REVIEWS Speed Racer Review - A Vibrantly Entertaining Live-Action Cartoon by Alex Billington May 7, 2008 The Wachowskis have amazed again and shown us a world we'll only ever see in their imagination.

I’d certainly watched my fair share of Speed Racer when it was shown on the fledgling Cartoon Network between 1996 and 2001, but would I enjoy a rewatch? Turns out, yes I did.

If I were a 9-year-old no doubt that rating would be a gazillion stars instead of two and a half, but I’m a 45-year-old critic who thinks “Speed Racer” is one of the most interesting looking ...