Bring It On: In It to Win It
2007 film by Steve Rash
Bring It On: In It to Win It is a 2007 American teen sports comedy film directed by Steve Rash and written by Alyson Fouse and Elena Song. The fourth installment in the Bring It On film series, it stars Ashley Benson, Cassie Scerbo, and Michael Copon as members of rival cheerleading squads attending a Florida cheer camp.
The film was shot at Universal Orlando Resort in April and May 2007, with members of the University of Central Florida cheerleading squad appearing as cheerleaders and stand-ins. Universal Studios Home Entertainment released it direct-to-video on December 18, 2007. The film generated $24.8 million in domestic DVD sales. It received negative reviews from critics, although later retrospectives have highlighted its overt references to West Side Story.
Plot
The West Coast Sharks Cheerleading Squad, led by Carson, attends Camp Spirit-Thunder, where they're confronted by their arch-rivals, the East Coast Jets Cheerleading Squad, led by Brooke. Both are fierce rivals because each is the best on its respective coast; however, the Jets have beaten the Sharks at the annual Cheer Camp Championships for the previous three years in a row.
On her first day at camp, Carson meets and flirts with Penn. They trade phone numbers, neither knowing the other is on their arch-rival squad.
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