Seinfeld

SEINFELD BLOG

Speed Racer (Three-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]

starring: Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox
directed by: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski

: Speed Racer (Three-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]
See Larger Image
List Price: $35.99
You Pay Only: $19.99
You Save: $16.00 (44%)
Prices subject to change.



Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours




Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0085391176459
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: September 16, 2008
Running Time: 135 minutes
Sales Rank: 479
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2008



Related Items:

Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/16/2008 Run time: 116 minutes Rating: Pg

Amazon.com:
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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

Emile Hirsch plays Speed Racer, younger brother of a deceased racing legend, Rex, and son of car designer Pops (John Goodman). The latter invented Speed's Mach 5, and is singularly unimpressed by an offer from a giant conglomerate that would lock Speed into exclusive racing services. Speed opts instead for family loyalty, incurring the wrath of the conglomerate's unctuous head (Roger Allam). With family honor on the line and the affections of girlfriend Trixie (Christina Ricci) behind him, Speed hits the track in hopes of fulfilling his destiny as a master racer. The cast is largely enjoyable, including Susan Sarandon as Speed's mom, Matthew Fox as mysterious Racer X, and a pair of chimps as the irrepressible Chim-Chim. All well and good, but in a movie that lives or dies by the excitement level of races that look like computer-animated Hot Wheels action, Speed Racer is a dreary adventure. --Tom Keogh



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Go SPEED
simply brilliant!!! Love the film and the complete Unique style of the visuals. I heard bad things ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A gem.
The Wachowski Brothers' (The Matrix Trilogy) adaptation of the Japanese children's cartoon Speed Racer ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - A flashy,enjoyable family movie
I enjoyed this movie very much, the effects and action scenes were amazing and I think the wachowski's ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Two boys' review: The racing is jaw-dropping, the rest is yawn-inducing
I have two sons, ages 6 and 4, who love to play Mario Kart on the Nintendo DS. They loved the racing scenese ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A Treat For The Visual & Audio Senses
If you're into color, this film is for you. It's hard to imagine a movie with more and bolder colors and wild ... Read More

More Speed Racer (Three-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy) [Blu-ray] Reviews

Browse for similar items by category:







Copyright ©2003, Mark Carey.