The film stars Munro Chambers, Laurence Leboeuf, Michael Ironside, Edwin Wright, Aaron Jeffery, and Romano Orzari.

The film follows the adventures of a teenage comic book fan turned superhero in an alternate 1997 post-apocalyptic Earth where water is scarce.

In a post-apocalyptic version of 1997, a society lives in a land nicknamed "The Wasteland" that is littered with trash and ruled by a sadistic and tyrannical overlord named Zeus, who uses a device to grind captives into water.

The Kid, a teenage comic book fan, scavenges the wastes on his BMX bike to trade with junk dealer Bagu.

After trading for water and his favorite comic book Turbo Rider, The Kid runs into Apple, a mysterious, free-spirited young woman.

"[5] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a score of 60 out of 100 based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

[6] Simon Abrams of RogerEbert.com awarded it two out of four stars, saying: "Turbo Kid may be aimed at adults, but its infantilizing vintage fetish makes an otherwise cute action-adventure a bad blast to the past.

"[7] Consequence of Sound awarded it a B+, saying, "Turbo Kid captures the wildly discordant dreams of any budding movie lover when they were 10, creating one of the funniest works of sandbox cinema made to date.

"[8] We Got This Covered awarded it four out of five stars, saying, "Turbo Kid is a magical can't-miss experience that's like a Saturday morning cartoon turned into an apocalyptic 80s fever-dream.

"[9] Dread Central awarded it five out of five stars, saying, "Funny, gory, hugely enjoyable and – most importantly – shining with spirit, Turbo Kid is a wild success.

[12] One day before the announcement, Le Matos released the official music video for their track "No Tomorrow", which serves as a prequel to the original film.