Hot Wheels World Race
| Hot Wheels World Race | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Action Adventure Sci-Fi |
| Written by | Mark Edens Jeff Gomez Fabian Nicieza |
| Directed by | Andrew Duncan William Lau |
| Starring |
Andrew Francis Michael Donovan Kathleen Barr Brian Drummond Julian B. Wilson Kevan Ohtsji |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Jeff Gomez Gio Corsi Ian Richter Sharan Wood |
| Running time | 110 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Mattel, Inc. Mainframe Entertainment |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | Cartoon Network |
| Original release | July 12, 2003 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by |
Hot Wheels AcceleRacers |
Hot Wheels World Race is a computer-animated, feature-length made-for-TV movie based on the Hot Wheels television show and toy line made by Mattel. The film was distributed on DVD by Family Home Entertainment and distributed on TV by Warner Bros. Television. The video game Hot Wheels World Race was based on the television series film. It premiered on Cartoon Network on July 12, 2003 and was released on VHS and DVD on December 2, 2003.
After attaining his drivers licence on his 16th birthday, naive-teenager Vert Wheeler discovers the Deora II Hot Wheels car. The door on the front of the car opens, and a monitor shows a recording of a mysterious man named Dr. Peter Tezla, inviting him to a competition called the World Race: a contest between seasoned professionals and talented drivers. Driving to a secret location in the Californian desert, the drivers are informed of the race along an interdimensional racetrack called "Highway 35″ (Note: The number was chosen because the toy line was introduced in 1968, 35 years prior to the release of the film), created by extraterrestrial beings called Accelerons. At the end of the race is the Wheel of Power. Tezla himself tried to retrieve it remotely with little success. His plan is to use the drivers, with their unique driving abilities, to retrieve the wheel on his behalf. To enter the Highway, each driver must be doing 300 mph (with the help of an enhanced Nitrous system called Nitrox2) at specific points around the world. During the start, Vert immediately starts a rivalry with Taro Kitano, leader of the Scorchers team; and Lani Tam, a driver of another Wave Rippers car like Vert’s.
During the first leg, the drivers are given a test of the type of track Highway 35 is, and the abilities of their cars. One such stunt is a mile-high loop followed by a jump over a lava river. Further on, in a volcano, a mysterious black racer, known as Zed-36, detonates a rigged bottle of Nitrox2 which causes lava to flow over the road. Vert and Taro make it through, but Lani gets caught in the flow and is forced to jump onto a nearby boulder. Taro immediately drives back to help her, eventually followed by Vert. All drivers finish the leg last, with the leader of the Street Breed team, Kurt Wylde, being victorious.
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