Hot Rod
Movie • 2007 • Action
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For Rod Kimball, performing stunts is a way of life, even though he is rather accident-prone. Poor Rod cannot even get any respect from his stepfather, Frank, who beats him up in weekly sparring matches. When Frank falls ill, Rod devises his most outrageous stunt yet to raise money for Frank's operation -- and then Rod will kick Frank's butt.
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rod's father died before the movie started.
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Rod and his stepfather are shown to be fighting a lot. Rod isn't a child, but it's can hurt to watch
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Not in the traditional sense, but Rod and his stepfather do fight each other in a competitive sporting sense and it gets a bit out of hand.
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Are there abusive parents?
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Rod's stepfather is cruel to him both physically and emotionally, picking fights with him that his stepson can't win. The whole motivation Rod has for saving his life is so he can finally win a fight against him. This is all played comedically, though.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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it isn't really 'abuse', but Rod is shown drinking/smoking after getting into a fight with his stepfather
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One of the characters takes acid.
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A raccoon is run over, it isn’t shown but it’s directly bragged about and you hear it and see the car jump :(
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Rod has mattresses ducttaped him for protection during a stunt. It's consensual and he is still free to move but I get icked about ducttape being used sometimes so jsyk
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To record how long he can hold his breath, the main character's friend holds his head under water then forgets to check on him. He's okay and coughs out the water.
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Not directly involving the eye, but one character gets a piece of metal cut near his eye.
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rod is on fire at one point but he is fine
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While not depicted on screen, we are told Rod's father died by choking on food.
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Does someone break a bone?
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The protagonist says he feels he has broken bones after a massive fall, but no injury is graphically shown.
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Are any hands damaged?
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briefly and nongraphically (very cartoonish like the rest of the movie) rod's hand is pressed against a grill. no injury is shown but it is inferred; the shot is very short
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Does someone fall to their death?
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No, but a character tells a very graphic story about a fatal fall. It turns out to not be true, but still may be upsetting
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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An unseen character is said to have died from choking on a piece of pie. Additionally, Rod nearly drowns during his training but he is saved.
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after two characters whose ages arent specified (they're old enough to drive and some drink but some live with parents; they're probably over 18 but they are vaguely young) kiss, another middle aged man says thier kiss was hot and that it gave him a b***r i think they are 18+, but it still icked me out so i wanted to mention it
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rod's father died in the past
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Does a parent die?
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No parent (or anyone) dies on screen, but the death of the protagonist's father is discussed.
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I believe his bike is pretty broken by the end of it, not sure if it counts :)
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At the beginning when Andy Sandberg tries to do a stunt with a ramp on his motor bike, he fails hard, smashes into the ramp in a hilarious moment, then v*s graphically, spoiling the funny crash completely. (For emetophobes like me.)
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Happens twice. Not graphically, since you don't see or hear it, but it's made abundantly clear that's what's happening.
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No attacks, but Rod's stepfather Frank has a heart condition that threatens to end his life if he doesn't get a transplant.
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it's small, showing just the entrance (after Bill Hader's character takes acid/cuts his eye)
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30 minutes in the cashier is chewing gum loudly
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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a few moments where this one guy dances and looks at the camera; some moments are filmed in-world though so it could just be Kevin's camera
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One character calls another a "homo" as an insult
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There's a scene where Kevin is looking at two dogs having sex on the computer then lies and says he was doing research for mom. Not really b********y and just a little weird lol but still
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Not officially, but during a kiss scene another character remarks that the (mistakenly) thought the characters in question were siblings.
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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One of the main themes of the movie is fundraising money for the step-dad's heart surgery, iirc.
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Is someone terminally ill?
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rod's stepdad has a heart condition; the spend the movie raising money for his surgery
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Violence
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Bill Hader's character cuts just above his eye, its got a bit of blood
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Is there gun violence?
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Nobody is shot or harmed with a gun. However, there is a scene where a gun is used to open up a container in a context where it generally wouldn't be appropriate to carry one. It's played for laughs though.
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Does someone drown?
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Yes, but he does not die and fully recovers
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