The Best and Worst Super Bowl Commercials 2009

Which commercials scored touchdowns and which fumbled? TIME TV critic James Poniewozik grades the players

Audi, "The Chase"

Action star Jason Statham jumps forward in time in a car chase that takes him from one decade's getaway vehicle to another. (How do you shoot this commercial and not use Back to the Future's DeLorean?) Some funny period touches, and amid most commercials' emotional appeals and the feeling-the-economy zeitgeist, it's nice to see a spot that just says, This car is fast as hell.

Grade: A-

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