Step Up 2: The Streets

February 18th, 2008 at 07:41am Cathryn Vaulman

We love dance movies and thought the first Step Up was fun, so we were really looking forward to the release of this sequel.   

The main character, Andie (Briana Evigan), is forced to attend Maryland School of the Arts to avoid having to move to Texas.  There, she learns that while her street dancing is good, she lacks classical technique and doesn’t really fit in.  She doesn’t have many friends besides Moose (Adam Sevani) and has a sarcastic, bitter relationship from the beginning with the director of the school’s brother, Chase (Robert Hoffman).  In typical movie fashion, though, she learns to overcome her differences with Chase and work together toward a common goal – winning the Streets, a dance competition. Yes, that part is cheesy and predictable; we thought so, too.   

Overall, the film may have lacked in plot a little, but it made up for it in awesome dance scenes.  The final scene, hip hop dancing in the rain, was our favorite. The relative unknowns that make up this cast did a decent job with what was given to them and impressed us with their dancing.  It has a few laughs and a few “Aww! Cute!” parts, but you should probably go into this movie just expecting amazing dancing. 

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