Nerds That Geek Movie Review: 'Rubber'

Written by Scott Edwards

Being able to watch a movie being filmed must be one of the greatest things for people to experience. Seeing the actors get into their roles, watching the scenes being set up, listening to the director yelling action, this is something that I have always wanted to do. Even though it is difficult to be on set if you are not affiliated with the movie, there are plenty of lucky people that get to witness the magic that goes on behind the scenes, along with watching as an artist’s vision comes to life. I only hope that one day I will be privy to see this with my own eye, rather than hearing about it from someone else.

As Lieutenant Chad talks to the lucky spectators that are going to be watching a movie being made in front of their very eyes, he warns them that there is no point to what they are about to witness. Not caring, since they are able to see a movie come to life, they all pull out their binoculars and anxiously await for the movie to begin. As they watch an old discarded tire slowly coming to life, they are drawn to its struggles of staying upright and rolling in a straight line. But once it is able to get its bearings, there is nothing in its path that it will not be able to roll over in a manner of speaking.

Quickly learning that the force of rolling over plastic bottles and scorpions in the desert cannot be stopped, it tries to break an old beer bottle, but when it finds out that rolling will not destroy it, the tire has to try a different method. Shaking violently while looking at the bottle, the tire is able to make the bottle explode using its psionic powers. Knowing that its blunt force will only work for a short time, the tire moves down the road and sees a young woman driving by. Liking the way she looks, the tire uses its new found power once again to kill the engine in the car and slowly approaches. But there is a truck driver that is not paying attention to the road and when he finally looks up from his radio, he tries to swerve and miss the stalled car and hits the tire, sending it off of the road to its demise.

Getting back in on its treads, the tire awakens to find that its new found love has driven away without a thought. Rolling to the gas station and seeing the truck driver, the tire has the opportunity to exact revenge on the man. Using its psionic power once again, the tire focuses all of its energy on the man, causing his head to explode. Feeling comfortable about what it can do, the tire searches the surrounding area to try and find the woman it has been taken aback with. Rolling across a hotel, the tire finds an open door and gets a quick sneak peak of the goods, but before it is able to make itself known to the woman, the door is slammed on it. All the while, the fans are watching the tire's progression in the story and thinking that everything is just part of the show, they do not understand what is happening in front of their eyes. When Lieutenant Chad thinks that nobody is watching, he breaks character and tells the movie staff that they can move on with their day, but what he does not know is that the main character tire is actually starting to go on a rampage of epic proportions.

Did I just write an entire movie review about a killer tire? Yes, yes, I did and let me tell you why, the movie is freaking hilarious! Throwing out all the rules, you have a tire with the power to make people’s heads explode and it will go down as one of my favorite killer movies since the killer is a tire and does not have one line. The spectators are awesome as well since they are not allowed to leave their viewing area and meet their own tasty doom to make sure that the movie ends on a sour note. If you are looking to be entertained, this is the movie for you since there is no rhyme or reason behind it other than that, to entertain the audience. Along with an obsession story between a tire and a young woman that was only seen in passing, you might need to let all of your expectations fly off in the wind and just know that a tire can have feelings too. Stay Scared.

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