Ninja Cheerleaders (2008)

Director:

David Presley

Writer:

David Presley (writer)

Release Date:

10 May 2008 (Japan)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

This Summer's Destination For Fun

Plot:

3 college cheerleaders use their martial arts know-how to save their Sensei from mafia kidnappers, but must keep their extra curricular activities a secret in order to make it into an Ivy League school.

Plot Keywords:

Fighting | Mafia | Go Go Dancer | Shooting | Female Ninja

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Trishelle Cannatella	...	Courtney
Ginny Weirick	...	April
Maitland McConnell	...	Monica
George Takei	...	Hiroshi
Michael Paré	...	Victor Lazzaro
Michael FitzGibbon	...	Red
Larry Poindexter	...	Detective Harris
Natasha Chang	...	Kinji
Omar J. Dorsey	...	Manny
Eric Stonestreet	...	Beergut
Richard Davalos	...	Don Lazzaro
Max Perlich	...	Jimmy 'The Snitch'
Jullian Sonteay	...	Harry 'Gunshow'
Dion DeRizzo	...	Al 'the stepfather'
Curtis C.	...	Professor Stevens

MPAA:

Rated R for nudity, sexual content and some crude material.

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Hi-Fidelity Films

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.