Hot Rod – Mit Vollgas durch die Hölle (2007)

Hot Rod – Mit Vollgas durch die Hölle: Directed by Akiva Schaffer. With Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Bill Hader, Danny McBride. Self-proclaimed stuntman Rod Kimble is preparing for the jump of his life – to clear fifteen buses to raise money for his abusive stepfather Frank’s life-saving heart operation.

“I watched Hot Rod for the same reasons iu0026#39;ve watched any of the generic American comedies that Hollywood seems to churn out. Because i had nothing better to do, i didnu0026#39;t want to have to think and i expected to be very mildly amused. I was very pleasantly surprised when Hot Rod turned out to have a bit of heart. This movie seems to occupy a middle point between the fairly predictable but fun Blades of Glory and the rather more charming and oddball Napoleon Dynamite. Most recent American comedies seem to function like early Tom Cruise films : Take a vocation and run with it. Blades of Glory had the fairly ridiculous world of figure skating to draw from, and i guess you canu0026#39;t really go wrong with a grown man in lycra on ice skates, but itu0026#39;s humour relied heavily on that. Hot Rod is a film about a (pretty terrible) young stuntman whou0026#39;s objective is to raise enough money to save his dying step-dad by means of a life saving operation. His underlying reason for doing so, however, is because he wants to earn his respect by beating him in a fight. This little quirk and more are what make Hot Rod a little more satisfying than other films in its genre, and, despite some rather obvious jokes and a criminally underused Will Arnett, itu0026#39;s well worth watching.”