In the world of violent, high-speed racing, brothers Rex and Speed Racer become rivals as powerful racer Mondragan manipulates their careers in order to kill them both during the world championships, but the brothers learn its all just an act of vengeance against Pops Racer, who caused the death of Mondragan's father in a race long ago.
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- Speed Racer
- PG (Contains moderate fantasy violence and martial arts sequences)
- Cast
- Emile Hirsch, Nicholas Elia, Susan Sarandon, Ariel Winter, Scott Porter, Peter Fernandez, Harvey Friedman
- Director
- Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
- Producer
- Joel Silver, Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
- Writer
- Patrick Johnson, Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski, Tatsuo Yoshida
- Duration
- 02:15:00
- Official Site
- http://speedracerthemovie.warnerbros.com/
- Release
- Friday May 9 2008
- Genre
- Action/Adventure
- Distributor
- Warner Bros.
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