Bring It On: In It to Win It (2007) (V)

Director:

Steve Rash

Writers:

Alyson Fouse (written by) and
Elena Song (written by)

Release Date:

18 December 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sport

Plot:

Southern California high school senior Carson arrives at the all-important "Cheer Camp Nationals" determined to lead her squad...

Plot Keywords:

Cheerleader | Competition | Florida | Rivalry | Teen Movie

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Ashley Benson	...	Carson
Cassie Scerbo	...	Brooke
Noel Areizaga	...	Ruben
Jennifer Tisdale	...	Chelsea
Kierstin Koppel	...	Sarah
Anniese Taylor Dendy	...	Aeysha
Jane Park Smith	...	Reporter (as Jane Park-Smith)
Lisa Glaze	...	Pepper Driscoll
Adam Vernier	...	Vance Voorhees
Michael Copon	...	Penn
Tanisha Harris	...	Chicago
Dinah Schierer	...	Prairie Dog Captain
Jobeth Locklear	...	Flamingo Team Captain
Ashley Tisdale	...	Herself
Jamaar Berrien	...	Sharks Dancer

Also Known As:

Bring It on 4 (USA) (working title)
Bring It on 4ever (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language, suggestive content and rude humor.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Finland:K-3 | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | Ireland:12 | UK:12 | South Korea:12

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Universal Studios Florida, Universal Orlando Resort - 1000 Universal Studios Plaza, Orlando, Florida, USA

Company:

MFV Productions

Trivia:

The spirit stick used in this movie is the same one used in the first movie in the series, Bring It On (2000).

Quotes:

Aisha: Just so you know, I'm not mad anymore. I myspaced it all out of my system.

Movie Connections:

References Knock Knock (1940)

Soundtrack:

Get Up

Bringing it on again?

After "Bring it on: All or nothing" I was more or less sure that I had seen everything there was to see about cheerleading, and when I heard that there was to be yet another Bring it on -movie I was very skeptic to the idea. It seemed to me that the Bring it on -franchise was turning into a modern Rocky/Rambo-franchise for teens: You think it's over, but then there's another one and another one and another one... often with deteriorating over all -quality as a result. To test my hypothesis I decided to watch "Bring it on: In it to win it".

As suspected the storyline was simple, nothing too surprising. There was the usual conflict between two teams, two girls fighting and the usual "wrong" hottie and the amazing final routine. It seems to me that there is a pattern in choosing actors for the Bring it on -movies. Bring it on 1 and 3 starred fairly famous actors/actresses (Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Bradford and Hayden Panettiere), while Bring it on 2 and 4 had (at least to me) fairly unknown actors/actresses. The good thing about casting relatively unknown actors/actresses is that they just might surprise you, as Cassie Scerbo (Brooke) did. Her sassy, sarcastic attitude, combined with her constant applying of Sun Tzu's "Art of War" -principles to her methods with which to destroy Carson's (Ashley Benson) squad, was very impressive.

All in all, I found "Bring it on: In it to win it" fairly amusing, and by far better than "Bring it on Again", which I regard as an all time low. The rivalry between the two squads is much like the one in the previous Bring it on -movie, and as usual the final routine was something special. As I live in a country where cheerleading is not such a serious or popular sport, I found it interesting and entertaining to watch this movie, even though I'm sure a lot is over-exaggerated.

I'd recommend this movie if you want something light and funny to watch on with your friends, but if you want something deep and thoughtful with acting that should get an Oscar... watch something else.

Rating: 6/10