REVIEW: Speed Racer

I’m not surprised this movie bombed over the weekend. It suffers from too much gee whiz and not enough solid craft. It’s an endless blur of CGI and color mixed with a lot of talking heads with sporadic action. The end result is a too long, too silly story about evil corporate sponsors vs race car drivers for justice.

I think they were trying for something cutting edge, thinking kids have grown up on video games, so lets make a whole movie that looks like one.  The sad thing is, the 1960s cartoon had better animation that sections of this film. It was too gaudy and grainy in places and the colors would make a gay fashion designer wince.

The script was as cartoony as the look of the film. Over all, it screams “rental.”

I think I’ll check out Forbidden Kingdom or Red Belt next. 

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