12. Hot Tub Time Machine 2 - The Moment Where Embarrassing Homophobia Still Exists In 2015, Part I
Im not going to bother going into the plot of Hot Tub Time Machine 2 in too much depth here, because life is too damn short and my wife doesnt like to see me cry while I work. Suffice to say that most of the gang from the first, halfway decent film return here, because money will buy you pretty, shiny things and out of all of them, only John Cusack has a social conscience. Lou, the most annoying one, is shot in the groin by persons unknown, and the crew use the jacuzzi of the title to travel a decade into the future to find the culprit. Here, they find themselves seriously, no one cares. This film is so bad that their own mothers got up and walked out. For the purposes of this article, all you need to know is that they find themselves as contestants on a hit game show called Choozy Doozy, where the suspiciously small live audience chooses what the contestant has to do(ozes). Against their will, two of our heroes are forced to have sex with one another in a virtual reality style environment. The scene goes on. And on. And on. Its as though they genuinely thought there was real comedy to be found in the sight of two men being electrocuted until they gave in and penetrated one another. Its also telling that this is apparently the worst and most disgusting thing that the Choozy Doozy concept could inflict on these men because all that gay stuff is revolting, right lads? This is 2015. How is this still part of a mainstream Hollywood production in 2015? No wonder Cusack bailed early.
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