Um…I…ugh…wha?
So it’s a tire that explodes heads through sheer Scanners-esque telekinesis. Alright, I am in for this ride.
An old tire appears in a California desert, and under its own power it begins rolling down the road, stopping and starting as it pleases. The notion that the tire can operate under its own power isn’t half as remarkable as its other talent — the tire has telekinetic abilities and can make things explode at will, including human heads. The evil tire goes on a killing spree after its affections for a beautiful woman (Roxane Mesquida) are thwarted, and local lawman Lt. Chad (Stephen Spinella) steps forward to investigate. Meanwhile, a handful of people aware of the tire and its actions are watching it from a safe distance until they’re poisoned by a mysterious villain; one of them (Wings Hauser) manages to survive, and is looking for some revenge of his own. Rubber was an official selection at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
So let me state this once again, it’s a tire that is sentient and has the ability to explode peoples heads with telekinetic powers. What the fuck?
Well, in all hoenstly, that is all I have to say about this movie. I mean there is no general subtext or deep thematic elements that I can dive into that would even try and make sense of this all, suffice to say that is an exercise in being meta and breaking the fourth wall of films. And it also gave us our first ever, killer tire horror movie.
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