The ghetto talk, the ceaseless fascination with gyration and contortion,
But no individual shortcoming is remotely as bothersome as the whole awfulness of this filmic universe. There are certain flaws that are easy to point out: the inherent predictability, the broad familiarity (that's not a sequel gripe it plagued the first Step Up also), the sheer unprofessionality of the acting and writing. I'd quickly say the same about its predecessor, but that's about as far as one can or should go in comparing the two. There is no way for me to sugarcoat this: Step Up 2 The Streets is an atrocious movie. Sevani), the MSA dance crew practices secretly after hours in hopes of making a splash in "The Streets", a fierce, impromptu underground competition. An eclectic group that includes a heavily-accented Asian girl (Mari Koda), a video yearbook editor, a theatre stunt director, and a goofy geek (Adam G. Chase then encourages her to form a new crew out of underappreciated members of the MSA student body. When her school and afterschool responsibilities cause her to miss afternoon rehearsals, Andie gets bounced from her regimented longtime crew, the 410. Disregarded by some snooty classmates and the skeptical dance director (Will Kemp, a British villain of sorts), Andie and her street cred attract attention from Chase Collins (Robert Hoffman), a Big Man on Campus who is the director's brother. One more incident and it's off to Texas to live with an aunt, the guardian threatens.įacing such an undesirable fate, Andie agrees, as the result of a dance-off bet, to put in an audition at the Maryland School of the Arts (MSA), the site of the first movie's character-building transformation. At home, Andie is misunderstood by her mother's best friend (Sonja Sohn), who assumed custody when Mom died suddenly of cancer. Though not quite a full-blown delinquent, Andie has been missing school and running with a "crew" whose public disturbance antics - like an extensive choreographed subway car dance - make the local news and soar in Internet video views. That youth is Andie West (Briana Evigan), a teenaged girl with an endless supply of low-cut tops that also bare every inch of what can be considered midriff. Which is to say that it applies the "tough kid gone legit" storyline to a new troubled youth in the hoods of Baltimore.
Without a direct return from any leading cast or crew member (Channing Tatum appears briefly), Step Up 2 is a sequel only in theme and design. This past February brought Step Up 2 The Streets, a hastily-produced follow-up unquestionably admissible to the league of Sequels For Whom Art Is a Non-Issue. Two summers ago, Touchstone Pictures made a contribution to the class of Bad Movies That Somehow Click With Audiences in Step Up. (Cable), LaJon Dantzler (Smiles), Black Thomas (Tuck), Kejamel "K-Mel" Howell (K-Mel), Jeff "Rapid" Ogle (Rapid), Donnie "Crumbs" Counts (Crumbs), Ebone Johnson (Ebz), Rynan "Rainen" Paguio (Kid Rainen), Alison Faulk (Alstar), Shorty Welch (Shorty), Troy Kirby (Troy), Jeffery "Machine" McCann (Machine), Channing Tatum (Tyler Gage) Sevani (Robert "Moose" Alexander III), Telisha Shaw (Felicia), Danielle Polanco (Missy), Christopher Scott (Hair), Mari Koda (Jenny Kidd), Janelle Cambridge (Fly), Luis Rosado (Monster), Harry Shum, Jr. Chu / Writers: Toni Ann Johnson, Karen Barna / Songs: see bottom of pageĬast: Briana Evigan (Andie West), Robert Hoffman (Chase Collins), Will Kemp (Director Blake Collins), Cassie Ventura (Sophie Donovan), Sonja Sohn (Sarah), Adam G. Theatrical Release: Febru/ Running Time: 98 Minutes / Rating: PG-13ĭirector: Jon M.
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