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Turbo - Better than the Legend of Chun Li by a Hadouken
Ricardo Trejo
Turbo, a movie produced by a USC graduate student on less than $100K, has become quite the talk of the town in the gaming world. Real gaming movies like Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter tend to be a bit hard to take serious, even when they themselves are trying hard, TOO hard, to be realistic (Legend of Chun Li). Turbo takes a step back from that, and puts the focal point on a player, rather than the game itself. It's a quirky movie, and only lasts 20 minutes, but it's effects are top notch and really make you nod to the creators who imagined it.
TURBO is a high adrenaline short film in the tradition of the Karate Kid and Tron. It tells the story of Hugo Park (Justin Chon, Twilight) a misspent youth whose only outlet for angst is a 4D fighting videogame called “Super Turbo Arena”. When Pharaoh King (Jocko Sims, Crash the Series), the Michael Jordan of cyber-sports, announces a tournament to determine who will join his pro-team, Hugo's sets his eyes on the prize.
-Jarrett Lee Conaway (Director of Turbo)
Anyone who's into special effects, gaming, and just cinema should give this more than just a passing glance.
