• Is it age appropriate?

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 6, age appropriate for kids over 8; suggested age 8.

• Is it any good?

  3.0

• Common Sense says

  Action-packed kids' film fun, with a few sputters.

Why We Rated This for Ages 8 and Up

What to watch out for

• Messages:

  Some deception, violence, and betrayal -- but since this is a classic good-versus-evil story, the bad guys get their comeuppance in the end. Parents and children are portrayed as having a fairly healthy, supportive relationship.
• Violence & scariness :

  Plenty of fight scenes that mix kung-fu with regular brawling and gunplay. A gun is trained up a man's nose. Although there's not that much blood, there's lots of bone-crunching, head-banging, and the like (and the sound effects can be gruesome). Mob-like criminals threaten to throw one racer into a vat of piranhas after they beat him pretty brutally; later, a man's finger is eaten by the same fish (the tone of this scene could be scary for young kids). Car crashes aplenty, though no one is hurt badly.
• Sexy stuff :

  A couple kisses in the end. There are also some mild sexual innuendoes and some menacing suggestive comments about a young woman from a villain.
• Language:

  Mostly tame ("holy moly," "hubba hubba"), aside from a few uses of "ass," a "damn," and a bleeped-out "s--t." Brief rude finger gesture.
• Consumerism:

  Some logos for Royalton Motors, cars, and cigars, but nothing excessive.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  One character smokes, and another is given a box of cigars.

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