Set at the Maryland School of the Arts Step Up 2 The Streets| revolves around dance student Patrick (Robert Hoffman) and rebellious new student Andie (Briana Evigan). When rebellious street dancer Andie 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 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. [show more]
Its the kind of film you can curl up on the sofa with your quilt and a hot cup of cocoa and just chill. Its a easy watch but it has that feel good factor.
The storyline is predictable the actors are adquate but very attractive but we all watch these films for one reason the dance moves and they are excellent. This film makes you want to dance or at least to join a class. Just as good as the first with a slight rebal side but you would never ask too much from a teen happy movie.
Go out and buy it if you like to dance.
"Its not where you're from, its where you're at" brags 'Step Up 2 The Streets' "sik" (which, in case you didn't know, is street vernacular for extremely good) tagline. Now its been a year since 'Step Up' changed the world...apparently (I must've been out that day), and director John Chu takes the reigns from Anne Fletcher to shoot a remarkably decent, eminently watchable and superbly choreographed sequel. 'Step Up 2 The Streets' is but a distant relation to its predecessor, though original, body popping rude boy (which, in case you didn't know, is street vernacular for...rude boy) Channing Tatum makes a brief cameo before taking his Abs off to star in 'GI Joe' as new girl Andie, played by Briana Evigan (her father being Greg Evigan of 'My Two Dads' fame) takes on the mantle of feisty troubled teen / dancing queen (though Channing Tatum was, in no way; a queen) forced to enrol into an oppressive, conformist dance academy. Her crew on the street feel Andie's imposed transfer is "dred" (which, in case you didn't know, is street vernacular for a monumental injustice) and consequently drop her from 'The Streets' a.k.a. '410', alas, street dance gang members don't have Trade Unions for this kind of thing, so its up to our rebellious young heroine to "bounce" (which, in case you didn't know, is street vernacular for promptly leaving an abode, room, area or institution) and blaze her own path to dance glory. An obligatory romantic sub plot ensues with Andie and one of the school's students, as does the now standard narrative convention where a group of outsiders, talented hood rats, sensitive artistes and n'er do wells band together to form a new and revolutionary troupe, one which outclasses both the establishment and 'The Streets'. Chock full of clichés and overacting, 'Step Up 2 The Streets' closely follows the tried & tested formula of movies like '8-Mile', 'Fame', and 'Save The Last Dance', for though its not Middle America, I can't see Kevin Bacon anywhere and John Lithgow isn't the local pastor, but 'Step Up To 2 The Streets' and all modern dance movies for that matter, still pay subliminal homage to 'Footloose' and, whether they care to admit it or not, are simply reinventing classic Michael Jackson circa 1984 'Motown' era, moves. Moves redressed and rolled out in an off the shoulder, Justin Timberlake style jacket or Christina Aguilera-esque crop top. Briana Evigan does well in the lead; her convincing pre credits voiceover gives us an insight into the street dancing underworld, as she recalls some maternal advice which pretty much sums up the entire film: "don't give up, just be you; because life's too short to be anybody else". Fine, if somewhat ironic, words coming as they do from an actor, nonetheless, Evigan reminds me of her fellow starlets Jordana Brewster or Amanda Byes, though not quite as intense as the former but a better actress than the latter. And though I've never been a big fan of musicals, 'Step Up 2 The Streets' makes the grade thanks to its well-choreographed dance sequences, fair to decent performances, verve, sass and infectious energy.
It is one of the bext dance DVDs out, a must see of struggle, hope, friendship and love. Definitely an all time winnder. Can't get enough of watching it, saw it 4 times at the cinema and twice since its been on DVD
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Sequel to the 2006 dance drama 'Step Up'. Andie (Briana Evigan) is a member of an elite inner-city dance crew called the 410. When the 410 pretend to be muggers on a subway car and then stage an impromptu dance show for the somewhat bewildered passengers, Andie's guardian (Sonja Sohn of HBO's 'The Wire') ships her off to the Maryland School of the Arts. Andie's urban street style, of course, goes against the grain of the strait-laced school. Then Tyler Gauge (Channing Tatum), the main character from the original film, challenges Andie to a dance-off. If Andie loses, she agrees to take the school seriously and start attending classes. The film culminates in an underground dance battle with her old crew, the 410.
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