Step Up 4: Miami Heat Reviews

The story is sappy and predictable... But the dancing has a freshness and vibrancy that's infectiously enjoyable.

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Many of the old tropes and gimmicks from the previous films are recycled into an all-too-familiar plotline: An edgy, streetwise guy falls for a classy, upper-crust sweetie, and together they dance their way past obstacle after obstacle.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

The Step Up franchise has never been noted for its astute screenwriting, but this instalment sets the bar so low that even its bendy cast members would have trouble limboing under it

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

99.99% of Step Up Revolution is the most entertaining movie of the year so far. But oh, that 0.01%...

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10

[A] poorly scripted, energetically performed hip-hop musical in which a team of young dancers take to the streets of Miami hoping to publicise themselves and get rich.

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One can't help but feel that if the franchise hasn't jumped the shark it's certainly stepping over a finned killer fish with abandon. Damn. We've been served.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Great routines, silly story but it still delivers infectious, energetic 3-D escapism.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Plausibility aside, Speer's film is undemanding fun.

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Director Scott Speer doesn't quite manage to ruin it all with his hyperactive editing. So just sit back and enjoy the choreography - and the year's most risibly idiotic plotline.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

The Step Up dance franchise steps up for a fourth time, unashamedly and unselfconsciously sticking to a tried and trusted formula, here transplanted to Miami.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

[T]he dancing fantastic... the sexy is unusually positive... [but] the moment the dancing stops, it all stumbles into the howlingly ridiculous...

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The new leads are as factory‑farm gorgeous as ever, and the movie's alcopop fizz and snappy choreography save the day as usual.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Anyone who loves watching any kind of dance (and, based on the popularity of the TV shows "So You Think You Can Dance" and "Dancing With The Stars," there are a few of you who do) will find something to appreciate and admire.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Nothing much here that you couldn't experience by watching 20 minutes of music television.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Enjoyable fourth instalment of the popular franchise that succeeds thanks to stunning dance sequences, appealing leads and a script that actually has something to say ...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

The fourth in the series of frenetic dance films is as formulaic as ever.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

All the dancing is mesmerising, with highly original set pieces, contemporary routines and a sort of revolutionary organised chaos that will definitely appeal to the teen demographic most likely to go and watch these films.

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Step Up Revolution is an exercise in extremes--when the characters aren't busy crying over the same ol', same ol', they're dancing in some of the most unique, exciting setups ever produced that will make your eyes pop out of your head.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

It's equal parts 'Flashdance,' 'Burlesque' and 'Lambada', all parts ludicrous - but we aren't here for the story any more than we watch Béla Tarr for the salsa numbers.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

In a world stuffed with film franchises, the Step Up series is clearly one of the smartest and deserves far more respect than it typically gets for knowing its audience so intuitively.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5