Skip to content
Eye Logo link to homepageEye Film Museum Logo, link to homepage
still Speed Racer (Lilly Wachowski & Lana Wachowski, US/AU/DE 2008)

Speed Racer

Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski / US, AU, DE, 2008 / 135 min.

Megalomaniac multinational conglomerates rule the roost in the hyper-energetic Speed Racer, in which deadly car races entertain the populace. Back in 2008, the world simply wasn’t yet ready for this family film from the Wachowskis. Now, the candy coloured fever dream is a thrilling joyride.

poster Speed Racer (Lilly Wachowski & Lana Wachowski, US/AU/DE 2008)
Speed Racer, a live-action adaptation of the anime about an 18-year-old racing driver, flopped at the box office. But now this family film with Emile Hirsch, Susan Sarandon and John Goodman is a cult classic, which according to its fans was simply misunderstood at the time.

This is part of

Details

Persons under 6 years must be accompanied by an adultThis movie contains scenes of violenceScenes from this movie may cause fear

Director

Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski

Production year

2008

Country

US, AU, DE

Original title

Speed Racer

Length

135 min.

Language

English

Subtitles

NONE

Format

DCP

Part of

Feat or Failure

Magnum opus or flawed masterpiece? No film divided opinion at the last Cannes film festival as much as Francis Ford Coppola's latest epic, Megalopolis. To accompany the première, Eye is screening a selection of other films that turned out to be way ahead of their time – in spite of not being well understood in their own era.

Learn more
campaign image Feat or Failure
still Speed Racer (Lilly Wachowski & Lana Wachowski, US/AU/DE 2008)
still Speed Racer (Lilly Wachowski & Lana Wachowski, US/AU/DE 2008)
Planning on having a drink or a bite to eat? Book online for Eye Bar & Restaurant.
Share your love for film and become a member of the Eye Society.
NLEN
;

Current exhibition

  • 18 January — 1 June 2025

    Nuri Bilge Ceylan

    Inner Landscapes

Films, talks & events

Show everything

for anytime

in all languages

Sort by