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Above all other genres of B-Grade filmic entertainment aimed at 12-year-old girls—the cheerleader movie, the B.F.F.’s-on-life-changing-summer-vacation movie, the bitchy-girl-gets-her-comeuppance movie, the adorable-animal-wreaks-havoc movie—one stands at the very pinnacle of my personal hierarchy: the dance-off movie. Why? Because it delivers everything that makes going to the theater (and paying nearly $20 for the privilege of sitting in marginally comfortable seats and drinking a flask full of bourbon diluted in a giant Diet Coke while shoveling in a cardboard box of nachos) worthwhile. What are these things? Visual thrills, unique choreography, ridiculous costumes, competition, rooting for the underdog, a predictable three-act structure, beat-heavy music, and lots of hot dudes sweating and taking off their shirts. But even in the gorgeous pantheon of dance-off movies—and if you think for a second, you’ll realize it’s a fertile category—one recent series stands out. The Step Up trinity.For those of you fun-sucking haters who have, for whatever reason, withheld from yourselves the glorious pleasures of viewing the first two films in this series, let me give you a little background on the basic plot, which, like every truly successful franchise, is exactly the same in every movie. A young person has to choose between dance and life. A love interest emerges who helps guide the choice, as does a dance antagonist. And, in the end, she chooses dance and life.
This being the third film in the series, the creators had to throw in some twists, so there are actually two parallel versions of this classic follow-your-dreams story, and they intertwine nicely. The movie also reprises one, and then many more, of the characters from the second film, mainly a charmingly scrawny little move-happy mophead named Moose (Adam Sevani) who has come to NYU to study engineering, but can’t resist the lure of the street-dancing battles that draw him in literally four seconds after his parents drop him in Washington Square Park. Ready to die biggie smalls. The other story involves a hunky filmmaker/dancer named Luke (Rick Malambri), who owns a street-dance collective/crash-pad/club/romper room in Williamsburg which houses a ragtag bunch of misfits who (wait for it) love to dance, and would be on the streets were it not for his generosity/hospitality/dream. Of course the bank is after the property, and he must choose between pursuing his passion and living his life. For any fool who ever tried to think of himself as an artist, or wanted to run his own personal circus, it’s very moving.
Working in the movie’s favor are an all-star roster of dance-off veterans. It’s directed by Jon Chu, who helmed the previous film in the series, Step Up 2: The Streets, and is the creator and director of the new dance-centric Web series The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers. It is choreographed, in part, by famed street dancers Rich and Tone Talauega, who have allegedly worked with Kylie Minogue, Madonna, J Lo, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross (!!). And it features dancers from So You Think You Can Dance, as well as my favorite handsome rubber band of a man, Harry Shum Jr. from Glee. Also, it’s in 3-D, which everyone adores and is obviously the salvation of modern cinema.
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So does it work? In a word, pretty much. But it was up against stiff competition from its own older cousin. The consensus among my fagtastic dance-off-loving friends is that Step Up 2: The Streets is the high-water mark in the genre, an absolutely flawless opus that builds and builds and never stops giving. It is the Perfect Ten—maybe even An Eleven. And while the dancing in SU3D is original, and unique, and amazing—and there’s plenty of it, in glorious group-wide shots instead of pebbly broken-up cuts—something about the 3-D made it look grainy and digitized. Maybe I’m a fuddy-duddy (or, as I like to think of it, a classicist) at heart, but I could have done without the third dimension. Also, the lead character, Luke, should have taken more showers. That said, the movie is a solid 7.8, which is a pretty high number. And in a summer movie season that is a bit bereft of move-orientated offerings, that’s reason enough to worm, smurf, robot, pop, lock, and moonwalk your way to your local multiplex.
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EditDirected by
Anne Fletcher |
Writing Credits(WGA)
Duane Adler | .. | (screenplay) and |
Melissa Rosenberg | .. | (screenplay) |
Duane Adler | .. | (story) |
Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification
