Speed Racer

A world built for speed.

6.3
20082h 15m

Speed Racer is a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, Speed must team up with the police and the mysterious Racer X to bring an end to the corruption and criminal activities.

Production

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Trailers & Videos

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Original Theatrical Trailer

Thumbnail for video: SPEED RACER — The Wachowskis go full throttle | MUBI Podcast

SPEED RACER — The Wachowskis go full throttle | MUBI Podcast

Thumbnail for video: SPEED RACER (2008) Featurette HD

SPEED RACER (2008) Featurette HD

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Go Behind the Scenes of Speed Racer (2008)

Thumbnail for video: 'The Final Race' Scene | Speed Racer (2008) Movie Clip

'The Final Race' Scene | Speed Racer (2008) Movie Clip

Cast

Photo of Emile Hirsch

Emile Hirsch

Speed Racer

Photo of John Goodman

John Goodman

Pops Racer

Photo of Benno Fürmann

Benno Fürmann

Inspector Detector

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Rain

Taejo Togokahn

Photo of Karl Yune

Karl Yune

Taejo Body Guard

Photo of Ariel Winter

Ariel Winter

Young Trixie

Photo of Roger Allam

Roger Allam

Royalton

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Paulie Litt

Spritle Racer

Photo of John Benfield

John Benfield

Cruncher Block

Photo of Christian Oliver

Christian Oliver

Snake Oiler

Photo of Ralph Herforth

Ralph Herforth

Cannonball Taylor

Photo of Scott Porter

Scott Porter

Rex Racer

Photo of Yu Nan

Yu Nan

Horuko Togokahn

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Reviews

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Wehrmacht

4/10

The only people who'll enjoy this Attention-Deficit-Disorder nightmare are those who've never seen an episode of the original anime in their lives. In other words, children.

Sure, there's some fun to be had for adults in seeing how all of the well-known characterisations from your own childhood have been lobotomised by their modern, live action counterparts.

Ultimately, though, you'll come to the conclusion that "Speed" was what the director(s) were on when they spliced together 120 minutes worth of 3-second zoom/pan/sensory-overload scenes.

Your eyes, and very probably your brain, will be dissolving by the end of this acid trip, so exhausting are the visuals. It's _almost_ as if they wanted to go the **complete opposite** of the original series' sparsely-detailed animation by packing every single frame as full of colour & movement & distraction & pointlessness as they possibly could.

No, not _almost_... it's what they actually did! Adults should press their "A" button and leap over this drivel.

You've reached the end.