Speed Racer is the big screen adaptation of the classic anime series of the same name from the 1960’s, which signaled western audiences first taste of eastern animation. The film would live or die by the translation of the style of the series and for the most part writer/director duo the Wachowski Brothers (of Matrix fame) have done a fairly successful job of bringing it to not only live action, but in updating the source material after nearly half a century.

Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is a young racing obsessed driver, who hails from a racing obsessed family. Driving the family designed vehicle, the Mach 5, Speed whips the racing world into a frenzy, until he catches the eye of racing mogul Mr. Royalton (Roger Allam). Royalton desperately wants Racer to join his company, Royalton Industries, but his motives may be in question.



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