Hot Rod (film)

Hot Rod - Full speed through Hell (Original Title: Hot Rod ) is a comedy film from the year 2007 by Akiva Schaffer, who directed and was involved in the script. The main role was played by Andy Samberg.

Action

Rod Kimble is a self-proclaimed stuntman since his youth. He emulates his late father, who worked as a stuntman Evel Knievel and for the while trying to jump out of the shadows, had an accident. Rod, however, has had little success. Supported by his crew from the two friends Rico and Dave who are responsible for the material show up, and his half-brother Kevin, who takes over the management, he performs with his scooter is a variety of jumps, but most go wrong.

His life is shattered when he learns that his stepfather Frank is dying because the family lacks the money for a heart transplant. While the family resigned sad, do not want to admit that Frank is leaving the life before he finally respects him as a man Rod. So he decides to raise the $ 50,000 with a stunt. In this stunt he wants Evel Knievel outbid by jumping over 15 school buses. For the organization $ 5,000 are needed so that Rod and his crew attend along with his high school sweetheart Denise pounded now to several small appearances on birthdays and similar events. Of course, this results in many mishaps that Kevin holds by video camera.

When he cuts it into a movie, Rod wants this show publicly to take more money. However, the demonstration does not work as planned, because Rod is perceived by the public as a figure of fun and not as a stuntman, whereupon he throws the projector out of the window. He also damaged a car so that the collected up to $ 5,000 are gone and puts the leap across the 15 school buses in the distance. In addition, his mother opened the dissolved Rod that his father was not a stuntman, but sellers in a tire shop and Evel Knievel as a guest in the city with him has to be photographed. Since this photo is everything that Rod has of his father, who weaves his father since childhood stories, his mother did not take away the illusion. Rod decides to terminate the Stuntmandasein. It was only when Kevin opened him that the internet uploaded clips from the film have received about Rod more than 100,000 calls and a local radio station wants to sponsor the event with $ 15,000 to Rod remembers his passion again and preparing for the stunt.

On the day of judgment he receives a motorcycle by Dave, a pyro show by Rico, a new costume by Kevin and a kiss from Denise, sets out on the ramp and jumps. He is fast enough, the jump succeeds, but the move leaves Rod motorcycle going. He ends up injured on the landing ramp, but comes into its own and it is not to be carried out, but to go if also supported. Under the cheers of the audience, the display shows donations to $ 50,000 and Frank can be operated on. At the end of the film succeeds Rod to bring Frank to finally recognize him as a man and as a son.

Criticism

Andrea Niederfriniger writes the portal " Filmreporter.de ," the film was a " bizarre summer comedy" Even Roger Ebert of the " Chicago Sun-Times " rated the movie positively. He finds the film " funny because he is honest " The film benefits from Sissy Spacek's portrayal, the mother of the " upright without bending, as though she were not in a comedy ," plays

The magazine Cinema expressed cautious: " The Sketch Parade commutes between Napoleon Dynamite 'and' Jackass ' and in places is really funny. Unfortunately, the Gag - tank running despite 80s parodies empty quickly. "

The magazine "Rolling Stone" emphasizes the "gift for visual gags," the production team. However, that was the only positive point. Sissy Spacek and Ian McShane are " underemployed " or " overqualified ", some jokes are repeated so often that humor " vaporized. "

The magazine " Variety" is, however, not very impressed by the film. Although the film sorrow for some laughs, the characters will paid very little attention.

Finds Peter Hartlaub of the " San Francisco Chronicle ," the film is an " extraordinarily silly comedy".

Also S. James Snyder of the " New York Sun " refers to the production as a "thin, brainless comedy that makes the appearance of a five-minute YouTube clips, which was inflated to 80 minutes."

2007 in film Screenplay Pam Brady Lorne Michaels John Goldwyn Film score Andrew Dunn (cinematographer) Malcolm Campbell (film editor)
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