June 9, 2006
By Jae-Ha Kim
Amazon.com
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Bring It On: All or Nothing is the idealized version of what happens
when a rich girl from an elite California school is forced to transfer
to an urban setting for her senior year of high school. Former head cheerleader
Britney (Hayden Panettiere, Ice Princess) finds herself with a quandary--does
she join the new squad, or does she stick to the promise she made to her
old teammates that she'll never cheer again? Given that this is the second
sequel to the Bring It On franchise, which started with Kirsten
Dunst's 2000 flick, and that there's really no reason for this movie to
exist without a match-up between Britney's old and new squads, of course
she must bring her pompoms out of retirement. In between routines, she
manages to land the hottest male cheerleader, Jesse (Gus Carr), and befriend
Camille (Beyonce's little sis Solange Knowles-Smith), the feisty head of
the squad. She even excuses Britney from practice when the latter lies
and says her family pet has died: "Who am I to stand between a white girl
and her dead dog?"
Beyond the inclusion of a few broad stereotypes dealt for laughs, this straight-to-DVD movie doesn't dwell on any real racial issues that a spoiled white girl actually might face at a predominantly ethnic school. Unlike Dunst's film, which was mindless but well-crafted, this sequel asks nothing of its actors but to look good and leap high. Bring It On: All or Nothing has already been brought. Twice. |
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