sakketpico I put a spoiler tag, but there really isn't much to spoil.This film is labeled on Netflix as a PG 'Children and Family' movie. Please for the love of god do not show this film to children. I wouldn't subject the entirety of this film to anyone, and I'm a man who forces friends and family to watch 'Mac & Me' annually.There is frequent pointless profanity throughout the film, which was unexpected and jarring considering the sophomoric quality of the writing which lulls you into thinking the film was intended for idiot children. The truth is the film is apparently intended for idiot adults. Unless you want your kids hearing the protagonist shout a word that sounds like 'shift' over and over again, you'll probably want to mute the television.Unfortunately muting the TV wont protect your tykes from a scene where a guy flips off an alien and subsequently has his middle finger ripped off and fed to a creature that really enjoys human flesh. (There's a whole pointless scene where these creatures discuss how much they want to eat human flesh, while messily eating slabs of bloody raw meat.) Or a humanoid alien having it's neck sliced open and then subsequently shot to death by a stupid-looking mustache villain.If you think that these things sound awesome, then I have bad news for you too. The animation is intensely terrible. So intensely terrible I thought I was watching another badly localized foreign film. To my shock and dismay I was wrong. The fact that the directors of this garbage have been working in the animation industry for so long makes it that much worse.oh also there's a really interesting subplot about how the protagonist really likes females of any species, just not the one he works with. She even dresses up like a slut for him, but he leaves the bar/nightclub with an alien chick because shes more slutty-looking. But don't worry, he inexplicably makes out with her after winning the race in the end.Showing this to your kids is an example of bad parenting.EDIT: ooh heres a fun game; Look at all those one-paragraph positive review about how much people's "boys" loved this film! now look at the dates those reviews were posted. HMM!also netflix apparently changed the rating some time after this review, they should have issued some kind of apology for carrying the film at all though.

randylanders Take the pod races from Star Wars, substitute a jackass for Annakin, and you've practically got "Race." Throw in a scene in an asteroid belt, add some really immature animation (every female character is big breasted with nice, pointy nipples, twenty-inch diameter tummy and a heart-shaped fanny), inane dialogue and utterly worse narration from "sportscasters" during the races, and you've pretty much got this movie. None, and I truly mean it, none of the characters are likable. The lead "Trance" is probably the most egregious of these. He's an utter jerk. How can you root for someone like him to win a race? The aliens are speak with all sorts of faux accents, especially bad Cockney ones.Yes, it's probably kewl to watch for the prepubescent crowd, but it's not really worthwhile to spend an hour and a half on.

judyreilly I liked this movie a lot. The palette and visuals were excellent, especially considering that it's an independent animated feature - almost unheard of, I think. The main characters were recognizable as types, but these versions of them (scrappy, arrogant but charming rebel, grumpy older racer with a past, arch villain who seeks to rule the universe) were fresh and fun. A lot of the dialogue was very clever, and delivered with obvious relish. It felt like they had fun making this, and that feeling was contagious watching it. I'd recommend this to anyone with teens. The women are drawn very, ahem, busty, but that's pretty much true for most teen and tween fare, so not sure I'd let that stop me. Thank God it's not another gloomy vampire story!

mgs227 I watched this movie with my middle school age children. They really loved the story and the graphics. They are very computer savvy - and they really liked the way this movie looked. I also thought the graphics were great. They particularly enjoyed the Race-Scenes with all of the action and suspense. They were glued to the story-line, so much so that I couldn't get them away from the movie until it was over - credits and all. My youngest is already looking in the toy-stores for the action figures. He was looking for 'Race' cars or Figureens. All the kids and I felt that the characters were very easy to relate to. We are hoping that there will be a sequel. Or a series!?