Step Up 2 The Streets

Ever since Al Jolson spoke the primary words on screen in 1927′s The Jazz Singer, singing and dancing have been a huge percentage of the movies. Here are a lot of of the best-known films involving dancing over the years:

Saturday Night Fever (1977): John Travolta became an icon in this tale of a working-class Brooklyn guy who comes alive when he hits the dance floor each night. The Bee Gees-saturated soundtrack became one of the best-selling albums of all time, and Travolta’s white disco suit was later purchased by film critic Gene Siskel. Travolta has since become known for dancing in numerous of his biggest hits, including Grease and Pulp Fiction. A sequel to this film, Stayin’ Alive, was directed by Sylvester Stallone, altho it proved not successful with critics and audiences.

Flashdance (1983): Jennifer Beals became a star in this story of welder who burns off steam as an exotic dancer by night, all while dreaming of getting a ballerina. Ironically, Beals didn’t do her own dancing in this film; clever editing and photography let various doubles, including a gymnast and a man, carry out her most elaborated moves. Like Fever, this had a hit soundtrack, highlighted by the Oscar-winning “What a Feeling.”

Footloose (1984): Though Kevin Bacon has gone on to play galore other types of roles (and starred with closely each other actor in Hollywood in the process), for a heap of fans, he’ll be best-known for this peppy tale of a teen who finds himself in a little town where a zealous reverend (John Lithgow) has outlawed dancing. This had yet another hit soundtrack, which spawned two number-one hits and sold 15 million copies.

Dirty Dancing (1987): This surprise hit with regards to a young woman (Jennifer Grey) who finds love on the dance floor with a fleet-footed dance instructor (Patrick Swayze) while on vacation likewise won an Oscar for best song (“I’ve Had the Time of My Life”) and became a sensation, inspiring a short-lived TV series and a live stage show. It was also responsible for boosting attendance in dance classes throughout the country. Ironically, Grey and Swayze had worked together before on the action film Red Dawn – and couldn’t stand each other.

Save the Last Dance (2001): Julia Stiles and Sean Patrick Thomas star in this tale of a former ballerina who gains the inspiration to dance again when learning the style of a local dance club. The film became a big hit with fans of MTV, which developed the film. It wound up grossing closely 10 times it is budget in the U.S. alone.

Step Up (2006): Despite little advance hype, this story of a dancer (Jenna Dewan) who becomes involved with a street tough sentenced to do community service at the Maryland School of the Arts, became a surprise hit, grossing closely double it is budget in it is initial weekend. A sequel, Step Up 2 the Streets, was freed in early 2008, featuring dissimilar characters but set versus the same backdrop. It’s enjoyed similar success so far – meaning that more Step Up films might be on their way soon.

Step Up 2 The Streets

When rebellious street dancer Andie lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while likewise attempting to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the schools hottest dancer, Chase, to form a crew of classmate castaways to compete in Baltimore s underground dance battle The Streets, she at last finds a way to live her dream while building a bridge amidst her two discerned worlds.

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24 of 28 people found the following review helpful.
Motivation? If you don’t need motivation, you don’t need plot. It’s in regards to dance!
By Riot
The fellow underneath me is, in all aspects, correct. If what you look for in a dance movie is to be highly distracted by a shabby plot. Me, I loved Step Up 2 for this very reason…

Most dance movies intention too high: they want killer dance scenes -with- an magnificent plot. What do most wind up with? Trite, intimate plots they still try to carry out even though we’ve seen them before (so we recognise well sufficient to follow along) while still delivering a sliver or two of dance sequences… but nowhere near the amount the popular viewer wants to see.

Now, Step Up 2 says a huge “yeah right” to that entire idea.

There is next to NO plot. Yeah, it’s there, barely. Enough to pretend that it’s not one long music video. But, it in truth IS like one long music video–and that’s wicked awesome. The dance scenes are long and intricate, the music is great, and it delivers on everything I want to see in a dance movie: less talking and more dancing.

So if you’re into these sorts of movies for the chick flick value, it might be a skip or a rent. But if you’re into it for, well, the dancing–I give it 5 stars.

7 of 7 humans found the following review helpful.
Dazzling
By Melissa A. Schneider
Everything in regards to this film FAR outperforms the primary in the series. First of all, the actors are way more talented, in both their dancing and acting skills. Where Channig Tatum was practically robotic in the original, Rob Hoffman is charming and funny. Brianna also adds a good element, because where Nora was the goody two shoes, Brianna’s more tough, and fights for what she wants. And the dance sequences will utterly blow you away. Rather than looking overly rehearsed, the moves come all over as smooth and amazing. The plot as a whole seems to be less cliche-y as well.

I think that this is a movie that any individual may enjoy, but it seems that humans are split on which is better. Some think the introductory is better, while others prefer this newer, more hip version. Either way, this movie is DEFINITELY worth checking out!

6 of 6 humans found the following review helpful.
Terrific
By S. Carney
This movie was unquestionably better than the firstborn one. The dancing, acting, and plot line were all much more interesting and convincing. I liked how they tied it into the primary film while introducing a wholly new cast. I saw this movie three times in the theater and can not wait for it to come out on DVD!

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