This movie begins in the year 2015—that is the year 2015 in the altered universe created by Nick (Craig Robinson) Lou (Rob Corddry), and Lou's son Jacob (Clark Duke) in Hot Tub Time Machine (2010). An unfortunate accident causes the gentlemen to seek out the tub to go back in time to prevent the accident from happening. In their attempt they find themselves in the future, learning that they must fix events in the future to fix the present, as the present day accident was caused by someone who came back from the future. Confused? Well I can't blame you. I understood it completely, but I personally can't stand these time travel movies, whether serious science fiction, or comedy. I guess this movie actually spoofs on just how convoluted it is, and they even mention several films where this happens such as Back to the Future (1985), The Terminator (1984), and the TV Show Fringe (2008-2013). In the first movie the time travel concept was kept simple, and the humor was enough to outweigh the time travel concepts. I quite enjoyed the first one. This one, not as much. A decent comedy, and I suppose the plot was clever—time travel is just a topic I never really care for.

After a terrible accident, the stars of the original Hot Tub Time Machine are forced to travel in time once again; this time to save a life. The actors do a great job. All of them. But the horrible characters they've been given and the ridiculous story line brings this down. Rob Cordry's character in particular is so unlikeable, that when his obvious changes of heart (and there are several) happen, they are not plausible, If you liked the comedy of Hot Tub Time Machine 1, but felt the story was too believable and the emotional connections you made to the characters too strong, you'll love this film. Some interesting concepts are turned to crap and some funny lines are drowned amongst thousands of duds. However do stick with it, just so you'll never be tempted to watch it again.

"HTTM2" was better for one reason: I knew what to expect. The predecessor caught me off guard with the crude humor and antics. This time around I knew what it was all about and was able to enjoy it more. Of course Mr. McCartney bailed on this franchise as he also knew what it was going to be about. Smart man.Wrapped up in all the time travel nonsense (in which they traveled to the future) was the immutable fact that Lou (Rod Corddry) was an incorrigible a-hole. The entire movie was predicated upon his being an unbearable prick from A-Z. It was due to his garish behavior and douche baggery that they were back into their hot tub time machine. Sure, it was a cheap trick to reboot it all but it is a dumb comedy anyway; no need to be clever with the reasoning for a sequel.

You might have overly loved the first Hot Tub movie and it might exceeded your expectations. Therefor you might have very high expectations of this one. But this one just drags the hilarious along and does not care too much on making sense. In fact, you could say it spits on anything that tries to explain what is going on or is trying to give it a certain quality at all.What this succeeds in doing, is being gross, mean and infantile. Now if that is what you're expecting going into this, you'll have a lot of fun. But remember: this is not about quality, and I cannot stress that out enough. It's about a group of people gathering together and taking the p... as the British would say (translation: having fun). Take that with a grain of salt and it'll help enjoy the movie. I know I was entertained enough, with just watching one sketch following another. Remember: this is just a movie (with no scientific explanations to the weird things that are happening).