Product Description

FORD HIGH'S STAR FOOTBALL PLAYERS SCHEME TO DITCH FOOTBALL CAMP SO THEY CAN SPEND THE SUMMER SURROUNDED BY BEAUTIFUL GIRLS ... AT CHEER CAMP. HILARIOUS ANTICS ENSUE AS THE JOCKS USE THEIR NEW 'SENSITIVE SIDE' TO TALK THE HOTTIES INTO SKINNY DIPPING, CHEERING NAKED & HOOKING UP.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23707 in DVD
• Brand: SONY PICTURES HOME ENT
• Released on: 2009-06-09
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French
• Dubbed in: French
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 90 minutes

Amazon.com
The word "shameless" does not begin to describe Fired Up, a sneaky, self-aware teen comedy about two high-school jocks who join the cheerleading squad so they can score with girls at cheer camp. Naturally, they find themselves starting to care and end up committed to helping their squad win the big competition at the end. But while trotting through the formula paces, Fired Up manages to subvert the cliches of teen movies while fulfilling them at the same time. It's really kind of genius. Fusing the smart sassiness of Bring It On with the hyperactive self-referentiality of Dude, Where's My Car?, Fired Up wallows in the luscious flesh of its cast (both male and female) while pushing the horndogginess to ridiculous heights; it casts an absurdist eye on cheerleading while making savvy use of sports-movie plot devices; it starts out with the rigidly defined sex roles of high school, but by the end has mocked masculinity, femininity, homophobia, and furries(!). Nicholas D'Agosto (Heroes) and Eric Christian Olsen (Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd) play the jocks with just the right mixture of likability and preposterousness. Also featuring Sarah Roemer (Disturbia), swimsuit model Molly Sims (Las Vegas), AnnaLynne McCord (90210), and the ever-dependable John Michael Higgins (A Mighty Wind, Best In Show). --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews

Corny & predictable, but still funny
I think the best way to see this film is to know they had fun making it, producing it and to get something out of it like the commentary says: "...they will be studying this for years to come at USC film school..."

Let's get all of the hate mail out of the way. Yes - the leads are all over 30, yes - it is another dang cheer film, yes - it has nothing new to add to the comedy plate this year, and so on. But I still got some good laughs out of it and plenty of fit people to look at. The main thing that struck me was the chemistry between the two main actors, they were actually believable and funny. The supporting cast had some great moments, especially John Michael Higgins as Coach Keith and Philip Baker Hall as Coach Byrnes - they both showed awesome chops in doing their corny roles.

The film quality was excellent, the sound was a fun 5.1 and the impressive long-takes actually looked good. Whether you love or hate this film, that one take when the crew arrives at camp showcasing the 178 ladies on the steps - was impressive. The unrated is only a few seconds longer and contains some nice (and natural) upper body nudity in the night swimming sequence.

The special features give this 2.5 star film the last 1.5. There is a 15 minute making-of, a 7 minute clip on the "stunting" involved, and 8 minutes of unrated outtakes - which if anything are hilarious because of those damn peacocks. The quick press junket shows Eric Olsen in meltdown mode and the commentary with the director and two leads is worth it. Even if to hear little tidbits on how the main cast got each other sick from the kissing scenes or how everything was actually filmed in LA and not in Hinsdale.

Plenty of people hate this film, but I fell into the category of liking it and laughing. I suppose it will be mandatory for the cheer fans out there, but this will actually keep the guys interested also.

Rather poor
FIRED UP

** Out of 5

Release Date- February 20th, 2009

Running Time- 90-Minutes

Rating- PG-13

Screenplay- Freedom Jones

Director- Will Gluck

Starring- Nicholas D'Agosto, Eric Christian Olsen, Sarah Roemer, AnnaLynne McCord, David Walton with Molly Sims and Phillip Baker Hall

Fired Up is everything that is wrong with the teen comedy since the end of the 80s; the movie tries too hard and the comedy feels mostly forced and when all is said and done it just really wasn't very funny at all with the exception of a scene or two. Since the end of the John Hughes era the teen comedy has failed at almost every film released with the exception of some of the American Pie flicks and 10 Things I Hate About You; Fired up features all the flaws this genre has seen over the years.

The screenplay apparently was written by 4 different people, but in the end the name Freedom Jones is used. I really hope that isn't true since if it is the writers prove to be nothing more than hacks. The script attempts a lot of sex jokes, but people need to learn being a little racy (in a PG-13 way) isn't funny when it's forced. Writers seem to think a few sex jokes and you have enough to carry the movie. All these antics might be funny to a young teen or pre-teen, but even they'll probably be able to see through it all.

All the characters are the typical cardboard cut outs we've seen millions of times and we'll probably see a million more times. Nick played by Eric Christian Olsen is the more obnoxious one and Shawn played by Nicholas D'Agosto is the more sensitive one. That's something we've never seen before; Nick and Shawn get into the typical, but boring teenage antics and it truly is a bore. The screenplay fails at pretty much every aspect; weak characters and idiotic and unfunny moments.

The direction by Will Gluck is rather boring and uninspired and while Gluck does attempt to inject some life into the movie he never really manages to get anything going. The pacing is boring and the scenes lack any fun or excitement; the over the top scenes just come off as idiotic and a little too silly and Fired Up is just never really funny at all. In fairness, Will Gluck didn't have much of a screenplay to work with, but what little he has he never takes advantage of.

The performances are a little bit better and the leads Olsen & D'Agosto actually give fun and entertaining performances, but their talents are wasted with a terrible script. Olsen is really over the top, but it mostly works well. The two leads are about the only real positive aspect of the movie. Like I said the leads are entertaining; but aren't given anything to work with. Sarah Roemer as Carly also manages to deliver an entertaining performance, but is also wasted. The actors are about the only real positive part of the movie.

Fired Up has been often compared to Bring it On, but despite the marketing they aren't that much a like, but there is one funny scene and possibly the only funny scene when the characters are watching Bring it On. But again despite the marketing the two movies aren't as much a like as it was made to seem, but comparing this to Bring it On would be an insult since that movie was actually entertaining.

In the end Fired Up fails at pretty much every level, while the performances were good, the writing and direction sink this ship. Its cliché heaven and is never really funny at all.

I'm not a teenager but I love teen movies.
This one is a good one! I watched it on a plane and had to buy it so I could watch it properly. If you like 'Bring it on', this is a must-see.