Speed Racer: Go Speed Go !

Directors: Andy and Larry Wachowski
Writers: Andy and Larry Wachowski
Producers: Grant Hill, Andy and Larry Wachowski, and Joe Silver,

Starring: Emile Hirsch as Speed, Susan Sarandon as Mom, John Goodman as Pop, Christina Ricci as Trixie, Matthew Fox as Racer X, Paulie Litt as Spritle, Willy and Kenzie as Chim Chim, Kick Gurry as Sparkie, and Scott Porter as Rex(IMDb). Rated-PG.

All Speed can think about is race car driving, and he wishes to be like his big brother Rex who is potentially the best race car driver in town. However, the world of racing is corrupt, and spearheaded by corporate giants who work with hoodlums who bribe crooked race car drivers. This is the lesson speed learns when he matures into the most exciting race car driver since his older brother Rex.

This film had a lot color, cartoon like in a way that was not so annoying. The cartoon like appearance in the film was executed nicely with astounding originality reminiscent of the live Dick Tracy(1990) film starring Al Pacino, and Warren Beatty. Very imaginative, and very different, with an overt childlike element that made the tone of the film delightfully silly.

Regarding the story, often it was difficult to anticipate where the story was going thus creating lag in the flow of the scenes. What was helpful however, was how the editing was used to explain the background of Speed concisely. Throughout the film the editing was an explanatory agent with a bit of fanciness, because the style of the editing that was used was amusing, but effective.

Over all this movie was OK. It was entertaining family fun and it's worth seeing on the big screen because of the special effects. The casting was good, and the actors had good chemistry on screen. According to Movies.com, the fans gave it a B, the critics gave it a C, and I will side with neither and grade it a C+. Stay tuned, Movieporium.blogspot.com.