Hot Dog, The Movie was one 80’s cliché after another, and as such became a perfect snapshot of the era; for better or worse. Our hero is a young unproven American freestyle skier named Harkin Banks, who was played by a man named Patrick Houser who had the acting skills of a mason jar. That didn’t matter as he banged Shannon Tweed and taught the evil German a lesson at the end; which was all you really needed to have happen to send people home happy.
Odds are that if you are a fan of BMX racing you may have enjoyed Rad, which is far as we know is the only decent sized budgeted film of this genre. If you have no interest in the sport, than sitting through this horribly acted tire fire of a film was akin to a perpetual migraine. The film’s hero, Cru Jones, chooses to compete in…..oh we don’t have to do a film synopsis here do we? We’ll say this though; is there anyone less supportive to fictitious athletes then Talia Shire, who played the disapproving mom here? It can’t be possible.
With believable fight scenes and decent acting skill, we enjoyed Joel Edgerton’s role as Brenden Conlon, the older dependable brother who fought his younger sibling at the end of the Mixed Martial Arts film, Warrior. The end fight scene alone, might propel one of the actors (either Edgerton or Tom Hardy) to our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame; though we do think that depends on how time perceives this film and MMA in general. The Bullet Points: Movie Appeared: Warrior (2011) Actor: Joel Edgerton Why you should vote for him: There are limited opportunities for MMA fans to have an inductee, and he won the final fight at the end. Why you should not vote for him: He won the final fight, but was upstaged by his younger brother.
In an attempt to replicate Animal House, the screwball comedy, saw the group from fictional Lepotomane University are “voluntold” to represent the school in a collegiate white water raft race. Frankly, we don’t remember why the Dean of the University cared, but we do remember that predictable shenanigans occurred and the team was led by Tim Matheson who played a twelfth year senior, though someone we will always remember as “Otter” from Animal House. In case you didn’t figure it out, the sad sack team from Lepotame won and taught the mean Military School team and the stuck up Ivy League team a lesson in the process. Ah, we love the 80’s! The Bullet Points: Movie Appeared: Up the Creek (1984) Actor: Tim Matheson Rafted for: Lepotomane University Why you should vote for him: How about for the Animal House association? Why you should not vote for him: This film was only marginally good. {youtube}
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