Speed Racer
First screened in November 2024
Directors: Lana and Lilly Wachowski. Cast: Emile Hirsch, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Christina Ricci, Paulie Litt, Kick Gurry, Nicholas Elia, Scott Porter, Matthew Fox, Roger Allam, Rain, Nan Yu, Hiroyuki Sanada, Togo Igawa, Karl Yune, Richard Roundtree, Christian Oliver, Benno Fürmann, Moritz Bleibtreu, Peter Fernandez, Melissa Holroyd, Ralph Herforth, Melvil Poupaud, Ben Miles, Nayo Wallace, Ashley Walters. Screenplay: Lana and Lilly Wachowski (based on animated series by Tatsuo Yoshida). In Brief:
Pretty undeniable as lightshow, soundscape, and dive into color. Wachowskis still struggle with pace, story, humanity.
VOR:③
Merits attention from a technical standpoint. Directors deserve praise for invention and risk. But their race track is a dead-ish end. Read more!
