[TURBO KID is now available for rent or purchase on VOD.]
Review by Bob Ignizio
While there have been a number of homages that try recapture
the cheesy magic of eighties and early nineties “B” movies (THE EXPENDABLES, KUNG FURY, HOBO WITH A
SHOTGUN, etc.), none of them have fully lived up to their potential for me.
Until now.
TURBO KID is
about as perfect a riff on the eighties subgenre of really cheap ROAD WARRIOR knock offs as one could
hope for. Recognizing that these kind of films are just inherently goofy,
writers/directors Francois Simard, Anouk Whissel, and Yoann-Karl Whissel for
the most part play it straight, only on occasion delivering obvious jokes. And
if you think the idea of the whole cast riding across the post apocalyptic
wasteland on BMX bikes is too over the top to have ever made it into a “real”
movie, then you’ve obviously never seen such vintage classics as PRAYER OF THE ROLLERBOYS.
