Directed and Written by : François Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell
Starring : Munro Chambers, Laurence Leboeuf, Michael Ironside, Edwin Wright, Aaron Jeffery
Release Date : August 14, 2015
What happens when you make a movie that is heavy on BMX bikes, over-the-top splatter gore, a 1980's visual aesthetic, set in an alternate reality post-apocalyptic 1997 that's not too far off from Mad Max? You get "Turbo Kid." This feels like a movie that somebody might find in a straight-to-video bargain bin in a video rental shop, and that's me giving it a compliment.
This is the kind of B-movie experience that a kid could easily gravitate to, because it's fantastical enough, and contains graphic content that somebody young would find edgy. Adults on the other hand should appreciate the homage to this type of movie that's not being made much anymore. It's charming to see the low budget visuals, the outlandish premise, and the sheer silly imagination that this brings.
The actors here aren't doing anything particularly great, but just enough for the audience to care about them. This movie has fun characters from the kid with a superpower gauntlet, a cowboy arm wrestling champion, to a sinister skull mask wearing henchman with a buzz-saw weapon. Actors like Laurence Leboeuf and Michael Ironside seem like they are really enjoying playing their characters and it only makes things better when they are chewing the scenery.
Released in the same year as "Kung Fury;" the other '80s action movie homage, "Turbo Kid" could be the perfect movie to be seen back to back with it. Of course the movie is a bit cheesy and not without it's flaws, but the fun simplicity of it's execution is something I can root for.
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