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First look: 'Speed Racer' wheels into live action

Cinematical found this 12/6/2007 on usatoday.com

Four decades later, the story of a family that works out its issues on a racetrack seems a little hokey. So how do you please a YouTube generation that likes its humor ironic and its special effects cutting-edge while pleasing baby boom moviegoers who still remember Trixie's haircut and Chim Chim's jumpsuit? The brothers Wachowski ( The Matrix trilogy, V for Vendetta ) take a crack at updating ...