MovieChat Forums > The Wrong Car (2016) Discussion > Poorly Conceived plot...

Poorly Conceived plot...

posted 8 years ago by davetruman68
3 replies | jump to latest

Poorly conceived plot to me when the police and the legal system are portrayed as ineffective and none caring. Add to that, making gangbangers trustworthy and honorable is a little far fetched. It was a good twist at the end, but they should of come up with something more appropriate to give it better closure. When Charles said he would see her in three years for good behavior, she should have responded "I going to make sure you get the max and I am going to sue you for everything you got". I think that would have made a better ending.

[–] telavivid 8 years ago

It also comes across as having been written in one breath. There are people who write scripts or books and just finish them without editing. And that's when the movies turn out flat and without much depth. I mean, why should we care about the main character? Why should we care about any character? What about their personalities/goals/dreams/quirks? What about a story line apart from the rape?
There's nothing from that really.

[–] davetruman68 8 years ago

I agree, everything seem to be so superficial, and it seemed like we were suppose to be sympathetic throughout the movie. I was concerned at first for her, but as we followed her through her course of actions, I was feeling less sorry for her. Do you think it was written more in mind to stay on budget? I wonder if the director had a hand in making this a lavish senior project?

[–] telavivid 8 years ago

Who knows. I initially had the feeling that this is his first script, because it seemed like a typical rookie mistake to make. Then I opened his IMDb profile and saw that it's not his first, but it's the second time he wrote a script all by himself. The movie based on his first script is holding a 4.3 rating. I'm guessing the other material he worked on was very much polished by his co-writers.
As far as budget goes, Robert Halmi Jr.'s work for example proves that the story doesn't have to suffer when you need to produce a budget movie. In an interview once he said that it should even be the opposite - if the movie has a tight budget, you should push the story itself to the foreground, since you can't afford special effects, stunt doubles etc.

It's a bummer, cause the premise of the movie was actually quite good and if this person had the patience to straighten out the rough edges, it would've been very delightful to watch (minus the horrific baby mask - what was up with that?!).