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Born into the family business of race cars, Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is one of the track's hottest stars. Sitting behind the wheel of his awesome Mach 5, Speed consistently blows away the competition. When Speed turns down an offer from the head of Royalton Industries, he uncovers a terrible secret: powerful moguls are fixing the races to boost their profits. Hoping to beat Royalton at his own game, Speed enters the same grueling cross-country race that claimed his beloved brother's life.
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Entertaining in fits and starts, "Speed Racer" gets the one thing wrong it should get right: its race scenes.
Highly stylized, colorized and otherwise computerized, Andy and Larry Wachowski's (the "Matrix" trilogy) adaptation of the 1960s Japanese anime series bursts with vibrant colors, superimposed images and up-to-the-minute animation technology merged with live action.
It's all there: the whoosh and bash of close-contact racing, the raised-oval sliding, the loop-de-loops. All but the ability to discern what's going on.
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