Turbo is a semi-decent original non-sequel animation that draws from various inspirations. The main antagonist and the final showdown on the last lap reminiscent Talladega Nights. As silly as its premise may sound, it is still nevertheless refreshing to a certain extent. It is unfortunate that Turbo is also running on the same treadmill of weak writing, lack of heartfelt moments with its less than inspiring story. With the lack of effective chuckles, I realize that the story is not only cliché and formulaic, but also depressing at times. While the whole plot deals much on the commonly issue of achieving dreams, it spends most of the time debating and arguing the virtue and goal, a clash between the optimism with pessimism.
It is now clear that Turbo will not be able to bring anything refreshing on the table, what's more a clear and strong message that could touches the heart due to the lack of emotional investment. Saved probably for one particular scene when Chet approaches Theo on a crow to give advice – but that comes way too late in the running time. Even when Turbo decides to focus all of their attention on the cliché and less inspiring plot, Turbo is still a technical achievement on its own merit. This animation is visually stunning and beautifully lit, emerging better than some of the animations this year. Great musical scores and music pieces accompany the movie but it would not go much further since much of itself is already underwhelming. Turbo is partially saved by some interesting characters of varying backgrounds that transcends across ethnicity and ages.
In the end, first time director David Soren's Turbo is a mediocre animation that has some great concepts and talented voice castings to boost the varying and interesting characters but only to be underwhelmed by its own weak script, repetitive and cliché plot elements as well as lack of emotional invested to deliver a strong message in the end.
It is now clear that Turbo will not be able to bring anything refreshing on the table, what's more a clear and strong message that could touches the heart due to the lack of emotional investment. Saved probably for one particular scene when Chet approaches Theo on a crow to give advice – but that comes way too late in the running time. Even when Turbo decides to focus all of their attention on the cliché and less inspiring plot, Turbo is still a technical achievement on its own merit. This animation is visually stunning and beautifully lit, emerging better than some of the animations this year. Great musical scores and music pieces accompany the movie but it would not go much further since much of itself is already underwhelming. Turbo is partially saved by some interesting characters of varying backgrounds that transcends across ethnicity and ages.
In the end, first time director David Soren's Turbo is a mediocre animation that has some great concepts and talented voice castings to boost the varying and interesting characters but only to be underwhelmed by its own weak script, repetitive and cliché plot elements as well as lack of emotional invested to deliver a strong message in the end.