Things are not looking good. Based on early tracking, Speed Racer is going to get creamed by Iron Man. Reviews have been ambivalent and polling shows audiences are non-too impressed by the movie. According to Slashfilm,

“Un-Aided Awareness has popped to 11% and the Total Aware is at a solid 83%. Definite Interest, however, is a concern at just 26%, trailing Fox’s What Happens in Vegas also set for Friday.

Warner Bros execs have to be relieved that the First Choice for this candy-colored Emile Hirsch thrill-ride is at 13%, an identical number to the Ashton Kutcher/Cameron Diaz comedy [What Happens in Vegas] also at 13%.”

Too bad for you Rain. Looks like your first American film will not do you any good except to get your name out there. If that was the goal, then mission accomplished. On the other hand, Speed Racer should be a good drug movie. Remember kids, stay calm. It’s just a movie; don’t freak out. Nonetheless, you may still see a bunch of kids stumbling out the theaters, high on acid, trying to claw their eyes out. “The colors! They’re trying to eat me!”

Surprisingly, Ashton Kutcher still has a career. He got lucky with “Punk’d”. How’s that “Pop Fiction” show going? I expect Ashton to look into the camera halfway through What Happens in Vegas and shout “You’ve just been punk’d! You spent 10 bucks on this movie and i don’t even care about it. i’m just here for the money. Screw art, screw Hollywood, screw you! Sucka!!”