Review of Fired Up! (2009) by Phu B — 11 Jul 2009

Just a word of warning, this is not a cheerleading movie. Sure this movie takes place at cheer camp and there are lots of cheerleaders, but that does not make this a cheerleading movie. Still think this is a cheerleading movie? Just check out the press junket footage in the special features section of the DVD for your answer and to see a press guy get mauled and sworn at by the two leading actors once he mentions that this is a cheerleading movie.

All right, so if this is not a cheerleading movie then this is a movie about two guys who are trying to get laid by as many girls as possible at cheer camp. Why do they go to cheer camp? They have pretty much slept with all the girls at their high school and are supposed to go to football camp. Once they get wind of the amount of girls at cheer camp, they decide to ditch the pig skin for some pom poms.

The storyline is pretty cliche. Guys in high school just want to get laid. Guy falls for girl. Girl has douche college boyfriend. Douche boyfriend reveils guys true plan. Guy must be honest to try to win girl back and other guy decides to help.

This movie was pretty cheezy... so cheezy that it worked. Heck, there's even one scene at cheer camp where everybody is watching Bring It On and everybody is reciting the lines. The two main actors, Nicholas D'Agosto and Eric Christian Olsen, seem to have pretty good chemistry as they are best friends in the movie and didn't really know each other before. The only knock I'd give is that these guys are about 30 yet are playing high school kids and one of them doesn't look like they fit in agewise. The douche college boyfriend is funny and does the douche role justice. He wears crocs and claims that Chumbawamba is the soundtrack to his life. In one scene he's singing I Get No Doubt by them in his BMW with his college buddies... that was just plain bananas.

For not being a cheerleading movie, there sure are a lot of cheerleaders in it. I won't complain about it though. There are some cuties showing off their T&A. The scene when the guys arrive at cheer camp is just awesome. Hundreds of girls are just stretching and warming up in unison along the steps of the campus they're at.

If you're not into cheerleading movies but like to see hot cheerleaders then pick up this movie. Oh, and be sure to watch the credits, a dragon falls.

Panthers out!