Speed Racer

From the creators of 'The Matrix' trilogy comes a world built for speed.

A young man with a talent for racing is doing well in the family racing business. He is still haunted by the memory of his older brother, who died in a notorious race called ''The Crucible.'' After turning down an offer from a rich businessman, he learns that powerful people are fixing some races. He feels the only way to beat these people is to win The Crucible, so he teams up with his mysterious masked rival to do just that. The film is based on a Japanese Anime television series from the 1970s. Expect your senses to be assailed by an overdose of colour and music.

135 minutes.
Mature Accompaniment under 10.
Action, Family, Sports.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

I am the One!

Credits

Cast	Emile Hirsch, Nicholas Elia, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Melissa Holroyd, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox
Director	Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Screenplay	Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski, based on the television series by Tatsuo Yoshida
Music	Michael Giacchino
Cinematography	David Tattersall
Editing	Roger Barton, Zach Staenberg
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2008
Produced by	Warner Bros. Pictures, Anarchos Productions, Sechste Babelsberg Film, Silver Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures

Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Action, comedy
Language	Some
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Some, moderate
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	None
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Adjusted Childcare Action Project (CAP) Report (USA)

Category	Score (-50 to 50)
Wanton Violence / Crime	-50
Impudence / Hate	-4
Sexual Immorality	9
Drugs / Alcohol	6
Offence to God	20
Murder / Suicide	50
Final score	7

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Atiyyah Khan Perhaps if you're a 10-year-old boy, obsessed with video-games, then maybe this one is for you.	5
Die Burger Jacques Liebenberg	5
Cape Times Carina Chocano	5
iAfrica.com Donna Cooper	1
The Citizen David Jenkin	12
Sunday Times Barry Ronge	5
24.com Megan Kakora	10
eye Weekly Adam Nayman The presentation is so assaultive that it dulls any appreciation for the work that went into achieving it. Speed Racer wears you down to the nub.	1
ReelViews James Berardinelli Speed Racer passes the barrier between 21st century innovation and psychedelic diarrhea long before the cars have come close to the finish line.	10
Rolling Stone Peter Travers As in The Matrix, the Wachowskis create a simulated reality with style and vision. But this time the machines win. Speed Racer feels untouched by human hands.	10
ScreenIt Fast and furious, Speed Racer ultimately becomes nothing more than a pretty bore.	8
Rottentomatoes critics 180 critics	10
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer The Wachowski Brothers have overloaded Speed Racer with headache-inducing special effects, and neglected to develop a coherent storyline.	7
What the People say
Internet 11932 Netizens An Interesting Transformation from Animation to Live Action!	13
Average .. 36%	7