When I was 13 years old, I was forced to watch Dirty Dancing at a best friend's sleepover.

A hater of chick flicks from the beginning, I came up with these three conclusions after watching the over-hyped '80s movie: Baby is perhaps the most horrific nickname ever. Apparently, working for a resort also means you have the innate ability to dance like a pro. Patrick Swayze is weird.

Seven years later, after being forced to view the most unneeded movie revamp, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, I was left with at least one of these same three conclusions. Even in his cameo appearance, Patrick Swayze is still weird.

But after that, the similarities end. Though Havana Nights' plot certainly isn't anything new, there's still something different about this movie that makes it more enjoyable than it has any right to be.

As contrived and predictable as this teenybopper-friendly flick is, Havana Nights has some decidedly more grown-up aspects that give the original a run for it's money.

First, let's talk beefcake. While the spandex-wearing Swayze looked like a cheesy older man in the original, newcomer Diego Luna (of the steamy foreign flick, Y Tu Mama Tambien) sizzles in Havana Nights with his Latino pretty-boy ambiance.

Any female with a heartbeat will appreciate the scenes in which Luna exploits his pelvis-shaking dance skills. Even the perma-glow of sweat Luna wears throughout the film is somewhat sexy.

So who cares if his chemistry with rigid actress Romala Garai (the bland Jennifer Grey wannabe) fails to make major sparks? This isn't the sort of chick flick the female audience leaves thinking about the chick anyway.

Instead, it's the movie's trendy version of 1950's couture and Billboard-ready soundtrack of pulsating Latin music that distract moviegoers. Everything about this flick is stylized and modernized, right down to the dancing, which is at times more "Dirrty" than dirty.

Bottom line: This movie is more about selling MTV-style eye candy than the story of two unlikely lovers, which is fine if you're taking this film at face value.

If not, you may have a hard time stomaching some of Havana Nights' biggest offenders, such as its ridiculous political subplot.

Those who know their history can only cringe as Cuban revolutionaries naively celebrate the fleeing of their former dictator in favor of their party's newest leader, a fresh-faced Fidel Castro. The makers of this film should have known better than to impart half-baked history lessons on a Tiger Beat audience.

Yet despite these flaws, Havana Nights is still a spicier piece of fluff than the original, which is something even Dirty Dancing purists may come to enjoy.

You may not have the time of your life, but with this flick, you'll be sure to work up a sweat without ever having to hit the dance floor.