Go Karts (film)

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 Japanese 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.

Go Karts
Film poster
Directed byOwen Trevor
Written bySteve Worland
Produced bySonia Borella
Jamie Hilton
StarringWilliam Lodder
Anastasia Bampos
Frances O'Connor
Richard Roxburgh
Production
company
See Pictures
Distributed byRoadshow Films (Australia and New Zealand)
Netflix (International)
Release dates
  • 28 August 2019 (2019-08-28) (CinefestOZ)
  • 16 January 2020 (2020-01-16)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

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.

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