Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack

Has a very definite bullied-by-A from PRETTY LITTLE LIARS flavor, but the term that kept flashing through my mind while watching The Truth was "Rebels without a cause"... a lot of posturing clearly for very little reason. And a considerable effort to pull off a ruse like that.

Saying that the characters lack depth pretty much sums it up. I do however rewatch and rewatch and analyze this and analyze that and Cristine Prosperi is a total jewel in here rising far far far above the rest. Unfortunately that doesn't say much. The girl who plays Hannah in here was clearly inspired by Hanna of PRETTY LITTLE LIARS but unfortunately, Ashley Benson she is NOT. She gives her lines as if reading them off. Later developments in the script depend very heavily on this very weak link to carry the story, and predictably, she fails spectacularly, and the movie slides out in a whimper. The Rebels do their performance wearing long pants? The lead girl sort of fades out towards the end. She is still there, but dimmed out. Vivica A. Fox (what a name!)'s Cheer Goddess comes across as kinda more than a little bit weird, even slurring words.

As for the very heart of it all, some pretty vivid foxes, yeah. Worth watching, yeah. Not really a good movie, no. But Cristina is worth the price of entry alone. The rest of the cast is a cheer-tastrophy, though.

Certainly kills off the franchise, no doubt nobody's gonna touch this for LONG TIME.

But I've neglected to say a truly heartfelt thing. Cheerleaders get bad treatment in many stories, but they deserve to be an Olympic event. Only they shouldn't be called cheerleaders. This ranks them second to male-dominated sports. To me the highest form of excellence is this "flying bird" with the colorful plumage (fortunately with better legs). Unfortunately the risks are SEVERE when it comes to being tossed up in the air and having to come down... ballerinas are wonderful till you find out their reality... Cheerleaders are much the same. But they are all to be revered.

A little post script by this South African:

Ha ha ha. The South African Blue Cranes. In words of my home language: Aaaag shame! Typically lazily humdrum South African. Score: big fat zero. Glue factory?

THIS MOVIE IS TERRIBLE!!!!!! do not waste your money to watch this terrible acting and horrible understanding of cheer leading. I was disappointed because of how good the other bring it ones were and watching how bad this one is I expected so much more but was not satisfied. Cheerleading is so much more than they lead it on to be not to mention their horrific grammar. Not one person I know says cheer-militated or cheer smack. That's just an insult to cheerleaders. The sport is not all about social media and "cheer smack downs". People in the cheer community are supportive and have great sportsmanship. This movie made me cringe. Also it's unrealistic and stereotypical. Do you research before you make another movie and try to make it believable these are cheerleaders... or even actors.

Let me begin by saying that I own every single Bring it On movie, and that I will not be adding this one to my collection. This is just such a disappointment... it's so obvious that the producers/directors/script writers/basically EVERYONE had no experience whatsoever in cheerleading.

I understand making things showy for entertainment purposes, but this takes things to n entirely new level. The film plays into stereotypes that cheerleaders are rude, dumb, and only care about materialistic things, while perpetuating a culture where it's embarrassing to be a cheerleader. And, seeing as I've been a cheerleader for the past 8 years, and I plan on cheering competitively in college and working with UCA full-time, I can tell you with 100% certainty that I am not ashamed to be a cheerleader.

It also appears like they're trying to pull a Pitch Perfect. As in, they said phrases with "Aca" thrown in the beginning. NO ONE says "Fem-credible", "Cheer-fection," or "Cheer-smacked" in cheer. There are no virtual "world wide cheer-offs".

Again, I understand that the purpose of any movie franchise is to entertain! But there IS a line between entertainment and ridiculousness. None of the Bring it On movies have showcased legitimate cheerleading on any level whatsoever, they only play into the stigma/overall perception of cheerleading. At least with the first four, the plots were interesting, and they choreography somewhat RESEMBLED cheerleading. Unfortunately, the later two do not.

All I ask is if you're going to make a movie where the driving plot is about a cheer team, at least have it be CHEERLEADING. No loose, horrible motions, no showy dance-like moves. Have the team succeed with amazing stunts/tumbling yet maintain tight, clean motions and adhere to actual rules/guidelines. You can't advertise it as a cheer movie and have routines be literally 20% cheer, 80% whatever the heck the choreography is.

If a movie was produced about any other sport where the film's portrayal was so far off that the sport was hardly recognizable, it wouldn't be okay. But therein lies the issue: to the general public who know nothing about cheerleading, all of the girls are catty, self-obsessed idiots who only fight with each other and start virtual wars with one another when that is not the case whatsoever.

If you are a fan to ANY of the previous installments and thought any of the previous installments were a let down or awful. get ready to give any previous Bring It On's an Oscar because compared to this all those others look like 100% rotten tomato movies.

YES that is how awful this installment is. It's like they hired random people on the street to fill in as writer, director, choreographers, and actors. It was such a lazy put together movie that its embarrassing to even let the web know I watched it.

And to the reviewer Meghan just an FYI the whole "aca" thing was started in the first Bring It On, so its not like that's where they stole it, but more like Pitch Perfect got it from them.

i have watched all the bring it on movies.. love them all.. This one isn't as good as the rest . i found it a slow moving movie esp at the start.. acting isn't as good as the others but i still like it. love watching the routines etc..

Would love to see another bring it on movie. but maybe the old characters could get together and do something spesh..