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Ninja Cheerleaders

  • 2008
  • R
  • 1h 21m
IMDb RATING
3.4/10
1.9K
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Trishelle Cannatella, Maitland McConnell, and Ginny Weirick in Ninja Cheerleaders (2008)
Three college cheerleaders (and after-school go-go dancers) use their martial arts skills to save their Sensei from mafia kidnappers, but must keep their extracurricular activities a secret to realize their Ivy League dreams at Brown.
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Three college cheerleaders (and after-school go-go dancers) use their martial arts skills to save their Sensei from mafia kidnappers, but must keep their extracurricular activities a secret ... Read allThree college cheerleaders (and after-school go-go dancers) use their martial arts skills to save their Sensei from mafia kidnappers, but must keep their extracurricular activities a secret to realize their Ivy League dreams at Brown.Three college cheerleaders (and after-school go-go dancers) use their martial arts skills to save their Sensei from mafia kidnappers, but must keep their extracurricular activities a secret to realize their Ivy League dreams at Brown.

  • Director
    • David Presley
  • Writer
    • David Presley
  • Stars
    • Trishelle Cannatella
    • Ginny Weirick
    • Maitland McConnell
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    1.9K
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    • Director
      • David Presley
    • Writer
      • David Presley
    • Stars
      • Trishelle Cannatella
      • Ginny Weirick
      • Maitland McConnell
    • 25User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
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    Trishelle Cannatella
    Trishelle Cannatella
    • Courtney
    Ginny Weirick
    Ginny Weirick
    • April
    Maitland McConnell
    • Monica
    George Takei
    George Takei
    • Hiroshi
    Michael Paré
    Michael Paré
    • Victor Lazzaro
    Michael FitzGibbon
    • Red
    Larry Poindexter
    Larry Poindexter
    • Detective Harris
    Natasha Jai
    Natasha Jai
    • Kinji
    • (as Natasha Chang)
    Omar J. Dorsey
    Omar J. Dorsey
    • Manny
    Eric Stonestreet
    Eric Stonestreet
    • Beergut
    Richard Davalos
    Richard Davalos
    • Don Lazzaro
    Max Perlich
    Max Perlich
    • Jimmy 'The Snitch'
    Jullian Sonteay
    • Harry 'Gunshow'
    Dion DeRizzo
    • Al 'the stepfather'
    Curtis Jackson
    • Professor Stevens
    • (as Curtis C.)
    Lateef Crowder
    Lateef Crowder
    • Karate Bully
    Daniel Ash
    • Roland
    Louise Stratten
    Louise Stratten
    • Monica's Mom
    • Director
      • David Presley
    • Writer
      • David Presley
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    3zetes

    Semi-softcore porn, but none of the lead actresses even get nekkid

    Now this one was pretty insulting, though, honestly, going into a movie called Ninja Cheerleaders you know what you're getting into. Still, the description on the On Demand channel was hard to resist: three college girls are cheerleaders and students by day, but by night they are either ninjas or strippers. Depends on the night. Both of those professions, however, have the same employer, the girls' karate instructor Hiroshi, played by none other than George Takei. Kind of creepy, as the implication is that Sulu has been training these girls in the martial arts since they were children, and then later employed them at his strip club (so they can raise the money to go from their community college to Brown). The action is laughably awful. Most of the acting is actually better than one would expect. The three leads, Trishelle Cannatella, Ginny Weirick and Maitland McConnell are never going to win an Oscar, but they're acting is far above porn star acting. And at least they're attractive. The biggest bummer here is that the three cuties never show their breasts. They get down to lingerie. So as not to tease the audience too much, director Presley throws in some fancy wipes to real strippers for no particular reason as the scenes transition. This is most definitely schlock, but it kind of reminded me of the good old days of late night HBO or USA Up-All-Nite.
    1tirkkanen

    It's bad. Seriously.

    I thought I should comment on this film, since it's really not as cute as it was probably meant to be. The film revolves around three girls who are determined to get into Brown College. To pay their tuition they strip at a local bar. The owner of the bar is a ninja master who lands into some heavy trouble and of course the ninja cheerleaders get involved.

