Dance scenes feel like a diversion, since the story, acting and dialogue are sadly lacking in originality and substance.
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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Reviews for Step Up 2 the Streets
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.
The dance has to be good because the rest of the movie is one long cliche.
More flare is needed to make us care about these characters who swoop, spin, and glide.
Somehow Streets is even more loathsome than its predecessor...offers gaudy choreography more reminiscent of a Kenny Ortega masturbation session than awe-inspiring foot magic.
All the scenes where people aren't dancing tend to be forgettable, but the dance sequences are energetically choreographed and performed.
Evigan might have an attractive midriff, but she sometimes starts to give a William Shatner-like delivery of lines with odd pauses and exaggerations.
Why quibble? Anyone who goes to this movie for the plot is insane. It's all about the moves and the bodies putting them on.
As strictly formulaic as its predecessor, this installment generally gets the job done, essentially resembling a longform music video interrupted by a perfunctory plot.
Step Up 2 features nearly as much dancing as it does dialogue, and that's a good thing, considering the after-school special quality of its obligatory emotional scenes.
Mindless formulaic fluff with enough booty-shaking charm to qualify as a great guilty pleasure.
Catnaps are an advisable way to survive some of the slow spots. Or, better yet, wait for this to be available on DVD when the fast forward button will turn Step Up 2 into something shorter and more enjoyable.
A finale has the young people all dancing in the rain. Like almost everything else about the movie, it has been done before. But it's still foot-stomping fun.
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