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Organnall Too much about the plot just didn't add up, the writing was bad, some of the scenes were cringey and awkward,

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

puppe-75017 By far on the the best little post-acpo retro movies ive seen yet (tbh im to tired to write)

Fluke_Skywalker Plot; In the post apocalyptic future of 1997, a young man adopts the mantle of his comic book hero and takes on a tyrannical warlord.Quirky indie flick out of Canada feels like a winking love letter to the Cannon Films catalog from the 1980s. But under its copious amounts of gore (and I do mean copious) beats a real genuine heart, and in the end that's what drives Turbo Kid past the red line. In particular is the performance of actress Laurence LeBoeuf as the infectiously enthusiastic Apple. If you don't fall in love with her, you may want to check and see if you have a heart.

michaelsoful 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.

Eric Murphy This movie, for some reason, was rated 80%+ on that Rotten something site which fooled me into it. To sum up in few words. It's cheap, boring, predictable, disgusting, idiotic. It's like a Tarantino wannabe just finished a mediocre film school in Canada and then was able to lure the government people who has no experiences in film industry to give him some subsidized money to produce a low budget pointless movie just so that they can promote the location where the film was made. If some point in your life loved watching the Japanese-made Power Rangers or some kind of low budget candy super heroes thingy, this might be the movie for you. But you also have to like some disgusting things like blood and gore too, because this Tarantino wannabe made blood splashed like the waterspout in Yellowstone. Human's organs was cut and throwing around like it was supposed to be funny. Well, yeah, if you are a fan of Happy Tree Friends. The only thing that kept me watching this is the bimbo robot that made me slightly wondered that she might be hot in real life. Sometimes, there are movies you think they are not worth spending money to watch, this one was not even worth your time. I think some people rate this good just because they are nostalgic about the idea of 80's apocalypse, which was executed badly, or they just simply sadistically sick people.