Step Up Revolution (2012)
Average Rating: 5/10
Reviews Counted: 90
Fresh: 38 | Rotten: 52
Step Up Revolution treads familiar territory by surrounding its lively and kinetic dance sequences with a predictably generic story.
Average Rating: 4.9/10
Critic Reviews: 22
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 15
Step Up Revolution treads familiar territory by surrounding its lively and kinetic dance sequences with a predictably generic story.
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Movie Info
Step Up Revolution is the next installment in the worldwide smash Step Up franchise, which sets the dancing against the vibrant backdrop of Miami. Emily (Kathryn McCormick) arrives in Miami with aspirations of becoming a professional dancer and soon falls in love with Sean (Ryan Guzman), a young man who leads a dance crew in elaborate, cutting-edge flash mobs, called "The Mob." When a wealthy business man threatens to develop The Mob's historic neighborhood and displace thousands of people,
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Cast
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Ryan Guzman
Sean -
Kathryn McCormick
Emily -
Misha Gabriel
Eddy -
Peter Gallagher
Mr. Anderson -
Stephen Boss
Jason -
Mia Michaels
Olivia -
Megan Boone
Claire -
Tommy Dewey
Tripp -
Michael "Xeno" Langebeck
Mercury -
Cleopatra Coleman
Penelope -
Claudio Pinto
Francisco -
Nicole Dabeau
Newscaster -
Chris Charles Herbert
Lamborghini Driver -
Katie Peterson
Woman by the Ocean -
Alejandro Posada
Man by the Ocean -
Marc Macaulay
Uniformed Cop -
Mario Ernesto Sánchez
Ricky -
Sabina V. Gomez
Ricky's Mother -
Dominique Bell
Sarah -
Tangi Colombel
Tommy -
Claudia Rocafort
Curator -
Jordana DePaula
Cute Salesperson -
Tiger Kirchharz
Female Curator -
Kevin Anthony Walton
Bob Cooper -
Steve Zurk
Councilman Casey -
Emiliano Diez
Mayor Hernandez -
Chadd Smith
Vladd -
Mari Koda
Jenny Kido -
Adam G. Sevani
Moose -
Ceasare "Tight Eyez" Will...
Mob Dancer -
Celestina Aladekoba
Mob Dancer -
Brandy Lamkin
Mob Dancer -
Mayuko Kitayama
Mob Dancer -
Jean "Bebo" Lloret
Mob Dancer -
Justin "Jet Li" Valles
Mob Dancer -
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Jessica Guadix
Dancer -
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All Critics (93) | Top Critics (23) | Fresh (38) | Rotten (52) | DVD (2)
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.
Top CriticThere's too much color and energy and frenzy in this movie to discount it entirely, but it has a disconcerting tendency to undercut its best notions with some singularly awful moves.
With the most wooden leads of the series to date - an MMA fighter and a "So You Think You Can Dance" alum - the drama between the dancing has never felt more interminable.
"Step Up: You've Seen All This Before" would be more accurate, but Summit Entertainment's marketing department knows that wouldn't help sell tickets.
Delivers plenty of spectacular fancy footwork in what is otherwise a flat-footed fantasy.
While dance purists won't be impressed by the energetic and athletic choreography -- the dancers have clearly learned routines but not necessarily technique -- date-movie audiences will likely want to go out dancing afterward themselves, and that's fun.
The story is sappy and predictable... But the dancing has a freshness and vibrancy that's infectiously enjoyable.
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.
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
99.99% of Step Up Revolution is the most entertaining movie of the year so far. But oh, that 0.01%...
[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.
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.
Great routines, silly story but it still delivers infectious, energetic 3-D escapism.
Plausibility aside, Speer's film is undemanding fun.
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.
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.
[T]he dancing fantastic... the sexy is unusually positive... [but] the moment the dancing stops, it all stumbles into the howlingly ridiculous...
The new leads are as factory‑farm gorgeous as ever, and the movie's alcopop fizz and snappy choreography save the day as usual.
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.
Nothing much here that you couldn't experience by watching 20 minutes of music television.
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 ...
The fourth in the series of frenetic dance films is as formulaic as ever.
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.
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.
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.
Audience Reviews for Step Up Revolution
Super Reviewer
Very enjoyable movie! Great moves! Strength of will and right attitude are the main ingredients for getting what you want. It is not always about being in the right place at the right time. But also making sure those two will meet you half way. Overall Step Up Revolution may be one of the better movies of this series. With awesome moves, fitting soundtrack, and decent acting, it's definitely refreshing for the audience. However it is still a dance movie with a lot of skewing towards dancing and less to story, so don't expect masterpiece.
The Mob sets the dancing against the vibrant backdrop of Miami. Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations of becoming a professional dancer and soon falls in love with Sean, a young man who leads a dance crew in elaborate, cutting-edge flash mobs, called "The Mob". When a wealthy business man threatens to develop The Mob's historic neighborhood and displace thousands-of people, Emily must work together with Sean and The Mob to turn their performance art into protest art, and risk losing their dreams to fight for a greater cause.
Super Reviewer
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- Eddy: [to Sean] But she's dancing lead. [to Emily] Consider this as you initiative.
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- Emily: Enough with performance art... It's time for protest art.
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- Sean: When the mob speaks, everyone listens.
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- Moose: Hi my name is Robert Alexandar the third, but you can call Moose.
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- Sean: Sometimes it's good to break the rules.
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- Emily: I want in.
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