Truly Dreadful Film

Pretty Good

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

CARS III is an oddball short movie shot in Los Angeles on a budget of a thousand bucks. It tells the story of an unlucky car salesman who makes a deal with the devil, a deal which has an unlikely outcome. This film is only worthwhile for the old-fashioned grindhouse look which reminded me of the MACHETE trailer. Otherwise it's completely silly and not worthwhile.

Bobby Hacker, the creator and director of the "Cars" web series, of which the main film on this disc is the continuation, is something of a visionary in contemporary indie circles. Not only has he created content primarily for the online market, forgoing traditional distribution channels almost entirely (until this release,) but he's done so with a distinctive style and unique sensibilities that don't fit cleanly into any category and defy comparison with other works. The two are related, of course--forgoing traditional distribution allows Hacker to create more unique works, and conversely, his unique sensibilities are more suited to online distribution than they are to traditional markets--but that is really besides the point. The point is that Bobby Hacker's Cars 3 is awesome. Awesome in an off-beat, crazy, totally unique way where, if you weren't paying attention or if you didn't know what it was all about, you might end up totally confused.In fact, even if you were paying attention, you might end up confused. That, however, is a tremendous part of its appeal.Cars 3 is the story of one used car salesman's frantic, trippy adventure to sell a Mercury Topaz within one hour, to avoid losing his soul to the Devil. To say anything more than that would really do a disservice to the film, as well as to miss the point completely--the joy of Cars 3 isn't in the plot, it's in the execution. It's a wild ride, filled with absurd humor and an enthusiastic revelry in the idiotic, propelled by nothing less than unbridled insanity. It has a unique look, a unique feel and is full of unique performances and unique writing.If you're worried that you'll be lost watching Cars 3 because you haven't seen the first two installments, fear not: they're both included on the disc as well, as special features. In fact, the disc includes a total of nine Bobby Hacker shorts outside of the main feature itself. These shorts are under titles such as "Jesus Sandals," "Roy Orbison's Bird S*** Fetish," "Dusty Desperados," and of course "Cars" and "Cars 2." In addition, there is a handful of trailers from Troma included on the disc, and the great extra content (listed under "Tromatic Extras") that we've come to expect from them. The entire package is completed by appealing menu designs which match the quirky personality of the films on the disc. The sheer volume of content included on this DVD would make it worth the purchase, not to mention the quality of the content. Cars 3 is funny, clever, unique, fast-paced and extremely entertaining, and it's bolstered by a bevy of extra content that can be described the same way. I can't guarantee that you'll know exactly what you've seen by the time it's over, but I can guarantee that, if you go into it with an open mind, you're bound to enjoy it a lot.