A high school movie starring two dudes who are in their late 20s early 30s. Unfreakin'believable.. and you know what.. it has its funny moments but yes, for the most part it's like anything we've seen before. The only attraction,
well at least to us male audiences everywhere, is the many hot girls who are in this freakin' thing.. the movie indeed does a good job of making us we wish we could be the lead characters, Nick and Shawn. FIRED UP is another teenage sex comedy that's a mix of Bring It On and American Pie without a chance of ever becoming a classic like those two titles.
FIRED UP is not necessarily one of those comedy movies where they only get funny in the previews/trailers.. like I said, it does have some funny moments thanks to the cockiness Nick and Shawn and their beef with Dr. Rick, the a-hole character who thinks he's all that, resulting in slurring smartass dumb remarks. Nick's attempts of getting close to Molly Shannon, who by the way looks absolutely bangin' in this movie, certainly worth the comic relief. On the other hand, John Michael Higgins who is supposed to be the funny one out of the bunch is too over the top and it is obvious that veteran actor Philip Baker Hall who plays the football coach, desperately needs a paycheck or is low on cash, otherwise he wouldn't have associated himself with this gig at all. I even feel sorry that his character says the S word so many times and yet none of them are funny.
Once again, I cannot emphasize enough that this movie has nothing much going but those many attractive girls and it does a good job of showcasing them. It's not rated R but it's very eye candy for PG-13. Nothing original about the buddy storyline, the usual plan, executing that plan, plan gets busted, change of plan and end of story. Some of the characters created are quite interesting like the lesbian cheerleaders, the guy who looks straight but actually gay, and some few surprising situations. The competition at the end could be a bit more intense, thrilling rather than just mediocre. But somehow I got this bad feeling that someone somewhere is going to stupidly come up with an idea of making a direct-to-DVD sequel and whole franchise out of this. Let's hope that's not the case.
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FIRED UP is not necessarily one of those comedy movies where they only get funny in the previews/trailers.. like I said, it does have some funny moments thanks to the cockiness Nick and Shawn and their beef with Dr. Rick, the a-hole character who thinks he's all that, resulting in slurring smartass dumb remarks. Nick's attempts of getting close to Molly Shannon, who by the way looks absolutely bangin' in this movie, certainly worth the comic relief. On the other hand, John Michael Higgins who is supposed to be the funny one out of the bunch is too over the top and it is obvious that veteran actor Philip Baker Hall who plays the football coach, desperately needs a paycheck or is low on cash, otherwise he wouldn't have associated himself with this gig at all. I even feel sorry that his character says the S word so many times and yet none of them are funny.
Once again, I cannot emphasize enough that this movie has nothing much going but those many attractive girls and it does a good job of showcasing them. It's not rated R but it's very eye candy for PG-13. Nothing original about the buddy storyline, the usual plan, executing that plan, plan gets busted, change of plan and end of story. Some of the characters created are quite interesting like the lesbian cheerleaders, the guy who looks straight but actually gay, and some few surprising situations. The competition at the end could be a bit more intense, thrilling rather than just mediocre. But somehow I got this bad feeling that someone somewhere is going to stupidly come up with an idea of making a direct-to-DVD sequel and whole franchise out of this. Let's hope that's not the case.
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