"Hot Wheels Highway 35 World Race" Ignition (2005)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Directors:

Andrew Duncan
Gino Nichele

Writers:

Mark Edward Edens (writer)
Ian Richter (story)

TV Series:

"Hot Wheels Highway 35 World Race" (2003)

Original Air Date:

22 March 2005

Genre:

Animation | Action | Sci-Fi | Sport

Tagline:

Drive to Survive

Plot:

Dr. Peter Tezla uncovers the mysterious technology of the ancient ACCELERONS. He discovers that the...

Plot Keywords:

Racing | Car Racing | Car | Automobile Racing | Based On Toy

Cast

Kathleen Barr	...	Gelorum
Lisa Ann Beley	...	Karma Eiss
Dexter Bell	...	Nolo Pasaro
Michael Donovan	...	Dr. Peter Tezla
Brian Drummond	...	Kurt Wylde
Andrew Duncan	...	Mitch "Monkey" McClurg
Andrew Francis	...	Vert Wheeler
Adrian Holmes	...	Tork Maddox
David Kaye	...	Deezel "Porkchop" Riggs
Kasper Michaels	...	GIG
Kirby Morrow	...	Shirako Takamoto
Kevan Ohtsji	...	Taro Kitano
Mark Oliver	...	RD-L1
Will Sanderson	...	Markie "Wylde" Wylde
Venus Terzo	...	Lani Tam

Series Cast

These people are regular cast members. Were they in this episode?

Doron Bell		(as Doron Bell Jr.)
Michael Benyaer		(as Michael Benyear)
Kaj Eriksen
Cusse Mankuma
Scott McNeil
John Payne	...	(voice)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Company:

Mainframe Entertainment

Trivia:

Real-life racing skills are incorporated into the racing sequences. Professional race car drivers consulted for the producers.

Pretty good so far...

This is actually a 4 part movie airing on the Cartoon Network. The first part (Ignition) aired pack in January I believe, and the second part (The Speed of Silence) aired on March 19th. The other two parts are in June and September, I believe. Unfortunately if you miss a showing, you're out of luck since they only air one time. The DVD for the first part comes out on 3/22 (3 days after part 2) so I assume the rest of them will follow in similar fashion.

This is a sequel to the Hot Wheels Highway 35 World Race show/movie from 2003 that is available on DVD.

Basically the gist of the movie is that the bad guys (The Racing Drones) have stolen the Wheel of Power from the first move and can now enter different dimensions, or racing realms. These realms contain a racetrack in a unique environment (swamp, water, lightning...etc). At the end of every race, the winner receives an Accelecharger that gives their car a unique power, such as the ability to warp from one place to another or to form its own track over chasms and the like. The good guys (our heroes) are at a disadvantage because the drones have already completed some realms and have a few Accelechargers under their belts. It really hasn't been revealed what the Drones actually want, but we do know they're the bad guys because they're black robots and we all know those are evil.

Our nearly-4 year old loves these Hot Wheels movies and thanks to the wonder of Tivo, watches them over and over and over again. The animation is really good, considering they're made for TV. The animators have really captured the sense of speed and weight of the cars, and the action is really well-paced.

Personally I liked the animation from the first movie (World Race) better. They've gone for a more realistic look in this movie, which is OK I guess, but I preferred the more cartooney look of the other movie. The character models are also weaker with joints and arms looking pretty bad IMO. Same with the "extra large" feet, similar to the Rescue Heroes. I also don't think the cars are as "cool" as the first movie...I mean, where's the Deora II? But that's all just style and my own personal opinion.

Anyways, if you have kids into fast cars, you can't go wrong with these movies.