Step Up 2 The Streets (2008) Movie Review

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Step Up 2 The Streets (2008) Directed by:

Jon M. Chu

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Step Up 2 The Streets (2008) U.S. Cinema Release Date:

14^th Feb 2008

Step Up 2 The Streets (2008) U.K. Cinema Release Date:

21^st Mar 2008

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Step Up 2 The Streets (2008) Synopsis:

The follow-up to the smash hit "Step Up," which ignited theaters in August 2006. When rebellious street dancer Andie (Briana Evigan) lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the school's hottest dancer Chase (Robert Hoffman) to form a crew of classmate outcasts to compete in Baltimore's underground dance battle The Streets, she ultimately finds a way to live her dream while building a bridge between her two separate worlds. Featuring the directorial debut of award-winning up-and-comer Jon M. Chu, "Step Up 2 the Streets" reunites much of the production team behind the original film including "Step Up's" cutting-edge hip-hop choreographer Jamal Sims, who is joined this time by choreographers Hi-Hat ("hip-hop's high diva of dance") and Dave Scott ("Stomp the Yard"). Patrick Wachsberger & Erik Feig of Summit Entertainment produce with Adam Shankman and Jennifer Gibgot of Offspring Entertainment.

Step Up 2 The Streets (2008) Review:

A follow up to the 2006 surprise hit, Step Up 2 the Streets offers nothing fresh to the dancing teen film genre. Though the film will probably bode well with the younger crowd, especially females, this sequel is formulaic and offers nothing crisp, except a dance showdown in the pouring rain.

The film follows Andie (Briana Evigan), an independent teen that is suffering the loss of her mother and is an integral part of a street dance crew dubbed �410.� After getting in trouble for assisting the 410 on a subway stunt, Andie is approached by the lead character from the first film Tyler (Channing Tatum) with an offer to get in the Baltimore dance school which he is a student. Andie then leaves her street crew for the prestigious dance school of the arts, which is were she meets many other characters. Unable to fit in a first, Andie becomes friends with the quirky Moose (Adam G. Sevani) and a love interest for Chase (Robert Hoffman). She eventually develops an underground street dance crew with the rest of the students that become rivals for the 410 and leads to a huge climatic dance off.

Director Jon M. Chu captures the incredible dancing abilities of these young performers vividly. However, his attempt to grab heartfelt drama and adolescent life and responsibility falters. Though there are more hip-hop dance sequences in this version than the previous, the atmosphere and energy are adequate to a film of this nature. Step Up 2 is in the same vein as the first film, but the climatic dance sequence in the drenching rain sets it a little bit apart.

The relationships in the film are lame as well from a script by Toni Ann Johnson and Karen Barna. The writing is barely after-school special territory with stereotypes and clichés all around.

Not given much to work with, the actors in the film do what they can. It is obvious all of them are better dancers than actors. In the lead as Andie, Briana Evigan dances her heart out and looks great, but needed better material to work with as an actor. Adam G. Sevani does offer a few one-liners as the comic relief of the film Moose. As mention previously, Channing Tatum makes a brief appearance as the only character from the first film.

Step Up 2 is a dance film that everyone has seen before like Save the Last Dance or You Got Served. It is a suitable film for the teen crowd and they will enjoy this one as much as its predecessor.