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Hot Wheels: World Race is a 2003 animated sports action film based on the Hot Wheels television series Hot Wheels: Highway 35 – World Race that premiered on Cartoon Network from July 12 to August 2, 2003 which includes five episodes, "Ring of Fire", "The Greatest Challenge", "Desert Heat", "Frozen Fire" and "Wheel of Power" divided into a feature film.[2] The film was distributed on DVD by Family Home Entertainment and Artisan Entertainment. The video game Hot Wheels: World Race was based on the television series. It was released on VHS and DVD on December 2, 2003,[3] and was followed by a series of 4 sequel movies, titled Hot Wheels: AcceleRacers (2005).
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| Based on | Hot Wheels by Mattel |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Countries | United States Canada |
| Language | English |
Synopsis
editAfter receiving his drivers license on his 16th birthday, Josef "Vert" Wheeler joins the World Race to find the fastest driver in the world. Drivers race in highly advanced cars by traveling through a portal to another dimension created by aliens called the Accelerons. Dr. Peter Tezla, founder of the Scrim Corporation, created the competition for human drivers to get to end of the track and retrieve a zero-point energy source called the Wheel of Power. Will the drivers succeed at returning the Wheel of Power to its rightful spot in Hot Wheels City, or will they let it fall into the hands of Gelorum and her evil robots?
The racers are split into 5 teams, led by Banjee Castillo (Roadbeasts), Brian Kadeem (Dune Ratz), Taro Kitano (Scorchers), Kurt Wylde (Street Breed), and Vert Wheeler (Wave Rippers).
Cast
edit- Andrew Francis as Josef "Vert" Wheeler
- Brian Drummond as Kurt Wylde / Zed-36 / CLYP Robot
- Kevan Ohtsji as Taro Kitano
- Will Sanderson as Mark Wylde
- Venus Terzo as Lani Tam / Esmeralda Sanchez
- Michael Benyaer as Banjee Castillo / GIG
- Doron Bell as Alec "Hud" Wood
- Kaj Erik Eriksen as Skeet
- Cusse Mankuma as Brian Kadeem
- Blu Mankuma as Haziz
- Kirby Morrow as Chuvo
- Scott McNeil as Rekkas / Dan Dresden / Griffin / Toño
- Kathleen Barr as Gelorum
- Michael Donovan as Dr. Peter Tezla
- John Payne as Major Jack Wheeler, Jr. / DMV Person
See also
editHot Wheels shows:
- Hot Wheels (1969–1971)
- Heroes on Hot Wheels (1991–1992)
- Hot Wheels: World Race (2003)
- Hot Wheels: AcceleRacers (2005–2006)
- Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 (2009–2011)
- Team Hot Wheels (2014-2017)
- Hot Wheels Let's Race (2024)
References
edit- ^ a b c "Hot Wheels World Race". TV Guide.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (2009). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons (3rd ed.). New York: Checkmark Books. pp. 320–321. ISBN 978-0-8160-6600-1.
- ^ "Hot Wheels – World Race". Rotten Tomatoes.