Go Karts (2020)

Original title

Go!

Directed by

Owen Trevor

Genre

sport film, family film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 335 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenager moves to Western Australia and learns to race go-karts against a skilled rival. He trains with a mentor and builds friendships in the karting community to compete for a championship.

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What happens

Go Karts, also known as Go!, is a 2019 Australian teen coming-of-age sports drama film directed by Owen Trevor on his feature film directorial debut. The film stars William Lodder, Frances O'Connor and Richard Roxburgh in the lead roles. Its storyline resembles that of the 1984 American martial arts drama film The Karate Kid. The film is based on a kart racing community in Western Australia and their underdog who wins the National Kart racing championship. The film, originally titled Go!, premiered at the 2019 CinefestOZ Film Festival and was released to theatres on 16 January 2020 in Australia. Under the title Go Karts, the film was added to Netflix globally on 13 March 2020 excluding Australia and New Zealand and opened to mixed reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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