It's 1997. In a ruined post-apocalyptic world, the orphaned Kid survives on his own through drought-ridden nuclear winter, traversing the Wasteland on his BMX, scavenging for scraps to trade for a scant supply of water. When his perpetually chipper, pink-haired new best friend Apple is kidnapped by a minion of evil overlord Zeus, the Kid summons the courage of his comic book hero and prepares to deliver turbocharged justice to Zeus, his buzzsaw-handed sidekick Skeletron, and their vicious masked army. In Wasteland's vast and barren deserts of scrap and debris in a post-apocalyptic 1997 where water is the new currency, the reclusive orphaned scavenger and die-hard comic aficionado known only as the Kid, barely manages to survive, trading relics of a bygone time for food and water. Living constantly under the sadistic monarch Zeus' heavy thumb, the Kid who struggles to lay low, is utterly unprepared for the unforeseen encounter–let alone, friendship–with the lively and free-spirited, Apple, who can't take no for an answer. However, only when Apple falls into Zeus' hands will Kid realise that his beloved Turbo Rider's newly-found high-tech justice-enforcing gear is meant for a true hero sworn to defend those in need. Will the skittish Kid step up to truly become the Turbo Kid? Why this movie gets a 6.6 rating is beyond my comprehension. It's just a terrible movie. It's like they gave a bunch of kids a budget to make a movie. Apart of some bloody gory slasher moments everything else is wrong. It might be a B-movie but honestly B is too high for this garbage. The storyline is very weak if non-existent, the extras are just terrible, the costumes look like they cost one dollar for two, and the soundtrack and sound effects are just awful. Why Michael Ironside would contribute in such a disastrous movie will always remain a mystery to me. And how this movie is getting such a high rating while some very good movies barely get a five is just scandalous. Is it me that has no taste at all or are it the other reviewers? I start wondering honestly. The only thing that comes into mind when I think of this movie is the hard-R, over-the-top gore. Much more gory than I expected. It's comparable to "Happy Tree Friends" in terms of gore. The only difference is that it's just gore. Body parts don't fly out, and it's not as gross or uncomfortable.<br/><br/>IMO, the gore is just distracting, and there was some overacting. There were some good lines of dialogue, though.<br/><br/>Pros:<br/><br/><ul><li>Some good action</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>Occasionally funny dialogue</li></ul><br/><br/>Cons:<br/><br/><ul><li>Mediocre acting</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>Distracting gore</li></ul><br/><br/>Review: 6 Working from a well-worn template, Turbo Kid nonetheless delivers on all fronts. The one-note characters you’ve seen a million times still surprise with solid performances and refreshing eccentricities thrown in for good measure.
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