The first Pirelli film titled "The Call" was more of a satanic, tire-smoking standoff than a forum for promoting tires. But it was artsy, very well photographed with plenty of cool special effects and intriguing; a thinking man's endorsement of Pirelli tires.
The next film called "Mission Zero" premiers Monday at pirellifilm.com but I had a chance to screen it Sunday. "Mission Zero" is a no-holds-barred action film with Uma Thurman driving a yellow Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder trying to evade assassins shooting at her from an old Mopar B-body with a fake supercharger. The conflict stretches from Beverly Hills to the Los Angeles port and is action for the sake of action. Very little to think about in this short film, which was directed by Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break), except why a Lambo can't outrun a sled from the late '60s in a 20-mile chase. The action isn't limited to the asphalt. There are knives, machine guns and a shoulder-fired rocket; all of which sometimes feels like a bad homage to the "Kill Bill" series.
But enough nit-picking. The film is free and it features Uma in a yellow Lambo. She now joins my personal cinema hall of fame populated by hot blondes with cool cars: Suzanne Somers in a T-bird, Susan George in a Charger, Joy Harmon on a DeSoto. Go girl!
[Source: pirellifilm.com]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Accordsforall @ Feb 12th 2007 12:08PM
Hmmm
*Laughs* Ya forgot to mention that OVOID dump known as the Avenger and or Stratus / Cirrus in the left corner of the screen shot. Interesting.. its got no badges.. and the vehicle has such a bad rep...
BasicHuman @ Feb 12th 2007 12:40PM
Maybe I'm being way to critical, I wanted to love this but unfortunately did not. The dialog and acting were pretty bad and the fact she couldn't outrun the bad guys in her yellow Gallardo was silly. I guarantee you if someone was shooting at me I'd be driving faster than a semi. Oh well...
cluebyfour @ Feb 12th 2007 4:03PM
why a Lambo can't outrun a sled from the late '60s in a 20-mile chase.
Because Uma Thurman's driving it. Duh.
Josh Wardell @ Feb 12th 2007 4:28PM
I got all excited thinking someone was finally smart enough to duplicate BMW Films. But that was just cheese.
FLR @ Feb 12th 2007 5:43PM
Does anyone else here think that Uma is NOT hot? Seriously, I barely find her attractive. I'm not dissing her acting....it's just that I wish Salma Hayek was driving wearing a low-cut shirt.
Thom Leidner @ Feb 13th 2007 3:23AM
I worked on that one. the stunt driver waaayyy over rotated on the scene when she's being shot at by the sniper in the cherry piicker. hit the curb, flipped the lambo in the air, spun it around a few times and landed hard, shattering the wheels and totalling it, just missed janus's bmw too. fun, difficult job. the stunt driver also hooked out too far filiming the scene that's in the shot above and hit the curb, cracking the axel. sunday in long beach with no spare axel..i give the car prep guy credit, they cannibalized one of the other lambo's (we had 3) and got it up and running in a couple of hours.
dave @ Feb 25th 2007 12:38AM
If the mopar did have a supercharger it would out run the lambo.440 6 barrel road runner's run high 11's in the 1/4 mile stock with slick's that are comparable to the lambo's tire's today.high 12 sec 1/4 with tiny 8 inch wide bias ply tire's of 69.To get better handling the mopar's rear should be level with the front,not jacked up,set the front torsion bar's lower it then handle's like a slot car.