and Speed rejects him, he fixes the race so that Speed doesn't get out alive. So basically it's a longer version of Star Wars: Episode I's race scene with cheesy Spy Kids' graphics. The most interesting aspect of it is that Speed has to team up with his rival Racer X (Matthew Fox) in order to win The Crucible and take down Royalton, and even that's pushing it. Here's hoping the fast cars and nostalgia can lure people to the theaters May 9th.
Alright, so raise your hand if you have no clue what this cartoon turned live-action film is about. Don't try looking at the trailer for any revealing details. The most you'll get is that it's about a race car driver...which the title tells you. But if you do some digging around you'll learn that this was a 1960's Japanese cartoon about a boy who was born to race. After his older brother, Rex Racer (Scott Porter from "Friday Night Lights"), dies in the most dangerous race there is, The Crucible, Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch)--yes, that's his name--becomes determined to live out his brother's dream. Using his dad's (John Goodman) incredible Mach 5, he races down the track in fixed competitions that are controlled by ruthless moguls out to make a buck. When Royalton, a big tycoon, offers Speed a lucrative deal and Speed rejects him, he fixes the race so that Speed doesn't get out alive. So basically it's a longer version of Star Wars: Episode I's race scene with cheesy Spy Kids' graphics. The most interesting aspect of it is that Speed has to team up with his rival Racer X (Matthew Fox) in order to win The Crucible and take down Royalton, and even that's pushing it. Here's hoping the fast cars and nostalgia can lure people to the theaters May 9th.
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