hot rod!

Rating: Null/10 (14 December 2009)

In Hot Rod, Rod Kimble's dream is to become a stuntman, just like his father who died when he was a baby. He lives with his mother, stepfather, and his half-brother. Rod does stunts around town with the help of his crew. His brother, Kevin is the team manager/videographer, Dave is the mechanic, and Rico build the ramps. One day, he finds out that his stepfather is very sick and needs a heart transplant to live. So Rod plans to raise enough money to do one big jump. He plans to jump fifteen buses to raise his money. Rod sees a video that Kevin made for him and decided to show it in the movie theater. However, the movie back fires and made Rod the laughing stock of town. Rod becomes very angry and throws the movie projector out of the window. Because of that, he had to use all his money he saved up to pay for damages. On the same night, his mother tells him that his father wasn't really a stuntman, which shatters his whole universe, and he decided to give up on his stunts. Later, Dave gives him advice that made him rethink about his future. Rods talks to Kevin and finds out that the local AM radio station wants to sponsor his big jump. Rod doesn't make the jump, but he raised the money and saved Frank's life.
The critical intention for this film is to believe in yourself no matter what other people say or think. After Rod heard the news about his father and having everyone laughing at him, he didn't think he would be a great stuntman. In the end, everyone supported him and helped him reach his goal.
The movie shows how different Rod and his crew were from everyone else they grew up with in town. Rod always wore his stuntman suit and the crew wore clothes from another decade while everyone else was modern and grown up. Someone in Hot Rod even said that Rod Stayed exactly the same while everyone grew up.