Nice effects though.

Crappy film

Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

TURBO KID is an enjoyable independent science fiction flick that enjoyed some attention on release from cult and B-movie fans, who it seems to have been made for. It was shot in Canada and funded by New Zealand, and it's very much a budget version of MAD MAX, set in a quarry pounded by acid rain. Vehicles are extinct and characters travel around on BMX bikes while '80s-style pop music plays. The cast is unknown, but the actors give fun, larger than life performances, none more so than guest villain Michael Ironside who still has it all these decades after coming to fame. The film is most notable for featuring a string of exceptionally gory special effects utilising both CGI and prosthetics. The gore is cheesy, camp, and way over the top, very much like the Japanese B-movie cycle of films including MACHINE GIRL and TOKYO GORE POLICE. This alone makes it a fun watch.

So good I could hope the apocalypse! This film is a true masterpiece in the homage to low budget 80s action films about the future genre. It kept me engaged through the entire film, made fun the genre it falls into and it legitimately funny. I look forward to the second one and hope for a nationwide release.

I really wanted to like this movie. The trailer hit all the right notes for me and I was psyched to go see it. Turbo Kid played one weekend in my town and I missed it. Luckily Netflix came along and made it available. I will not say it is a waste of time, just a waste of potential. Here is where spoilers may dwell. I thought it had a decent opening, following this lonely kid as he scavenged a post nuclear apocalyptic landscape. The walkman cuing up the 80's montage song was funny, but like the kid who collected artifacts from a bygone decade that's all this movie really does. It takes from all the BMX movies, the post apocalypse movies. Definitely Zombieland with his list of survival rules. I don't need all that nostalgia without a payoff. Turbo Kid gets some life when Apple shows up. An oddly cheery blonde female who isn't quite right. Leboeuf steals the show with her character. Not much of a show to steal but it's hers. The script was solid when it centered around this young odd couple. Where the writing failed this project was nearly everything that wasn't them. The Aussie/Kiwi Cowboy was very out of place. He seemingly maintained the peace in this "village" that was under the thumb of a cycloptic warlord. Zeus, yep his name is Zeus and he is portrayed by Micheal Ironside who is what you would expect. No let down there. The settings are not well established at all. This town/village is never shown or established in a competent manner. I know, I know, B-Movie here. That does not excuse a lack of fundamentals in story telling. Weather it's a comic, a game or a movie. You still need to set the stage for everything to play out in. So it's a hodge podge really. Then there is the splatter. Which really I think is another weak link. The gore for the most part is not exciting or all that grotesque. It's just kind of there. The laser blasts are well done. Turbo Kid eviscerates quite a few baddies and that all looks good. All the cross section, dissections are clunky. Like bad 70's samurai movies. I know, I know B-Movie. But you have to have some consistent effects work to get some thrills. These are not thrilling effects. From the mid point on the film becomes predictable and follows all the tropes of the movies I assume they are paying homage to. When the girl is captured and the Kid comes to the rescue. Later on the Kid and the Cowboy are surrounded and she (Apple) comes to the rescue. So on and so forth. It has feeling and that is it's best quality. I'm not a teen or twenty something so I need a bit more than that even in a B-movie schlock fest. Turbo Kid has the coherence of the Toxic Avenger and that is what broke the spell for me. It worked when I was naive but I have more discerning tastes now. I think this could have been a solid film had they focused mostly on the couple and had the rest of the story and characters run through them. Oh well not a total waste. Set laser to meh.

Turbo Kid is an instant classic in the making. I recommend this movie to anyone that's into 80/90s dark comedy movies, mix with daytime or old school silly cartoons. It start at slow pace in the beginning when the kid (Munro Chambers) Scavenging in a post apocalypse wasteland collecting junk items trades it for water. Later on as the movie progress we get to learn more about his character and the people he meet along the way. The thing I like about Turbo Kid is it's characters. All of the characters The Kid, Apple and Skeletron are easily memorable. Skeletron(Edwin Wright) is a villain like Michael Myers, Jason, and leader face that doesn't utter a word just kills. The thing that separate Skeletron from those other villains is his humor; he so different an original villain of his own because the expression he gives a funny humor vibe killing his victims. Skeletron is a live action cartoon villain with humor base on his expression. Apple (Laurence Leboeuf) is energetic, very lively, animated and active, but her character keeps progressing and you will see a lot of development in this character. She start to tone down her active status throughout the movie. You will start to learn more why she's that way if keep watching.The movie start at slow pace in beginning but delivers in a lot of other areas which I enjoy. The main scenes I enjoy was the fight scenes (the pool party) and (the final battle) a lot of Gore and slicing which I find interestingly weird and creative in a unique way. I'm myself really not into Gore but once you keep watching the movie over and over again you find yourself getting use to it. I Also like that this movie had all the characters traveling on bikes the whole time.I here a lot of people comparing Turbo Kid to a lot of 80s classic and Mad Max. I watch all those films and Turbo Kid is far different. I have to say Turbo Kid is more violent than Mad Max because the Gore. The first Mad Max had more romance than Turbo Kid; Turbo Kid is not a romance movie because Apple and The Kid was just friends; more like a buddy duo not much romance. Turbo Kid is all Sci-fi, action, adventure and a little fantasy. Mad Max 1979 is action mix with romance. It show less adventure and sci-fi than Turbo Kid. Many Mad Max fans don't want to admit that it's less violent. Turbo Kid is way more creative and violent it's like retro mixture of cartoon violent for adults. The only problem Mad Max fans holding a grudge over Turbo Kid because it's more brutal than Mad Max with the Gore two completely different movies. Mad Max 1979 is ashamed to include the romance genre because it's adults and young male audiences it tackled to but theirs way more romance in Mad Max then in Turbo kid. Turbo Kid doesn't really have romance because the friendship was shown more. Max character was to soften for the romance. Turbo Kid wasn't mocking anything from Mad Max or The 80s film. This movie has some originality of it's own. The only thing is the same is both set in post apocalypse wasteland.Back to Turbo Kid I love Apple and the Kid friendship so cartoon and quirky; everything about this movie had some originality and creative. All the characters costumes designing was original and creative. Skeletron iron skull mask, saw blade was so different created for a character. The Kid and Apple first and second wardrobe costume was original and creative as well. The fight scenes shows a different form of originality from high budget action movies Turbo Kid separated itself from high budget movies by showing it's creative side during a fight scene. Like in the final battle we have body on body which was unique thinking about weird stuff happening in cartoons that's the vibe I get from that scene. This movie had a lot of creativity behind it that separates from Mad Max 1979 and 80s classic. I never get why fans call action movies like marvel and dc masterpiece with no creative art in those film. As a artist you can call Turbo Kid and any indie film a masterpiece. It's a lot of different forms of art in this movie sci-fi, Gore artist; Some colorful mix with dark. When Kid blast the giant man (at the pool party) I say that was art with blood and guts. Some of these art you can see in art galleries, museums violent Gore painting. Some may not get a film like this because they never been into art. In the movie I like the bond between Frederic and The Kid its like a father and son relationship that I hope continues. All the characters connects well throughout the movie it shows more when all three characters The Kid, Frederic and Apple work well together fighting off Zeus( Michael Ironside) and his crew. After watching this countless times; this movie earned the title as my new favorite movie. It's been a long time I felt this way because Turbo Kid really is something different that you can enjoy for yourself.