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Considering the production crew of this show has a tight group of actors you'll see some actors performing multiple roles throughout the series. That doesn't take away from the fact that the episodes are gripping because they're real. The multiple factors that go into someone becoming a criminal, the close shaves while on the lam, the police who risk their lives in pursuit and the dumb luck some of these criminals have is just astounding.

This isn't just another cop show. It's a detailed look into the variations of crimes, reasons why some people end up as criminals and the chances they overlooked, how innocents get caught up in their lives, the technologies involved which keep on improving.

This is a show the whole family and community should watch. You never know who is in your neighborhood who might be on the run, you never know what might happen in your life that has you up against the wall where you end up on the wrong side of the law.

Five minutes into the film I found myself chanting, "Bring in the monster! Bring in the monster! " I have the strange feeling that movie monsters only attack when the persons in the film conduct themselves as useless to the bio diversity of the animal kingdom.

I couldn't wait for the monster to show up. I was hoping we'd get a good look at it so I could run out and get some t-shirts of it or maybe some action figures.

Technically the movie is brilliant. The effects and camera angles are outstanding. The dialogue is what murders this movie. I mean the dialogue is like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre of dialogue in a monster movie. The plotting falls apart as the characters don't act anything like real people. I was hoping Freddy Kruger or Jason Voorhees were going to show up and guest star in this to make it interesting. Had this just been people running for their lives instead of the sub plot nonsense it would have been a masterpiece. The characters were boring and lifeless and I'd have rather the monster gotten hold of a steady cam and run amok with it, us getting his viewpoint of the action.

Monster with a camera, great concept, you read it here first.

There've been some great monsters over the past 100 years in film. To call yourself a movie monster you have to earn it like the big boys did. Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolfman, Godzilla, King Kong, Alien, the Blob. All of them still horrifying creatures to this very day. Cloverfield, I missed why the movie was named this, I'll figure it out when I read more, this monster was cool, sadistic, sense of irony, powerful but no personality. Maybe there'll be a sequel or something that does what a movie is supposed to do, tell us a story.

So again, had awesome potential, great technical skill, bad acting, bad dialogue.

You want some monster movie dialogue watch the 1950's classic "Them!".

Now THAT'S a monster movie worth mentioning!

I may be brutal but as an original fan of the Speed Racer TV series and the original Manga series, I was much disappointed in this highly anticipated send up.

Let's start with one word: COLOR!!!! This movie looks like it was shot in Girlievision! Like someone's little girl got hold of a computer and went berserk. I didn't know whether to watch the movie or wait for a makeup lady to come rushing down the theatre isles trying to slabby the latest lip gloss on everything moving.

The basic characters are here that we love but their direction is so off and the dialogue so way off base that at times I was hoping a TV commercial would appear so I could see something interesting.

The car designs were outstanding and the concept of wild track designs very thrilling but the story was so badly illustrated that I kept losing interest. Somehow the directors must have forgotten they were supposed to direct the actors to bring the characters to life by being the characters we've loved for 50 years. Speed was the main character's nickname. He used to have a big 'G' on his shirt which stood for the name Gen and later Greg in the English versions of the series. Sure there had to be compromises like Spritel and Chim Chim hiding in the trunk of a car. Okay for the 60's but would be dangerous for kid's today to see. The original series had stories that were often far superior to even major motion pictures and published novels. Some were so profound that they're still talked about with reverence to this day.

The cast was just fine, it's just that I don't think they ever watched the show. If so, they didn't get directed properly. They only came to life during the comedy scenes. John Goodman as Pops Racer was a gem of a choice as was Susan Sarandon as Moms Racer. In the TV series Moms Racer was always a voice of sanity and calm coming from an apron. Pops was hot tempered but a genius and proud but haunted soul. The addition of Rex Racer gave the show more depth and the threat of death at every turn kept the show on edge all the way. No big bubble balloons that rescued drivers.

However I did like the car combat. That was like being in a Hot Wheels crash car set and that pushed the movie into a new cool realm.

So of course it will be a part of my DVD library because of my love of the characters but it's not Speed Racer. If they revive some of the classic stories and let the actors 'be' the characters ( Inspector Detector never was a glum guy but jeeez, this movie had him acting like he was on psychiatric drugs ) then we'd have cool designs and great characters.

There's no excuse not to have a Speed Racer live film franchise since it's got 50 years of fans behind it but you have to remember, it's about racing and racing isn't pretty, it's a brutal sport calling for nerves of steel and a level of courage that few have. That's what made the show great because it showed the value of honesty, courage, integrity and at least the film got that in there but it took second place to bad directing.

Maybe better luck next time.