Yes, the movie was bad, but give this affordable game a chance. It has strong, high speed gameplay featuring worldwide stunt racing (a.k.a. "car fu"), which presents most of the challenges if players want to be rewarded with large bonuses and win races (at speeds up to 400 MPH). Most of the action and game design is based on the movie.
The young Speed Racer and 15 other characters can be selected in the races, including Playstation 2 version exclusive Chim-Chim. Players get minimal background and motivations on the characters; just a beginning narration from Racer X, voiced by Matthew Fox, who also starred in the movie. Christina Ricci and Emile Hirsch also lend their voices as Trixie and Speed Racer respectively.
