Some movies never get old

Andy Samberg as stuntman Rod Kimble in the film "Hot Rod."

My brother and I try to go out and watch a movie every week. Last week was a bad movie week. There was nothing good playing in the theater, so we decided to go to our local movie rental joint and take something home. 

Once we arrived we realized there wasn’t really anything in the new releases section that we wanted to see either.

My brother and I are big fans of comedies, the more ridiculous, the better.

After thinking for a few minutes we decided to rent a bunch of movies that we had already seen. One of them was the film “Hot Rod.” 

“Hot Rod,”  starring Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone and directed by Akiva Schaffer of the “Lonely Island,” tells the story of Rod Kimble (Samberg), a young man who dreams of becoming a stuntman. When he discovers his stepfather is ill, he decides to raise money to pay for his medical expenses. 

Although this sounds sad, it’s funny, trust me.

Kimble and his stepfather have a unique relationship, in which Kimble must constantly suffer the humiliation of being physically dominated by his old and ill stepfather.

“I’m going to get you better so I can kick your ass!,” Kimble tells his stepfather at one point in the film.

As much as Kimble tries, he is a lousy stunt man. Although his skills as a daredevil are poor, his sweet brother Kevin (Taccone) is always there to support him.

The film was written by Pam Brady, who has worked as a writer in various comedy endeavors such as the animated series ”South Park,” and films like “Team America” and “South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut.”

The film is simple, sweet and quite hysterical.

The cast is amazing. Sissy Spacek, (most famous for her role in the film “Carrie”), plays the boy’s mother,  Bill Hader (“Saturday Night Live,” “Superbad”) and Danny McBride (“Pineapple Express,”  ”Tropic Thunder”) play the roles Kimble’s stunt crew.

The movie is lighthearted, and well executed.

The movie provides a vast amount of random 80′s movie references, like the parody of the  “Footloose”  warehouse “punching dance,” which I find quite odd but funny, with a capital F!

As I realized this was about the  sixth time I had seen the film, I decided that some movies never get old.

Click here to visit one of the film’s websites.