Turbo Kid is a wild enough burlesque that the audience can ignore a few things that don’t seem quite right.... Harder to ignore is that Turbo Kid, which was first made as a short, struggles to sustain its energy for 89 minutes of evisceration.
Turbo Kid
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Canada, New Zealand, United States · 2015
1h 35m
Director Yoann-Karl Whissell
Starring Munro Chambers, Laurence Leboeuf, Michael Ironside, Aaron Jeffery
Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
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In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, an orphaned teen called The Kid must fight to save the girl of his dreams. He takes on the persona of his favorite comic book superhero, Turbo Rider, and mounts his trusty bicycle to battle a ruthless warlord and win back his love.
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What are critics saying?
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Brad Wheeler
Made for ironicists, Turbo Kid, in its endearingly goofy way, says good things about the power reserves of our childhood – an inner superhero we can call upon when needed.
There’s a good-naturedness to the whole enterprise that makes it pleasing despite its lack of truly inspired moments.
The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
A pitch-perfect pastiche that never mocks its inspirations, the picture is silly fun to warm the hearts of aging fanboys and delight hipsters who weren't yet born the first time Mel Gibson donned Max's leathers.
RogerEbert.com by Simon Abrams
The film is, in that sense, the ultimate fan film since it monotonously aggregates previously existing scifi/fantasy tropes. Rejoice, Gen X viewers, for now you can uncritically enjoy your childhood's junk food culture just because you're looking at the past through the rose-colored lenses of the future.
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