Hot Tub Time Machine 2 - review by Stevie Mack

I got a chance to see hot tub time machine today and it wasn't what I expected. It seemed like the best part of the movie was in the end credits. 

It wasn’t the laugh-out-loud riot I expected. Sure, expectations are premeditated resentments, but my expectations were based on the trailers and the fact that I was a big fan of the original Hot Tub Time Machine.

Laughs throughout the movie were very minimal and those laughs were mostly generated from shock humor. There were a lot of uncomfortable chuckles here and there but that was about it.

I was hoping this movie would raise the bar for another installment, Hot Tub Time Machine 3: Rise of the Pool Cleaners …  however this one missed the mark and did not beat a path to that end.

The storyline focused on them trying to right a wrong when it should have focused on them influencing various important aspects of American and world history as they did in the end credits, the stuff they teased us with in the trailers. 

Here's some info about the movie from Rotten Tomatoes:

MOVIE INFO

Hot Tub Time Machine director Steve Pink returns to the helm for this sequel set 10 years in the future, and starring Rob Corddry, Adam Scott, Clark Duke, and Craig Robinson. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Rating:

R (for crude sexual content and language throughout, graphic nudity, drug use and some violence)

Genre:

Comedy

Directed By:

Steve Pink

Written By:

Josh Heald

In Theaters:

Feb 20, 2015 Wide

Box Office:

$6.0M

Runtime:

1 hr. 33 min.

Paramount Pictures - Official Site

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CAST

Craig Robinson 
as Nick

Rob Corddry 
as Lou

Clark Duke 
as Jacob

Chevy Chase 
as Repairman

Collette Wolfe 
as Kelly

Adam Scott 
as Adam Yates Jr.

That's My Two Cents

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Stevie Mack is a blogger for many reasons, the main one being his love of entertainment.

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Movie Reviews by Stevie Mack: "Drag Me to Hell"

Written by Sam and Ivan Raimi, “Drag Me to Hell” centers on a loan officer (Lohman) who is ordered to evict an old woman from her home and soon finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse, which turns her life into a living hell. Desperate, she turns to a psychic to try and save her soul, while evil forces work to push her to a breaking point.


This was classic Sam Raimi! If you are fan of the "Evil Dead" and "Army of Darkness" franchise, then you're in for a treat. "Drag Me to Hell" has all the horror movie gore and sudden clashes of noise one would expect from its genera.


The comedy elements add to the film and I feel it makes the gore a little more palatable, just a little. We are taken into the running story of the main character's (Alison Lohman) life, relationship (Justin Long) and work..then the haunting, all at the same time. That's what makes for good story telling; we are made to feel for the character and loath the character all at the same time. The special FX were used at all the right times, nothing to write home about, just a good old fashioned scary movie..I loved it!

~ Stevie Mack