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Racer X is a mysterious, selfless, sympathetic, and often brooding soldier of fortune whose secret identity is that of Rex Racer (Kenichi Mifune in Japan), Speed's older brother. Six years prior, Rex had a falling out with Pops after wrecking a race car that Pops had built.
During this episode, Speed attends a road racing school where Racer X suddenly appears, wheels the Mach 5 through a tricky slalom course, and thus intimidates the other drivers and the school instructor, but not Speed; Racer X also chances upon Pops, Mom and Speed, all remembering Rex and saddened in wishing he would return - a wish Rex quietly ...
The series follows the adventures of an orphan teenager named Speed who dreams of being a famed car racer like the one he is named after. He takes a bus to the elite Racing Academy, founded by the Racer family, and soon experiences the difficulties of fitting in and competing with X, the best racer/student in the school, and Speed Racer's son.
Speed and X find Speed Sr. a gift while Lucy helps them find Trixie a gift, since they never really knew their true mom. The party soon turns into trouble when Speed Sr.'s brother, Rex Racer (Racer X) comes into the party. Speed Sr. and Trixie order him to leave, knowing he has some troubles, but he tell them that a factory is going to be blown up.
Speed Racer is a 2008 sports action comedy film written and directed by the Wachowskis, [a] based on the manga series of the same name created by Tatsuo Yoshida.The film, an international co-production between the United States and Germany, stars Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox, Roger Allam, Benno Fürmann, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rain, and Richard Roundtree.
The Mach Five is later modified with gadgets and becomes Speed's alternate car for off-track races such as the Casa Cristo 5000, as well as everyday driving like a normal car. The Mach Five originally belonged to Speed's older brother Racer X. Rex, who relinquished ownership of it to Speed before he left the Racer home.
Mach GoGoGo (マッハGoGoGo, Mahha GōGōGō), sometimes referred to as New Mach GoGoGo (新・マッハGoGoGo, Shin Mahha GōGōGō), is a 1997 remake of the 1967 anime series of the same name (aired as Speed Racer in the U.S.) by Tatsunoko Production, the original producers.
Porter also played the character Rex in the film Speed Racer (2008), which was directed and written by the Wachowskis. He played Bobby in the remake of Prom Night and Ben Wheatly in Bandslam, released in August 2009. [7]