If you find yourself searching for a movie centered on a murderous tire with an audience of random bystanders with binoculars, consider adding “Rubber,” directed by Quentin Dupieux, to your Netlix queue.
The star of the movie, a tire, comes to life and emerges from the desert with mysterious telepathic powers. The tire begins destroying random objects it comes across—via rolling and stopping upon its own will—and develops a penchant for murder.
This movie also offers a view of a car hitting a series of chairs in a desert and a sheriff stepping out of the car’s trunk. He gives a monologue and pours a glass of water onto the ground for absolutely no reason.
Dupieux’s 2010 film is not a thriller despite its pattern of human beings exploding. It has humor, some brief scares—and, as a fun surprise—stalking. Turns out, when tires come to life with the intention to destroy mankind, they can also become obsessed with specific human beings.
Ah, how beautiful.
Meanwhile, the audience of bystanders remains in the desert, watching the plot unfold. They grow uncomfortable but cannot leave, contributing their own separate plotline to the film.
“Rubber” makes its purpose known from its beginning monologue: nothing. “Rubber” capitalizes on the fact that there truly is no reasoning behind it.
With that in mind, there are so many reasons to watch this enthralling murderous tire in action. If movies can feature anthropomorphic cars with a taste for destruction (i.e. “Transformers” movies, comic books, and animated series), why not do the same with a tire?
You’ll get a completely different result that is bad enough to be the first post on the Fary Bad Movie Collection.
At least it’s fun to watch.