In Las Vegas, the regenerated ex-con Jack Bruno works as taxi driver. During an UFO Convention at Planet Hollywood, the skeptical Jack picks up Dr. Alex Friedman, who will present a scientific lecture in the event. Then he is pressed by two henchmen of his former boss, the criminal Wolff, that wants to talk to him, but Jack does not want to return to the crime life. Jack fights and gets rid of them; out of the blue, he finds two teenagers on the backseat of his cab. They tell that they are siblings, Sara and Seth, and they need to travel to a location outside Las Vegas in the middle of nowhere. Meanwhile the government finds a spacecraft that crashed nearby Las Vegas and is chasing the two aliens; after the investigation of the men of Major Henry Burke, they discover that the two siblings are the aliens. Jack Bruno, Sara and Seth are chased by Henry Burke s team and by the Syphon ...

Featuring 15 cars from the 35th anniversary collection of Hot Wheels line of miniature cars, Hot Wheels: World Race takes players through a variety of fantasy courses that range from the insides of a volcano to the slippery terrain of an ice mountain. Stunts are as important as finishing first, and vehicles will be able to drive up corkscrew loops, leap off ramps, streak up walls, and perform other death defying maneuvers while competing against a series of computer challengers or up to three friends for three consecutive laps. Each course features multiple routes to discover as well as obstacles to avoid, and players can help guarantee victories by knocking the competition off the tracks. Musical group Smash Mouth performs the games original theme song

In this complete tutorial, we will take you through the process of creating a CG Street Race shot, using a background footage plate and various 3D elements. We will start by preparing the footage for use in tracking the camera movement. We will then track the footage using Boujou tracking software. Once tracked, we will take the 3D camera data into 3D Studio Max and create a basic proxy scene and animation. We will then import hi res 3D car models into 3D and link them to our proxy animation. We will also light the scene to help blend the 3D assets into the BG footage. Once the 3D assets are ready, we will render out the elements using multipass rendering and bring them into After Effects for compositing the shot. You will learn how to layer multipass renders and how to use layer modes for the various elements. Then we wil apply various post production treatments including post-motion blur, color correction and audio. Once you have stepped through the entire process, you will be left with a believable CG shot, for use in your showreel or projects….

An origin story for convicted cop killer Frankenstein.

An origin story for convicted cop killer Frankenstein.

An origin story for convicted cop killer Frankenstein.

Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial worlds most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.

In 2012, amid economic chaos and high unemployment, Americans watch by the millions as criminals with life sentences race armored cars on Terminal Island. Two-thirds of the combatants die but the winner may earn his freedom. On the day he loses his job, steelworker Jensen Ames is arrested for his wife s murder. Sent to Terminal Island, hes offered an out by the steely and manipulative Warden Hennessey - race as the popular mask-wearing (but now dead) champion, Frankenstein, or rot in prison. Jensen makes the bargain. As the three-stage race approaches, he realizes that the whole thing may be a set up - can an anonymous man behind a mask get revenge and win his release?