Turbo Kid (2015) ***1/2
Turbo Kid (2015) is an endlessly fun and funny mashup of Mad Max (1979) [ review ], Escape From New York (1981) [ review ], Indiana Jones , BMX movies, and more featuring an impossibly adorable co-lead ( Laurence Leboeuf as Apple), wildly creative gore gags, and a pulsing, head-bobbing synth score by Le Matos . Rather than subvert genre tropes, Turbo Kid fully embraces them and never stops being a blast because of it—what it lacks in deep characters, finesse, and budget it makes up for in retro diversion and heart. If you had to live in a post-apocalyptic future, wouldn't you want to live in one this colorful and playful, with a soundtrack as great as this? (And remember: eyes, throat, genitals! )