Product Details

• Actors: Kathleen Barr, Lisa Ann Beley, Dexter Bell, Brian Drummond, Andrew Duncan
• Writers: Jeff Gomez, Fabian Nicieza
• Producers: Chris Kientz, Jeff Gomez
• Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Family Home Ent
• DVD Release Date: December 2, 2003
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (62 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000CABIF
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,094 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Hot Wheels - World Race" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

With enough track and speed to fuel any young car-lover's imagination, "Hot Wheels: World Race" zestfully celebrates the 35th anniversary of Mattel's popular racecar collectibles. Fresh from acing his driving test, teenage surfer Vert Wheeler gets recruited--along with a handful of world-famous racers--to drive a parallel dimension known as Highway 35. Their sponsor is a mysterious scientist, creator of uncommonly powerful and cool-looking vehicles. Their mission: to capture the Wheel of Power, "the greatest source of energy the world has ever known!" (Cue echo machine.) It's a dangerous, heart-thumping journey through surreal desert, volcano, jungle, ocean, and urban courses. To its credit, "World Race" provides clean entertainment: no one swears, no one dies, and stiff competition turns out to be a healthy exercise in team building. This 110-minute show is crafted in dizzying CGI format and amplified by hard rock music throughout (Smash Mouth provides the end theme). (Ages 5 and older) "--Liane Thomas"

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Order This One!, November 7, 2003

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Ian & Elizabeth's Mom (Union City, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hot Wheels - World Race (DVD)

OK parents for all of you who have patiently waited for espisode 3,4 and 5, the waiting is over. The DVD is the complete movie it contains all 5 episodes plus bonus features. Yeah!!! For anyone still collecting cars, according to Mattel, all the cars should be available by Christmas and the deadline for submission has been extended. Enjoy

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Haven't you heard...I am a team of one..., May 8, 2004

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Corrie Getz (Cranberry Twp, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hot Wheels - World Race (DVD)

Anybody reconize that quote...it's from Vert, the cool hotwheel guy. I have more because I have seen the movie about a million times...my 3 year old is obsessed. It is though a good movie, tied in with the racing are lessons about teamwork, friendship and loyalty. The animation on it is great, the dialoge is clean and kid-friendly and dude, it's hotwheels. II think I may be losing my mind though because I am starting to talk along with the movie.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Much better than expected!, January 22, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Hot Wheels - World Race (DVD)

OK, I'm a 32 year-old male who grew up with Hot Wheels. Not surprisingly, my three boys (ages 3, 5, & 7) love to play with them and have more of them than I care to admit. We have a couple of the Hot Wheels books, and they are simply dreadful. They seem as if they were written by someone for whom English is a second language. Considering this, I had low expectations for the movie, of which I knew nothing about until we rented it.

I was pleasantly surprised, and even found myself getting into it a little bit. The animation was quite impressive, with movement of the cars especially realistic. Animation of fast-moving things like cars is usually quite poor, but not in this case. Anyway, this movie basically puts to screen what every little kid who plays with Hot Wheels imagines. It shows people actually driving those outrageously designed cars! On tracks with loops and jumps, just like the playsets! What could be better?

It is true that the storyline has a number of fantastical and highly unrealistic content. But please remember, this is aimed squarely at little kids, so realism isn't really something the target audience is expecting. It also seems quite long, but even my three year-old was entertained the entire time, even on the third viewing. There is even a light moral to the story and a sub-plot about family loyalty.

Definitely worth the purchase price.