Main article: The Cutting Edge: Fire and Ice With the help of coach Jackie Dorsey, Zack and Alex learn to work through their differences, in life and on the rink, so they can reach their goal of competing in Paris. Though Alex has not had figure skating lessons since childhood, she proves to be a quick study. He accidentally discovers the skilled female hockey player, Alejandra "Alex" Delgado. When talented Zack Conroy's pair-skating partner suffers an injury, he is tasked with finding someone to replace her. The Cutting Edge: Chasing the Dream (2008) Working together their dreams of becoming Olympic champions, gets closer to becoming a reality. As they begin to trust each other, their relationship changes and becomes romantic in nature. Talented in his own right, the couple find that their respective stubbornness and pride creates a difficult environment. As she recovers and strives to overcome her traumatic experience, she is paired with a new skating partner named Alex Harrison. Her dreams seem to come to an abrupt end, after suffering a career threatening injury. Growing up under their tutelage, Jackie develops dreams of her own and decides that she will compete and win her own Olympic gold medal. Jackie Dorsey is the daughter of 1992 Winter Olympics Gold medalists, Kate Moseley and Doug Dorsey. Main article: The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold Going for the Gold was criticized for being "geared toward teens", while being praised for the leads Chasing the Dream was praised for being "actually kind of fun", with positive reception for Francia Raisa's acting and the film's direction, choreography, and cinematography while the final installment, Fire and Ice, was met with mixed reception: criticism pointed at being perceived as a cash-grab, while praise was received for believable on-screen chemistry between the leads and for a "touching story". The three made-for-television sequels, which are categorically romantic dramas, were met with varying degrees of mixed critical reception with a common critique being that they are derivatives of the original film. The acting was praised, though some identified the mashup of genres as jarring while stating, "There is essentially not an original moment in the entire film, and yet it's skillfully made and well-acted." The first film, characterized as a romantic comedy in genre, was met with mixed critical reception. Beginning as nothing more than argumentative team collaborations, the featured couples become romantically involved. Based on characters and an original story written by Tony Gilroy, the plot centers around the unlikely pairing of differing ice sports athletes, for Olympic title pairs figure skating.
#The cutting edge series#
The Cutting Edge film series consists of American sports- romance films, including one theatrical film and three made-for-television movies which were later released straight-to-home video media.
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