By Christopher K House
Turbo Kid is based on the short film T Is For Turbo, written and directed by the trio of Francois Simard, Anouk Whissell and Yoann-Karl Whissell. It never pretends to be anything it's not. Nothing short of a blast from the past that is humorous and witty. Turbo Kid is the story of "The Kid" (Munro Chambers) who is all alone in the distant, post apocalyptic future of 1997. Combing the wasteland for anything he can to survive. Alone in his way too awesome hideout, he reads comic books and worships the fictional comic book hero "Turbo Rider". The future has a tyrannical overlord bent on ruling the world, Zeus (Michael Ironside) who rules with an iron fist alongside his henchmen. On one of his scavenging outings, The Kid encounters a young woman named Apple (Laurence Leboeuf) who become enamored with the reluctant Kid.
When The Kid uncovers a crashed ship, he finds it holds a deceased soldier donning a suit similar to his idol "Turbo Rider". Attempting to avoid Zeus' thugs, they are surrounded by a group of some of his worst. Apple is kidnapped and The Kid narrowly escapes. It's up to The Kid to don the super suit and save his friend and, the world from Zeus.
The Film is an obvious homage to 1980's sci fi action flicks like Ice Pirates, Mega Force or Metalstorm. It doesn't take itself seriously and has clever 1980's dialogue. For an independent B film, the production quality and costumes were top notch. rivaling even the biggest Hollywood blockbusters. To say the film was Mad Max on BMX bikes is a very accurate description. Every one had a rad BMX, even the bad guys.
The acting in the film was top notch, Ironside is the perfect villain. Munro Chambers, best known for Degrassi - The Next Generation was likable as the solitary Kid. Everything about Turbo Kid just worked. With films like this and the sensational short film "Kung Fury", these homages are hilariously cheesy and I hope there are more like them. From the fake intro to the credits, this is a heck of a good time. Turbo Kid is playing at the 2015 Milwaukee Film Festival and is not to be missed.
Rating A
When The Kid uncovers a crashed ship, he finds it holds a deceased soldier donning a suit similar to his idol "Turbo Rider". Attempting to avoid Zeus' thugs, they are surrounded by a group of some of his worst. Apple is kidnapped and The Kid narrowly escapes. It's up to The Kid to don the super suit and save his friend and, the world from Zeus.
The Film is an obvious homage to 1980's sci fi action flicks like Ice Pirates, Mega Force or Metalstorm. It doesn't take itself seriously and has clever 1980's dialogue. For an independent B film, the production quality and costumes were top notch. rivaling even the biggest Hollywood blockbusters. To say the film was Mad Max on BMX bikes is a very accurate description. Every one had a rad BMX, even the bad guys.
The acting in the film was top notch, Ironside is the perfect villain. Munro Chambers, best known for Degrassi - The Next Generation was likable as the solitary Kid. Everything about Turbo Kid just worked. With films like this and the sensational short film "Kung Fury", these homages are hilariously cheesy and I hope there are more like them. From the fake intro to the credits, this is a heck of a good time. Turbo Kid is playing at the 2015 Milwaukee Film Festival and is not to be missed.
Rating A
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