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  Review by Elijah Davidson ★★★★

  Imagine Sam Raimi and James Cameron got together to make a Mega Man movie for a buck twenty-five.

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  Review by Todd Gaines ★★★★ 47

  The year is 1997. In a post-apocalyptic world where water is king; an orphaned kid named The Kid spends his days riding his BMX bike and scavenging the edges of the wasteland searching for anything he can use to trade to a local bartender for his favorite comic book, Turbo Rider. You see, Turbo Rider is a superhero, who does super things. The comic causes The Kid's imagination to run wild, and he dreams of becoming a superhero. One day, while roaming the dirt roads, he meets a charming young lady named Apple. The next day, he accidentally finds a Super Power Glove that turns him into a bootleg version of Turbo Rider. Along with a cowboy arm-wrestling champion named…

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  Review by DirkH ★★★★★ 5

  There have been many films of late that try to capture the vibe of days gone by, of iconic cinematic eras and in doing so pay tribute to them. There haven't been any that have done this as successfully as Turbo Kid.

  A common pitfall is losing yourself in your tribute and going so far overboard that you're almost overindulging in stylistic mannerisms. Trying too hard will only make you come across as desperate. The thing that Turbo Kid does so well (and this is the main reason for me giving it full marks) is being genuine. This is a genuine labour of love. An attempt to not make a tribute to the glorious 80s but to actually make a…

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  Review by Meli🐢🌻🎧 ★★★★½ 7

  Since the movie began I was already loving it. I swEAR I don’t know why but this has something that just turned it into an instant favorite for me. I loved the context of the movie, it might not seem that original and it even reminds you of certain movies at certain times, like Rango or Snatch, but despite that, the film has a lot of elements that make it suuuper unique. Like the characters design, or even the fact that the futuristic dystopian world where the story takes place in is set in the 90s and I was miND BLOWED by that interesting take. I loved that they explode that 90s vibe in such a good way, like they even…

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  Review by Blake Bergman "Various Spaghetti" ★★★★

  "Turbo Kid" is a feel-good fun ride into an apocalyptic sci-fi foray that comes with heavy doses of nostalgia. Sent in the apocalyptic future of 1997, the land has become an area of pure desolation. Marauding gangs rule the land, controlling life nurturing resources for the few that survived an end of days event that almost caused mass extinction. Growing up as an orphan in the wasteland, an unnamed kid in originality bears the moniker of "Turbo Kid" after an inspirational build reading "Turbo Man" comic from the before times. He zooms around the wasteland on his sweet BMX bike with his tagalong companion named "Apple" as they encounter various foes led by the notorious junk lord Zeus.

  While the…

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  Review by matt lynch ★★ 2

  To me this nostalgia-fueled, formally completely inaccurate 80's homage stuff is basically poison. Why there isn't a federal statute limiting this crap to Youtube shorts and indie comics escapes me. Knock yourselves out I guess.

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  Review by SilentDawn ★½ 21

  28/100

  I have no one to blame but myself.

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  Review by bree1981 ★★★★½ 7

  Frightfest 2015 Film # 2

  Now we are talking! So much fun, a big, brash ode to the 80's that's massively entertaining and had the Frightfest crowd eating out the palm of it's hand. Originally intended as a short for one of The ABC's of death it's obvious from the get go that this film is made with a shit ton of love (as well as copious amounts of blood).
  Set in a post apocalyptic 1997 we meet our young hero The Kid (Munro Chambers), a loner who has lost both his parents he's a scavenger who hunt's The Wastelands for weapons and anything he could sell for food and water which is controlled by Michael Ironside's big bad Zeus.…

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  Review by cult_vegetables ★★½ 4

  Played far too straight to be true satire, a blood-spattered pastiche of 80's post-apocalyptic teen nostalgia. Reduced to a convincing banality, retro-fans might enjoy the film's faux innocence, even if it's only original quality is ultra-gore, a convenient, predictable ploy for a contemporary edge.

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  Review by Wesley R. Ball ★★★★

  This is my Gnomestick!

  I don't know if it was the fact that my theater did a double feature with Kung Fury, or the crowd I was with, or possibly both, but Turbo Kid is by far some of the most fun I've had in a theater this year. Neon-lit drink cups in hand with glowstick headbands, we were all cheering throughout both films at the best moments, and Turbo Kid proved to be as delightfully gory as I had hoped it would be.

  It's a completely self-aware tribute to classic 80's scifi, taking place in "the future, the year 1997," where a mysterious nuclear fallout has wiped almost all of humanity and the straggling survivors are left to fend…

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  Review by COBRARocky ★ 6

  I'm sick of these fucking meme movies.

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  Review by robyn ★★★★★ 7

  i'm a real cunt about fauxploitation but that doesnt mean i don't keep trying to find something good and this is definitely it. the heart is there, it looks fucking great, it manages to be gross without being mean. it's just really fucking fun. AND THAT FUCKING MUSIC.