Anyone else excited for this movie? I heard some good things about it from Tim Maughan and was surprised to not find a thread about it here. Redline is directed by Takeshi Koike, and I believe it's his directorial debut (ANN syas one thing, MAL another). This movie just...it just looks very exciting. The visual style is incredible. Here is the tagline:
"A story about love, conspiracy, mass-destruction and the battle to survive revolving around the world's deadliest automobile race."
Yup, I'm sold. In case you're not, here some more plot summary via :ANN
JP's biggest dream is to win the Redline – the galaxy's deadliest illegal road race, only held every five years at a secret location not unveiled until practically the last minute. In order to get there he needs to qualify by finishing in a ranked position in the Yellowline race – something it looks like he'll have no problem doing, until his Trans-Am mysteriously malfunctions and flips out just short of the finishing line.
Waking up in hospital, with a bunch of his bones shattered along with his dreams, JP is shocked to find he's has in fact made the grade. It turns out the venue has been announced – and it's the fascistic, authoritarian military superpower state of Roboworld. As a result two racers have already dropped out – and not on ideological grounds either, more that they don't fancy being fired at while racing. It seems that the evil dictatorship that runs Roboworld are not too keen on hosting the event, and are already threatening to throw everything they have at stopping the racers before the starting flag even drops - including a couple of bizarrely terrifying peace-treaty defying weapon systems they've been keeping under wraps. Not, of course, that any of that is going to put JP off…
Trailer, and another. If you read nothing else in this post, watch these trailers
The official website has a longer one.
But yeah, watch it when it comes out where you are.
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