A.C.’s Review:
A few years ago a comic romp called HOT TUB TIME MACHINE came out where
four friends led by John Cusack traveled back in time to 1986 via the
titular machine. Much
fun was had with the concept of everyone in the past seeing them as
they were in 1986 and generally the whole nostalgia of revisiting a time
when cassette rocked the house. The movie was a success and a sequel
announced.
Flash-forward
(pun intended) to 2015 and the movie came out but John Cusack was
nowhere to be found. He must have read the script and bailed out. The
three friends
are now joined by Cusack’s son played by Adam Scott. Instead of going
to the past they leap ahead 10 years in the future to solve one of their
owns murder.
The
script is barely in existence…it boomerangs around from one inane joke
or gag to the next. The chemistry is off without Cusack (who I don’t
even like as an actor)
and the whole things plays out in a future that looks very much like
2015 and the people from the present they encounter barely look a day
older despite 10 years having gone by.
This
is without a doubt the worst follow up to a movie since GREMLINS 2
which suffered the same problem. HTTM2 and GREMLINS 2 tried to SPOOF
what was already screwball
comedy and both were epic fails that never should have seen the light
of day.
Best
Scene: Actually the closing credits have a montage of the guys sitting
in the hot tub back from such adventures as becoming The Beatles, dating
Marylyn Monroe
etc. Way funnier than the actual movie.
A.C.’s Rating: DVD
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