Ninja Cheerleaders (2008) poster
2008 · action · comedy · martial-arts

Ninja Cheerleaders

Directed by David Presley1h 21m2008
ElsewhereIMDb3.42k
  • warm
  • kinetic
  • cold
  • intimate
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Warm, breathless, gentle action / comedy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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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.

Our read · Ninja Cheerleaders (2008) reads as a warm, breathless, inventive action · comedy · martial-arts entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want trashy fun with cheerleader ninjas fighting mafia for their sensei.

ends triumphantyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 3attention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upnudityexplicit sex

Skip it tonightSkip if low-budget acting, nudity, and silly plotting will annoy you.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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