Rubber Red-Band Trailer Contains 100% More Exploding Heads (And Bunnies)

Forget Drive Angry and please, please forget Bad Teacher; if any movie was ever justified in jumping on this red-band trailer trend, its Rubber. I mean, points for effort, but how are you supposed to sell a high concept movie about a tire that can explode people's heads without actually showing some exploding heads? Or at least an exploding bunny. Thus, I present the just-released red-band trailer for Rubber which features all sorts of creatures exploding. Only, why does this suddenly look like an art film?

The original trailer used suspenseful music and a lot of subjective camera work to create a tongue-in-cheek grindhouse/comedy feel. This new trailer has a little of that, but I swear it feels much more like an trailer for some modern-existentialist anti-movie where we just follow a tire as it explodes people's heads. Sure, there's a bit of dialogue, but suddenly I'm braced for a demented, feature-length version of a Michel Gondry music video.

And honestly, that sounds more appealing. Such a ridiculous idea is best left without so many desperate winks at a genre that's almost too serious for this concept (which is saying a lot.). I would also like to read at least one straight-faced review that delves into the film's Dadaist influence and it's commentary on the role of objects in modern culture and so on. These really amuse me to no end. We've already got one pulled quote making the Samuel Beckett comparison - let's go all the way!

Oh right, the head explosions are great. Watch away. It's NSFW in the same way that Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail is NSFW.

Verdict: Sold.