Stupid little girls from troubled households making dumb life choices meet bad boys in motorcycle gangs with equally turbulent backgrounds. The romance, the rivaling male factions, the angsty teen drama, it kind of reminded me of Twilight (except anything Japanese is obviously levels above all Hollywood garbage). The cinematography is pretty good and that coastal Japanese scenery is always pretty to look at, but the story is a bit all over the place. A lot of random stuff happens but there is not much plot or character development. There is this looming war between two biker gangs, but we are never really shown what these gangs actually do, who they are and why they want to fight each other. Nothing is explored with adequate depth, so for a large part the movie I found myself not caring too much about what's going on. It does get better towards the end though.
Plot summary
"Hot Road" depicts sad and fierce love between 14-year-old Kazuki and 16-year-old Hiroshi. Kazuki Miyaichi (Rena Nounen) lives with her mother. Kazuki does not like her mother's boyfriend and she feels that she is not loved by her mother. This leads Kazuki to get into trouble. Hiroshi Haruyama (Hiroomi Tosaka) is a troubled kid who does part-time jobs for a living instead of going to school. He is a member of the motorcycle gang "Nights".
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Decent teen drama with some flaws
Good enough
A good story, but lacked some intensity when it came to the romance. Though, there was a strong base on which a great love story could have been bloomed, however, the romance was bit weak. That was, probably, because the film makers focused more on the girl's bad family background and on the tragedy part of the movie, as well as the gang dynamics, the girl's drama towards her mother and the ones around her, and the pattern boy gets beaten-runs to the girl-girl takes care of him. Or, maybe the couple didn't have the chemistry that the love story needed. But, other than that, it wasn't that bad of a movie. It had some interesting parts, and the love story was okay overall. So, 5 out of 10.
teenagers flick
...this is not a road movie nor a biker movie; and all seems bland. Lack of tension and the plot is way too cliché. Is about growing and the problems that teenagers would be associated. Sometimes we need a "word" in the right moment to keep things going on strong. The acting of the girl is not convincing. The interaction of the scenes is a bit sloppy. The director tried but could not obtained a dreamy point of view of some decisive scenes. Could be good.