A killer tire? What will people come up with next? Rubber has a crazy premise but it might be too weird for its own good.
The movie starts off with a police officer explaining how certain scenes from famous movies happened for no reason. Just like the intro would suggest, many of the scenes in Rubber happen for no reason. There is a subplot where people are gathered in a desert with binoculars to watch a movie which is actually the events of Rubber happening in real time. It’s pointless. I didn’t need to hear their reactions to the movie. The worst part is that these scenes with the audience happen so frequently. It is as if the director was trying to make Rubber longer than it had to be. Maybe this should have been a short film.
The scenes that focus on Robert, the killer tire, are more tolerable. If you are a fan of exploding heads, there are a handful of moments that make the film worth checking out. If that doesn’t interest you, there is no reason to watch Rubber.
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