Our Disney Channel Original Movie Month: Sportz!! Edition continues with Alley Cats Strike! If you want to see the movie described as "not terrible" and "just fucking bowling," you can see it on Disney+, but we suggest you just let us walk you through it.
Four junior high kids who love bowling, retro clothes and swing music--and scoff at anything remotely popular or liked by others--are somehow supposed to be likeable. We follow these soul bowlers as they work together with popular jock Todd to help their school, West Appleton, beat their rival East Appleton to win the "Mighty Apple" by bowling their lil rockabilly hearts out. Yes, that's what really happens. But what happens next? Will the "Weird Kids" and "Golden Boy" be able to work together? Will they actually learn something from one another? Will Alex's dad's bowling alley be saved? Was this written by a ghostwriter? Did Hope really say "in heavy quotations" a g a i n ? I mean, is she just messing with us at this point? I honestly can't tell.
If you want some of these questions answered, crack open a beer, grab some greasy bowling alley fries, and listen to Hope and Jerry get into Alley Cats Strike!