Super Hybrid

9/8/2018

Should have been much worse than it was. _Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._

11/6/2023

**_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