Step Up 2 The Streets Staff Review
Step Up 2 the Streets is the sequel to the movie Step Up from Touchstone Pictures. The movie was directed by Jon M. Chu, and choreographed by Jamal Sims, Hi-Hat (Bring It On) and Dave Scott (Stomp the Yard).
If you saw Step Up, you know that it's about a street kid making it in one of the best performing art schools. In this second edition, however, it's backwards. It's about a girl on the streets who is a member of the "illegal" 410 dance crew, who gets kicked out after being late for practice.
When a street savvy girl – Andie (Briana Evigan)- with untrained talent teams up with a virtuoso modern dancer to compete in an underground dance-off, sparks fly both on and off the dance floor! Andie's foster mother becomes tired of her street life and threatens to send her to Texas to live with her Aunt. She chooses to try out at the elite Maryland School of the Arts with the help of a childhood friend, Tyler Gage (Channing Tatum). She finds herself fighting to fit in with her privileged classmates while also trying to hold onto her old life. However, after she is late to one to many 410 rehearsals they kick her out. The school's hottest dancer, Chase (Robert Hoffman), helps Andie to form a crew of fellow academy outcasts to compete in Baltimore's underground dance battle, The Streets. After a prank gone wrong, Andie is expelled from school refusing to implicate anyone else. The finale is exploding with dancing and music. And shows that if given a chance one can find a way to live your dreams.
As to the special features, there were some deleted scenes that should have stayed in the movie. Like the dance performances by the Jabba Wockeez. My nephew really liked the music videos and had me rewind them 10 times just so he could try to copy some of the dance moves.
This is a fun movie with tons of music and dancing.
Definitely worth a look if you liked Step Up, the original.
--Teana Owensby
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