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The Car

The Car : Revenge, it’s just confusing. It starts off with a very fast and furious cheese, goes into a demolition man judge in court room setting, and then shifts to fight club in an underground venue where the bad guys in various outrageous dress getting their mission. This thing runs at a fast clip, so you better pay attention.

Off to steal a microchip that has evidence of their crime ring. So they head out and grab… I think a district attorney or a evil corporate type. Either way it ends up with him getting thrown out of window and landing on his beloved car.

I think we established our origin now, right?

The Car begins to hunt down the villains… And it really feels like a crow movie. That’s sort of superhero revenge deal, with a cast of villains as colorful as anything we saw in those movies. From the guy with the drill and his middle finger, to the flamethrower Furiosa, to the white jacketed boss villain and his army of weirdos in gas masks, it feels very much like one of those sequels… Perhaps even a bit better.
The car of course needs allies, it needs somebody to drive it. And it’s got it’s all on the girl they targeted for death, as she works with the detective trying to solve murders. The car isn’t real big on the detective though, he’s dividing her loyalties in the car wants it for himself.

This speaks to one of the real strengths of this movie, in that they give the car a great deal of personality for an inanimate object. It’s not just fast precision driving and running over bad guys, there’s some actual character here.
Of course once the gang decides to go full on Mad Max on the car and trapped in a weird crevice in an abandoned warehouse, they discovered there’s no driver. Doesn’t matter, they set it on fire, smash the windows, beat it down and take the girl… In the microchip. The car I’ll be back though, after some modifications, getting it ready for the final act.

 

This thing is a trip and well worth the watch. Seriously. Don’t let the average cover art scare you off, this one’s a buy.