HOT TUB TIME MACHINE 2

US, 2015, 93 minutes, Colour.
Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Adam Scott, Gillian Jacobs, Chevy Chase, Collette Wolfe.
Directed by Steve Pink.

Depends on how audiences responded to Hot Tub Time Machine, 2010. Many fans did not take well to this sequel.

With John Cusack absent, the focus of attention is on Lou, played by Rob Corrdry, no holds fields barred on sex jokes and innuendo. Craig Robinson is present again as his musical friend, exploited by Lou, Nick. And then there is Lou’s son, Jacob, young and ungainly and put upon by the others, played by Clark Duke, but moving, in the future, to be as much like his father as possible.

With ego flying, Lou makes himself the centre of attention but there is an attempt on his life, his being shot in his genitals – more jokes… The group decide to go into the future, getting the help of Chevy Chase. The future they find themselves in is vaguely familiar, television shows only more futuristic… And they encounter Adam’s son, played by Adam Scott. He seems agreeable enough, is about to get married, but has his own problems – including a psychedelic drug experience. However, there are difficulties with Lou.

And back they all go to thwart the attempt on Lou, only to find that it is Adam’s son who is the would-be assassin.

Men playing adult boys, with jokes mainly geared towards men responding as boys.