![]() ![]() ![]() The result is a hyper-kinetic cartoon that looks like it was made by and for people high on adrenaline and maybe some other unknown illicit substances. The film is a cult filmgoer’s dream: Koike and his team of three screenwriters, including psychedelic cult filmmaker Katsuhito Ishii ( The Taste of Tea, Funky Forest: The First Contact), liberally combine elements of the relatively wholesome Speed Racer and Hanna Barbera’s Wacky Races cartoons with titillating, ultra-violent aspects of the Roger Corman-produced sci-fi satire Death Race 2000 and Heavy Metal comic books, too. Produced by Madhouse, Inc., the animation studio that designed several films by the late great animator Satoshi Kon ( Paprika, Paranoia Agent), Redline is both gorgeous and very dumb.
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