Another film premiering for the first time at Sundance, TURBO KID was originally conceived as a short film entry for Drafthouse Films’ The ABCs of Death called T is for Turbo. While it didn’t quite make the cut, contestants François Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell (RKSS.tv) director Jason Eisener (Hobo with a Shotgun) and producer Ant Timpson (The ABCs of Death) were impressed enough that they decided to turn Turbo Kid into a feature film with almost everything you could want from a post-apocalyptic movie!
90s era nostalgia? Check. Weird fashion choices? Check. BMX badassery? Check. Saw blades, severed heads, laser cannons, skulls, screaming… oh yeah, we are so good!
OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS
TURBO KID is the epic, coming-of-age tale of an orphaned outcast becoming a hero in a post-apocalyptic world. Obsessed with comic books he scavenges the Wasteland in order to stay alive. When he meets a mysterious girl named Apple, he is must confront his fears and look to the hero deep within himself when both are targeted by Zeus, the sadistic and self-proclaimed leader of the devastated world. Armed with little more than blind faith and an ancient turbocharged weapon, the kid embarks on an incredible journey to rid the Wasteland of evil and save the girl of his dreams.
