Cheerleader Ninjas is a 2002 camp/action film directed by Kevin Campbell, starring actress Kira Reed, and from production company Control Track Productions.[1] It predates the similarly named George Takei comedic vehicle Ninja Cheerleaders. In the film, the internet must be rescued from the control of a religious fanaticism group by four cheerleader ninjutsu students and their geek allies. The movie was filmed at Englewood High School.

Cheerleader Ninjas
Directed byKevin Campbell
Written byKevin Campbell
Produced byHamster Pictures
StarringKira Reed
Angela Brubaker
Jeff Nicholson
Renee Deemer
T. Scott Becker
Jared Brubaker
Donr Sneed
Adam Burns
Matthew Mertz
Lee Schinagl
Tamara Lentz
Sunny Graves
Alissa Shanley
Cathryn Farnsworth
Brooke Martin
Narrated byKevin Campbell
CinematographyBrendan C. Flynt
Edited byKevin Campbell
Music byDerrick Boelter
Distributed byTrimark
Lions Gate Entertainment
Release date
  • 14 June 2002 (2002-06-14)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
BudgetNo budget film

Plot overview

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Four cheerleaders from the Happy Valley High Hamsters are blamed by a group of Church Ladies for the invasion of "Internet smut" into their children's bedrooms. The Church Ladies hire Stephen, a gay teacher from the local Parochial Reform School, to teach the cheerleaders a lesson by training a group of evil Catholic school girls.[2]

In the other side, Mr. X, an evil mastermind is using the cheerleaders as guinea pigs to test his Internet Zombie Domination software. So the cheerleaders turn to their arch social enemies, the computer geeks, to help them learn Ninja abilities and defeat the evil Catholic Girls, Stephen and the mysterious Mr. X.

Reception

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Film Threat gave the film four stars, stating that the performances were "quite good, especially for the subject matter we’re dealing with".[3] The encyclopedia of underground movies found it more gory than funny.[4]

Remake

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It was remade as Ninja Cheerleaders starring George Takei.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "'Cheerleader Ninjas' unworthy of rental". Tri-City Herald. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  2. ^ Michael Hastings (2009). "Cheerleader Ninjas (1998)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Review: Cheerleader Ninjas". Film Threat. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  4. ^ Hall, Phil (2004). The encyclopedia of underground movies: films from the fringes of cinema. M. Wiese Productions. p. 120.
  5. ^ Holtreman, Vic (17 April 2007). "George Takei Starring In… Ninja Cheerleaders?". Screen Rant. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
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