Step up: The Streets movie review

Just yesterday, we went out with our housemate,Tsu Fei to watch a movie. originally we were supposed to watch Jumper at GSC, but we ended up watching Step up 2: The Streets in TGV instead.



Cool poster right?

Frankly speaking, I haven't seen the first one, but I thought we should give the sequel a try since I've heard pretty good things about it.And I'm a sucka for movies with cool dance scenes. Hehe. ><



Anyway...this is the synopsis of the movie...:

This is the story of 16-year-old street dancer Andie West. After her mother died, she was taken in by her mother's best friend, Sarah . Since West often skips school and spends too much time as member of the notorious dance crew 410, Sarah wants her to go live with her aunt in Texas.

However, her friend and older brother figure, Tyler Gage convinces Sarah to give her another chance: she can audition for the Maryland School of the Arts. Though the director of the school is hesitant to accept Andie, she is still accepted. Due to her school commitments she misses many 410 rehearsals, and they throw her out. She assembles a new crew of classmates that includes Chase Collins , the school's best dancer; they practice clandestinely in the school after school hours, to compete against the 410 in Baltimore's underground dance battle, The Streets.

Synopsis courtesy of wikipedia

At the beginning of the movie, I found the dance scenes pretty bland, it was just the same old stuff. I mean, I respect these guys who really give it a lot to dance like that, but I didn't pay RM 6 (Wednesday discount rate, yayz) to see something that I've seen for the gazillion time.

Good thing it didn't stay that way throughout the whole show, as the movie went on, more interesting characters were introduced, at least the story didn't just revolve around the two main characters.... Other than that, the dance choreography was amazing, I have to say the dancers did an awesome job ! The soundtrack seriously rocks too....it's all about the music, I never thought that anyone could freestyle with Three Days Grace's The diary of jane.

let's take a look at some photos now....







So, the verdict is....don't expect some superb storyline, just watch the movie for the killer dance sequences. In comparison with other dance-themed movies, I liked Take the Lead much better because it had a more solid storyline and better casts. However, Step up 2 is still pretty cool, the last dance sequence was frickin' sexy! So, if you have nothing to do on Wednesday night, go catch the movie..it'll be a well spent RM6....

Here's the trailer...god I'm so nice...:



Crank it up people!

Pei