The one thing a film critic has to do is ignore the capsule descriptions of movies that often are released before the movie opens.

An abbreviated description of a movie about a mentally challenged man and his brother on a road trip doesn't sound that interesting. But "Rain Man" was. "College losers have fun" is not an appealing way to describe "Animal House." And "Playboy takes night job" would not trigger the kind of audience totals as "The Dark Knight" has seen.

So the best thing to do is see wait and see the movie.

Then there are some descriptions that sound so weird the movie sounds fake. That is exactly what I thought when a press release arrived from Peace Arch Home Entertainment Inc. The company is releasing the movie "Ninja Cheerleaders" on DVD Aug. 12.

Right.

Here's the description. "April, Courtney and Monica are wild, beautiful and intelligent college freshman cheerleaders, but when they put their pompoms down these girls turn into deadly weapons. Trained as ninjas by Sensei Hiroshi (George Takei) they spend their days studying and their nights stripping to pay their way through college."

Imagine the conversation between the heroes. April: "I am a black belt." Courtney: "I am a yellow belt." Monica: "I am a no belt."

Do the heroes have to buy all of their weapons with one dollar bills? What happens if they are on an away trip with the team and crime breaks out back home? If the women earn a varsity letter for cheerleading, will they have a jacket on which to sew it? Has George Takei's career really fallen this far?

The only way to answer these questions is to see the film.