Turbo Kid

Aug 14, 2015

1h 35m

★ 6.5

This is the future... This is the year 1997.

Overview

In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, an orphaned teen must battle a ruthless warlord to save the girl of his dreams.

Genres

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Science Fiction

Production Companies

Timpson Films

EMAfilms

Epic Pictures Group

New Zealand Film Commission

Turbo Kid Trailers

Cast

The Kid

Munro Chambers

Apple

Laurence Leboeuf

Zeus

Michael Ironside

Frederic

Aaron Jeffery

Skeletron

Edwin Wright

Bagu

Romano Orzari

Scout

Steeve Léonard

Female Guard

Orphée Ladouceur-Nguyen

Turbo Général

Yves Corbeil

Young The Kid

Evan Manoukian

The Mother

Anouk Whissell

The Father

François Simard

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