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Step Up 2 the Streets

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Step Up 2 the Streets (2008)

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Reviews Counted:57

Fresh:15

Rotten:42

Average Rating:4.7/10

Consensus: There's a kinetic appeal to the handsome cast and their smooth moves, but everything else about Step Up 2 the Streets is been there, danced that.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for language, some suggestive material and brief violence.

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Feb 14, 2008 Wide

Box Office: $58,006,147

Synopsis: Jon Chu directs this feel-good sequel about pursuing what you love and finding yourself along the way. Andie (Briana Evigan, daughter of actor Greg Evigan) is a tough Baltimore teen who grew up... Jon Chu directs this feel-good sequel about pursuing what you love and finding yourself along the way. Andie (Briana Evigan, daughter of actor Greg Evigan) is a tough Baltimore teen who grew up dancing and is now part of the 410, the hottest dance crew in the city and reigning champions of the Streets, an underground dance competition. Unable to control Andie's rebellious ways, her guardian, Sarah (Sonja Sohn), has decided to send her to Texas to live with her aunt. But Andie has one last chance to stay with her crew in her beloved Baltimore: the Maryland School of the Arts (MSA). Unfortunately, maintaining her studies at MSA means less time with the 410. To make matters worse, Andie is having a hard time fitting in at her new high school, where tradition is revered and being outside the box is frowned upon. Luckily, she has a partner in crime in classmate Chase Collins (Robert Hoffman), whose stuffy brother, Blake (Will Kemp), is the school's director and a constant thorn in his younger brother's side. When the 410 boots Andie out, she and Chase find their own crew of overlooked MSA dancers and take it all the way to the Streets. The real star of STEP UP 2: THE STREETS is the amazing dancing and there's plenty of it. From the opening scene in a Baltimore subway to the playground to studio rehearsals to the Streets, these kids give it everything they've got. Channing Tatum briefly reprises his role as Tyler Gage, who knows Andie from the neighborhood. All of the MSA and 410 dancers are exceedingly talented, but Mari Koda's few lines as Jenny Kido are scene-stealers. [More]

Starring: Briana Evigan, Robert Hoffman, Will Kemp, Cassie Ventura

Starring: Briana Evigan, Robert Hoffman, Will Kemp, Cassie Ventura, Adam G. Sevani, Telisha Shaw

Director: Jon M. Chu

Director: Jon M. Chu
Screenwriter: Toni Ann Johnson, Karen Barna
Producer: Patrick Wachsberger, Erik Feig, Adam Shankman, Jennifer Gibgot
Composer: Aaron Zigman
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures

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give the new movie some credit for being a lot more fun than its namesake

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
02/18/08
Jesse Hassenger
Jesse Hassenger
Filmcritic.com

A brainless piece of product that is so utterly devoid of anything not concerned with the idea of separating 12-year-olds from their allowance that it makes the Hannah Montana infomercial/movie seem like "There Will Be Blood" by comparison

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment 1 Comment
02/15/08
Peter Sobczynski
Peter Sobczynski
eFilmCritic.com

The film can’t resist the inevitable overstatement.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
02/15/08
PopMatters

Promises to hit all the urban-dance hallmarks with sledgehammer intensity.

Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
02/15/08
Amos Barshad
Amos Barshad
New York Magazine

Providing you're not hip-hop- or cliche-averse, see Step Up 2 the Streets with the right expectations and you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
02/15/08
Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune
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02/15/08
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A worthy sequel--and its soundtrack [is] a worthy download.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
02/15/08
Kit Bowen
Kit Bowen
Hollywood.com

I'm not saying it's Stomp the Yard, but it's pretty good.

Full Review Source: Can Magazine | comment Comment
02/14/08
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
Can Magazine

too afraid of deviating from the typical dance movie formula. And in all honesty, it's not such a great blueprint to bother following anyway.

Full Review Source: Gazette (MD) | comment Comment
02/14/08
Jeffrey Lyles
Jeffrey Lyles
Gazette (MD)

Only any good when people are dancing.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment 1 Comment
02/14/08
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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For all of its ragin' dance moves and rebellious talk, is high-spirited and harmless. An MC at one dance contest declares, "This ain't 'High School Musical'!" Oh, but it is.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
02/14/08
Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
New York Post
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Stumbl[es] gracelessly from point A to point B and hitting all the expected notes in the process.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
02/14/08
Nathan Rabin
Nathan Rabin
AV Club

Not exactly the Jets and the Sharks.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
02/14/08
Matt Stevens
Matt Stevens
E! Online

Let's wait for a movie where they do get it all right: story, acting and dancing. It'll happen, just not this time.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
02/14/08
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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Chu... doesn't try to do much with a script that rehashes every dance-movie cliché, with people getting served, bringing it on and stomping yards.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
02/14/08
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

The story may be old, but these kids act -- and dance -- as though they are telling it for the first time.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
02/14/08
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Chicago Sun-Times
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Predictable class conflicts and sanitized keeping-it-real bluster.

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02/14/08
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Step Up 2 the Streets posits a universe where racial and class differences are minor obstacles to fun and pretends its clichés aren’t clichés.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
02/14/08
Matt Zoller Seitz
Matt Zoller Seitz
New York Times

Doesn't measure up.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
02/14/08
Jason Anderson
Jason Anderson
Globe and Mail
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Undeniably energetic and viscerally satisfying, but emotionally hollow.

Full Review Source: Baltimore Sun | comment Comment
02/14/08
Chris Kaltenbach
Chris Kaltenbach
Baltimore Sun
 
 
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