Young boys are the only suitable audience for Speed Racer, the elaborate live-action ... a champ who died racing. Speed tries to break records to the ac¬companiment of the Wachowskis’ manic ...

"Speed Racer") Mr. PETER FERNANDEZ (As Speed Racer): These are the controls of the most powerful and amazing racing car in the world, the Mach 5. BLAIR: Fans of the 1960s show will remember the ...

But It Proves They Should Make Some Career Changes The racing, the gangs of henchmen and drivers trying to stop Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch), the shady and capitalistic side of racing, the zany ...

The jokey, corny attitude falls away at the right moments, like with Speed Racer's conversations with his parents, when he confronts Racer X about his brother, and the final racing sequence.

Speed Racer chronicles the rise of Speed (Emile Hirsch), a wide-eyed wunderkind desperate to win the Grand Prix racing championship. Yet as Wachowski disciples know, the film is also a ...

But for the most part, “Speed Racer” is on the move, which keeps the eyes busy but also presents plausibility problems for anyone impertinent enough to pose them. The racing venues ...

Speed Racer resists, preferring to stay with his family’s independent racing team. This doesn’t fly, and soon the film becomes the story of the little guy fighting against corporate fat cats ...

Speed Racer confronts these problems head-on but avoids only one of these pitfalls -- the game still struggles with delivering a real rush, but the pursuit of style points while racing, known as ...