Super Hybrid

Watch: Super Hybrid

~ Most cars run on fuel. This one runs on blood. ~

Overview:

Late one night, a mysterious car is brought into the Chicago police impound garage after a deadly traffic accident. The on-call mechanics soon discover the car has a mind of its own. With hundreds of horsepower and two tons of reinforced steel at its command, it's a seemingly unstoppable killing machine capable of outrunning -- and outwitting -- humans.

Director:

Eric Valette

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$13,000,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

special car

Cast

Shannon Beckner

~ as ~

Tilda

Oded Fehr

~ as ~

Ray

Ryan Kennedy

~ as ~

Bobby

Adrien Dorval

~ as ~

Gordy

Melanie Papalia

~ as ~

Maria

John Reardon

~ as ~

David

Josh Strait

~ as ~

John Mariano

~ as ~

(Additional Voices)

Ben Diskin

~ as ~

(Additional Voices)

Kent Nolan

~ as ~

Teenager

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Reviews (2)

Gimly
Written 7 year(s) ago
4
Should have been much worse than it was.

Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product.
Wuchak
Written 2 year(s) ago
6
A night of vehicular hell at a Chicago impound garage

After a street accident, a mysterious car is brought to the city parking lot whereupon the midnight crew are thrust into an unbelievable life-or-death situation.

“Super Hybrid” (2010) meshes ideas from “Killdozer” and “Christine” but adds a fresh concept and the milieu of a big city impound garage. It’s superior to the former, but not great like the latter. Shannon Beckner is effective as the protagonist, Tilda, while Melanie Papalia is worth a mention as Maria.

The first act is compelling in the manner of, say, “The Hidden,” but I started losing interest a little by the last act. There’s some predictableness and, while I don’t mind the trope of the unlikely female rising to the challenge, it wasn’t necessary to paint the ex-military guy in such a negative light (Oded Fehr). Just because someone’s a boss and tells subordinates what to do in order to get things done, it doesn’t automatically make him/her evil incarnate. The switch to coldhearted bumbling moron doesn’t ring true.

Meanwhile the parting shot is eye-rolling in the manner of “Abominable” and the future “Dark Was the Night.” Still, if you can roll with its weaknesses, “Super Hybrid” is thrilling enough, albeit one-dimensional, if you want something along the lines of “Killdozer” or “Christine.”

The movie runs 1 hour, 34 minutes, was shot in Regina, Saskatchewan.

GRADE: B-/C+