Hot Water

Allow me a moment to wipe the drool from my mouth...

'Hot Water' clearly is a low budget movie with B-movie acting, but where the film lacks in this department, the eye candy sure enough compensates for any shortcomings (erm, no connotation of any kind here in context...). The toned bodies are soft on the eyes, and certainly a pleasure to look at.

Back to the story. The film is about jet skier Billy Burnett (Glenn McCuen), who obviously has the skills, but lacks discipline and determination. His friend Danny (Max Adler) arranges for Billy to be coached by ski champion Jarid Harper (Trevor Donovan).

What follows, is a pretty predictable and somewhat cheesy story which involves jealousy, love, envy, and the usual traits associated with a sports movie of this caliber. For a low budget movie, the camera work and jet ski stunts are awesome! The film also has a good, thumping soundtrack guaranteed to get your feet tapping and have you swaying in your seat.

Unfortunately, the film in general wasn't all that captivating. A great deal of the film is taken up by trivial and pointless comedic moments. The plot is extremely thin and the love story felt forced for the sake of having a romantic interest. If it wasn't for the eye candy and the jet ski stunts, 'Hot Water' would have been ultimately forgettable. Ok, I must add, I liked the ending.

Would I watch it again? No.

Great movie, fun, lots of action. I even love the deleted scenes you can watch when you buy the DVD.

With everything going on in the world right now, this movie is just what's needed to unwind, have some fun and laugh! Gorgeous scenery, great skiing and just a nice all around movie to watch with friends.

I wasn't expecting anything earth shattering or worthy of those disingenuous Hollywood awards that so many people seem to love in movies these days. I just enjoyed this movie because it's light, it's simple, and it has a nice even pace. Not every film or book will change the world, but that doesn't mean they can't get a good rating and a good review. It thought it was an enjoyable evening.

You can always tell when the cast, production crew, or friends of the film makers review their CRAP movies (see a couple of the other reviews). IF this movie is a 9 or 10 stars (as they gave it), then a movie like Gone With the Wind, Sound of Music, Oliver, or any ACTUAL very highly rated movie would be about 9,999,999 stars. The ONLY way this movie deserves a 9 or 10 star rating is if the highest possible rating is 10,000,000. THEN the 9 or 10 MIGHT be accurate. Plotless, pointless, pathetic. Go rent a copy of the 1988 movie "Hot To Trot" with Bobcat Goldthwait. Watch this first, then "Hot To Trot" WILL seem like a 10 of 10!