Street Racer

First, let me start out by sharing my disappointment with IMDb not allowing us to vote with negative numbers; as I would have applied the lowest one available to this epic waste of bytes and polycarbonate!

Secondly, and as a true form of a Public Service Announcement, I will attempt to save my fellow man - or woman - from wasting 85 minutes of their lives via a concise review of this 'video cat box treasure' mistakenly offered as "entertainment". With that said...

• Acting: Horrific (Think about the last time you saw a fifth grade school play... and this is worse)

• Plot: At best, contrived - At worst, unbelievable

• Directing: Missing / non-existent

• Writing / dialog: PAINFUL

• Editing: Amateurish (and I apologize to all amateur film editors everywhere!)

While this "film" may not be thee worst movie ever made, it would certainly make ANY top ten list. Do not waste your time and / or money.

And, to anyone reading reviews prior to watching / renting this 'digital dirty diaper', please do NOT be misled by anyone offering up more than one or two stars; this movie SUCKS!

Worst. Car. Movie. EVER.

Pros:

-- Story's uninspired, but not so bad. Same goes for cinematography and direction.

-- Lead actor playing "Johnny" is trying so hard to be Brad Pitt, it's almost charming. You'll find yourself saying, "Aww, look at the guy trying to be Brad Pitt…"

-- I love this guy "Red," the auto junkyard owner who trains Johnny in racing. He's so authentically and simultaneously grizzled and whimsical, you'll think he's the child of an unholy union between Nick Nolte and Michael J. Pollard.

-- The actor who plays rival racer "Mickey Stiles" is obviously coked up throughout the whole movie. No one's that good an actor. But it works. Keep this actor on coke. (BTW, IMDb says he's the freakin' voice of "Putt Putt" from my kids' video games!)

Cons:

-- The racing scenes are so obviously shot in fast motion you'll half expect Boots Randolph's "Yakety Sax" to be playing in the background.

-- But you won't hear "Yakety Sax" because the same nondescript hip-hop song, which consists of nobody rappers yelling, "WHAT AROUND HERE!" over and over, underscores every race. As if it means something. But it doesn't.

-- Daniel's father and sister are obviously somebody's relatives or friends. Actors this bad and ugly don't get cast without knowing a producer or somebody.

-- Helicopter turn-by-turn in the last race comes out of nowhere with no explanation, while the view from helicopter shows no race at all, just some highway traffic. Who are they? Radio traffic reporters? Cops? And why do they talk like surfer dudes?

-- Final, climactic racing scene comes and goes so quickly, you won't even realize it, because it consists almost entirely of close-ups of drivers yelling, "Come on! Come on!"

-- Bad guy parole officer is so suitable a dou©ebag that you want him to really get it at the end. But when it finally happens, you won't stop laughing. Really, hours later, you won't stop laughing.

Final verdict: I bought "Street Racer" for a buck from a Blockbuster that was going out of business, knowing full well that stocking movies like this helped put Blockbuster out of business. It was worth a buck and 90 minutes of my time. It will be on a blanket in my driveway at my next tag sale.

Oh man....it was clear from the get go, that this is one top-notch film...both the acting and the quality of the film itself was Oscar-worthy!!! What a great racing movie! One can only give this fine piece of cinematic gold the respect it rightly deserves...being a car enthusiast myself, I watched this movie's several street races, and judging by the uber-realistic sound loops and the fact that a Scion xB could EASILY outrun an M5 engine-swapped BMW...I can only say that the realism was astounding. The acting...superb. These no-name actors give the performance of a lifetime! It seems as if they are dubbed over, speaking in a giant echo tunnel, and it gives the movie that magical B-movie feeling I was looking for!!! Anyways...be sure to rent this one for SURE, especially if you're a tried and true street racer type like me! Also don't forget to stab yourself in the eye after watching this fine piece of work, because you won't want to watch ANYTHING ELSE as long as you live!

Dueces!

OK first of all, users like "toybird" ruin this site... Is he like some guy that took part in the production of the movie? You cant be serious to give this movie a 10 star...heres why Acting: HORRIBLE. Enough said..

Quality: Dialogue is terrible. The Race scenes aren't even fully played through. All the races are basically cut up scenes of a short race and pasted together to form a full race.

Story: Lame story. something that you can tell only took a few weeks to write.

Authenticity: The racing was really fake. An Xb CANNOT in anyway beat a Bimmer.

Take my advice and save the couple bucks and rent a different movie..

Watching Street Racer with an open mind and fairly low expectations I still found the film to be terrible in all regards. You may think that considering it's The Asylum that you know it's going to be so, but at the same time you are curious to see if any of their movies are watchable. So far of the twenty or so I've seen(so far, yeah I know but there's something compulsive about the awfulness of these movies), none of them have been, and Street Racer is no exception. While not quite bottom 5- Alien Origin, Titanic II, 2010: Moby Dick, AVH: Alien vs. Hunter and Transmorphers- it is a contender for bottom 10. The lead actor Clint Browning actually tries his best and is decent, but the rest of the acting, especially from Connor Clayton, is awful, full of over-acting or phoning in. The characters and script do nothing in their favour this said, the characters are annoying cardboard cut-outs and the script is unbearably stilted and goes well overboard with the profanity. The story is blandly and predictably told, with a stupid death scene for the villain, characters, props and plot points cropping up and disappearing with no explanation and a very rushed ending. The races have no excitement or drive to them and are further disadvantaged by extremely amateurish editing and camera work. I couldn't even appreciate the car models, which didn't even look that expensive anyway, because of this. The music is nothing special coming across as generic and forgettable. Overall, a film about cars with nothing new or exciting. 1/10 Bethany Cox