    The first thing that's off is just the title: Ninja Cheerleaders. It kind of sums it up. I got fooled by the ninja part. Almost everything in the film is tacky. Plot, writing, directing, lighting, fighting etc. A few of the older actors do deliver nicely, but they can't salvage this shipwreck of a film. The biggest disappointment is actually the poor quality of the fights, since I'm a huge fan of martial arts.

    I'm thinking that the target audience for this film is young girls who need a strong role-model of a determined successful woman who doesn't need a man. Oh my god, did I really just write that? Another target group is probably teenage boys, who would be better off watching American pie, at least it has boobies in it.

    P.S. I might ask the film makers what's up with the topless women between scene changes? Of very poor taste and utterly irrelevant...
    4delibebek

    Cute

    Cute. The girls are cute. The fight scenes are cute. The red VW Beetle is cute. Etc.

    These girls fight for justice, righting wrongs, selling Girl Scout cookies - that is, when they aren't stealing swords in the middle of the night, cheering at their junior college, and dancing at a strip club, where they never actually strip.

    It's funny how a B-movie like this contains less action than it would if it were an A-movie. There is actually more acting in this movie than I expected, given all the background elements thrown in at random.

    I think this movie was more fun to make than it is to watch, but it was fun for at least one viewing.
    5ronnymiller-1

    Stupid but funny

    Seriously this is one of the worst movies ever and yet it is entertaining in a way I can hardly describe. First: The Title. A movie titled "Ninja Cheerleaders" is just a "gotto see this movie" to me. Anyway - the story is incredibly stupid (cheerleader strippers fight to get back the strip club of their ninja master against Michael pare - and to top it, they have to win a strip contest to get money for college....ha ha ha ha). This is a great setting for a really funny but stupid film, but the camera work, the directing work, the music, the actors - everything is just so bad. It is so badly made, it is sometimes hard to watch. But the girls are cute, they are brutal, they beat up everything they can - and then their is Captain Sulu as the master and Michael Pare. I want to like this film - if it was better edited and directed, it be a classic trash one - like this, it is just a film for men, who wanna see babes beat up guys.
    1dylan_spears_2000

    What, no lesbian scenes?

    After somehow managing to sit through "Zombie Strippers" (thanks in no small part to the abundance of untethered breasts and jiggly backsides), I attempted to sit through "Ninja Cheerleaders" today, but just couldn't make it. Yes, I was surprised too. I mean, it had all the basic ingredients of a great film - the three lead girls were even community college cheerleaders by day and strippers and ninjas by night, but alas it was still totally unwatchable. Hmmm, perhaps if they had also been lesbian I might have at least made it to the middle of the movie, but I guess that sort of post-production armchair directing is like wishing more things had blown up in "Lost in Translation" and that there had been some hardcore sex in "Breakfast at Tiffany's". I suppose no movie is ever perfect (as those last two examples clearly indicate).

    Anyway, I hope my inability to sit through "NC" isn't a sign that I'm now exiting my "prepubescent fascination with anything female and jiggly regardless of how badly written, directed or acted" movie stage. It'd really be a shame since that stage has basically been my defining characteristic up till this point and I'm not sure I'd recognize myself without it. Maybe I should watch "Zombie Strippers" again just to check? ;)

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    • Trivia
      Richard Davalos' final film appearance.
    • Goofs
      The cheerleaders are doing cheers on the basketball court within the field of play while the ball is in play.
    • Quotes

      Victor Lazzaro: You were in the war.

      Hiroshi: Yes.

      Victor Lazzaro: As was my father. Some glorious times.

      Hiroshi: Only one who was never there would say so.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Silver Screen Cesspool: Ninja Cheerleaders (2024)
    • Soundtracks
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      Written by Don Spangler & Christopher Goins

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    • Release date
      • May 10, 2008 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ниндзя из группы поддержки
    • Filming locations
      • California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Hi-Fidelity Films
      • Mercurybar Productions
      • NCS Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 21m(81 min)
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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