At the same time the film's hyper-real equivalent of the old Speed Racer cartoon's great whoosh of color motion and edgy production design-such as inventive uses of scene-changing wipes bold framing shifting perspectives-are more overbearing than fun.Įmile Hirsch plays Speed Racer younger brother of a deceased racing legend Rex and son of car designer Pops (John Goodman). After a while one simply surrenders to the unbroken din of dialogue concerning corporate chicanery corruption in the sport of racing and a value conflict between racing as a family business versus multinational cash cow. Where the rich mythmaking of The Matrix was entirely accessible however Speed Racer's overwhelming and gratuitously complicated story exposition is an enormous challenge to follow let alone embrace. Adapted for the big screen as a live-action feature Speed Racer is written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski the sibling team behind the intensely satisfying The Matrix and its busier less interesting sequels. An over-the-top sensory overload experience determined to replicate its frantic television-anime origins Speed Racer is wild enough to induce a headache or wow a viewer with one dazzling effect after another.
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