Harry is also FIRED UP!

I like cheerleaders. In Junior High in Austin, there was this little group of them that liked to torture me, because I was the fat kid at school. Slapping my ass, pretending to come on to me. I turned the tides by grabbing their asses and thanking them for the blowjob the night before. Later, in High School... I actually lost my virginity to a cheerleader, whose virginity I was enjoying. And now... over 22 years later, I'm married to a 22 year old ex-Cheerleader. So... to say I like cheerleaders... well, its an understatement. That said, FIRED UP was completely off my radar till Massawyrm and Capone's reviews. I hadn't even bothered to look at the trailers, because I just assumed it was a BRING IT ON knock off. This is no BRING IT ON knock off. This is a hilariously chaste cheerleader sex comedy about two guys. No, nix that. These are likable alpha males, smart, witty and gifted in athletic and mental faculties. They also love to get laid. They have worked their way through their own high school's crop of lovely ladies. And when they're faced with going to El Paso for FOOTBALL CAMP - a two week desert where there is no hotties at all... their minds begin to wonder to other possibilities. Cue- overheard conversation of cheerleaders talking about cheer camp and 300 other girls that are better than them and want it more! Our teenage Lotharios decide to become Cheerleaders with the express feeling that they'll get to pound the cream of teenage cheerleading pussy for two weeks, rather than the grit and grime of two-a-days. This could very well be the most brilliant set up for a Cheerleading Sex Comedy ever. That said, it does lose that title to PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW (1971) starring the amazing Rock Hudson. If only because that movie is R-rated. This film is hilarious. Quint, RoRo and Johnny Wad were all laughing pretty hysterically throughout. The reason? Nicholas D'Agosto & Eric Christian Olsen. I first became aware of Nicholas D'Agosto in Jeff Mahler's sick and disturbed INSIDE, where he played a peeper that gets the MISERY treatment... only worse. When I saw Nicholas on HEROES as Hadyn's flighty love interest... I knew I liked him. Now with FIRED UP, he's cemented his place as an actor that I'll keep my eye on. This is the first time I've really seen Eric Christian Olsen with a lead role. He was funny in BEERFEST as Gunther, but to be honest... he hadn't really made an impact till now. And damn. He reminded me that Jim Carrey used to be this funny. Seriously. However, it isn't really anything that these two actors did separately... it was how well they worked together. The dialogue is sharp, funny and witty. It moves at a breakneck pace, reminding me that comedy dialogue is best when sped up, making you choke back your own laughter to hear the next funny bit... which is right on top of each other. Also - keep your eyes on Juliette Goglia, who play Poppy in the film. This 13 year old spitfire is fucking hilarious. Again, this will be the first film you'll notice her in. She plays Nicholas' younger sister. Her character is like the "Brain" from PINKY & THE BRAIN - only... the younger sister who is painfully aware of everything. She knows that her older brother and best friend want to go to Cheer Camp to tag pussy, and she's totally willing to help them... if she can get her older brother's room at home with its own bathroom. POPPY nearly steals the whole film, which is crazy, because there's so many characters that are so funny in this crazed improbable funny flick. Philip Baker Hall is great as Coach Shit Shit. The Football Coach who has a passionate love affair with the word "Shit". And John Michael Higgins' Coach Keith (the head of Cheer Camp) is just a crazy fucker he should be neutered in this film. Seriously. Then there's all the hotties. Holy shit, if you were some sort of crazed alpha male that could actually land this grade of pussy... THIS IS XANADU! The scene where our twin drooling dicks arrive to Cheer Camp... it's heaven for wet dreams. I won't bullshit you, I laughed loudly throughout the film. So did the audience, so did my friends. SCREEN GEMS has put out a lot of shit films rated PG 13, this is not one of them. Is it because I have a carnal history with cheerleaders? Well, that certainly didn't hurt, but the reality is... it's just fucking funny.