Channing Tatum | .. | Tyler Gage | |
Jenna Dewan | .. | Nora Clark | |
Damaine Radcliff | .. | Mac Carter | |
De'Shawn Washington | .. | Skinny Carter | |
Mario | .. | Miles Darby | |
Drew Sidora | .. | Lucy Avila | |
Rachel Griffiths | .. | Director Gordon | |
Josh Henderson | .. | Brett Dolan | |
Tim Lacatena | .. | Andrew | |
Alyson Stoner | .. | Camille | |
Heavy D | .. | Omar | |
Deirdre Lovejoy | .. | Nora's Mom / Katherine Clark | |
Jane Beard | .. | Lena Freeman | |
Richard Pelzman | .. | Bill Freeman | |
Carlyncia S. Peck | .. | Mac's Mother (as Carlyncia Peck) | |
Ryan Sands | .. | History Teacher | |
DeLon Howell | .. | PJ | |
Dominique Boyd | .. | Omar Party Girl Yvette | |
Reina Poindexter | .. | Omar Party Girl #2 (as Rana Poindexter) | |
Angelica Huesca | .. | Omar Party Pretty Girl | |
Frank Ferrara | .. | Security Guard | |
Frank Herzog | .. | Judge Milton | |
Anne Fletcher | .. | Ms. Stephanie | |
Natalie Steinberg | .. | Little Girl Ballerina | |
Jamie Scott | .. | Colin | |
Isaiah Washington | .. | Malcolm | |
Jiehae Park | .. | Stagehand | |
Sheila Cutchlow | .. | Scout #1 | |
John Leslie Wolfe | .. | Scout #2 | |
Karim Fawzy | .. | Omar Partier | |
Tom Quinn | .. | Music Teacher | |
Shiloh Monaco | .. | Piano Player | |
Jeanne | .. | Girl Singer #1 / Lucy Back Up Singer #1 | |
Robyn Norris | .. | Girl Singer #2 / Lucy Back Up Singer #2 | |
Jeannie Ortega | .. | Girl Singer #3 | |
Damien Escobar | .. | Violinist #1 | |
Tourie Escobar | .. | Violinist #2 | |
Jeremiah Griffin | .. | Lucy Backup Singer #3 | |
Caitlin Kinney | .. | Ballerina | |
Kevin Eugene Green | .. | Basketball Player #1 | |
Javes Wiggins | .. | Basketball Player #2 | |
Steve E. Carter | .. | Basketball Player #3 | |
Donald Rheubottom | .. | Court Room Sheriff | |
Donald Waugh | .. | Fruit Vendor | |
Michael Seresin | .. | Custodian | |
Larissa Rotnitskaya | .. | Accompanist | |
Spencer Longmore | .. | Omar's Chop Shop Guy | |
Leigh Bender | .. | Finale Orchestra | |
Rachel Dickey | .. | Finale Orchestra | |
Brett Frankel | .. | Finale Orchestra | |
Mehran Haq | .. | Finale Orchestra (as Mehran Hag) | |
Rachel Halden | .. | Finale Orchestra | |
Erik Heckert | .. | Finale Orchestra | |
Caleb Jones | .. | Finale Orchestra | |
Veronica Keszthelyi | .. | Finale Orchestra (as Veronica Keszthulyi) | |
Chris Liu | .. | Finale Orchestra | |
Sean Mik'ael Butler | .. | Finale Orchestra (as Sean Mikel) | |
Wes Wise | .. | Finale Orchestra | |
Eli Worth | .. | Finale Orchestra | |
Oscar Campisi | .. | Ballet Dancer | |
Adrienne Canterna | .. | Ballet Dancer | |
Tara Ghassemieh | .. | Ballet Dancer (as Tara Ghassimieh) | |
Nikkia Parish | .. | Ballet Dancer | |
Ryan Rankine | .. | Ballet Dancer | |
Casey Lee Ross | .. | Ballet Dancer | |
Emily Bicks | .. | Dance Class Dancer | |
Whitney Brown | .. | Dance Class Dancer | |
Ashley Canterna | .. | Dance Class Dancer | |
Sara Cato | .. | Dance Class Dancer | |
Caitlin Gold | .. | Dance Class Dancer | |
Shalyce Hemby | .. | Dance Class Dancer | |
Stephanie Jingle | .. | Dance Class Dancer | |
Rebecca Mejia | .. | Dance Class Dancer | |
Joshua Schulteis | .. | Dance Class Dancer | |
Michael Uriarte | .. | Dance Class Dancer | |
Anthony Carr | .. | Nora's 'Finale' Dancer | |
Laura Edwards | .. | Nora's 'Finale' Dancer | |
Samantha Frampton | .. | Nora's 'Finale' Dancer | |
Adam Gericke | .. | Nora's 'Finale' Dancer | |
Antonio Hudnell | .. | Nora's 'Finale' Dancer | |
Julie Nelson | .. | Nora's 'Finale' Dancer | |
Samantha Zweben | .. | Nora's 'Finale' Dancer | |
Mitch Cohn | .. | Colin / Lucy's Band | |
Jonathan Finlayfon | .. | Colin / Lucy's Band | |
Daniel Jones | .. | Colin / Lucy's Band | |
Corey King | .. | Colin / Lucy's Band | |
Jermaine Parrish | .. | Colin / Lucy's Band | |
Steve Rodriguez | .. | Colin / Lucy's Band | |
William Dontay Spence | .. | Colin / Lucy's Band | |
Clarence Ward | .. | Colin / Lucy's Band | |
Derek Brown | .. | Nightclub Dancer | |
Shawn Michelle Cosby | .. | Nightclub Dancer (as Shawn Cosby) | |
Melissa Emrico | .. | Nightclub Dancer | |
Sabrina Furr | .. | Nightclub Dancer | |
Charles Hawkins | .. | Nightclub Dancer | |
George Hubela | .. | Nightclub Dancer | |
Joseph Nontanovan | .. | Nightclub Dancer | |
Jameson Perry | .. | Nightclub Dancer | |
Ashley Phipps | .. | Nightclub Dancer | |
Denise Piane | .. | Nightclub Dancer | |
Sarah Satow | .. | Nightclub Dancer | |
Jamal Sims | .. | Nightclub Dancer | |
Adam Shankman | .. | Nightclub Dancer | |
Taylor Walker | .. | Nightclub Dancer | |
Zachary Woodlee | .. | Nightclub Dancer | |
John Alix | .. | Audition Dancer | |
Mark Fangmeyer | .. | Audition Dancer | |
Andrew Johnson | .. | Audition Dancer | |
Kellie Corbett | .. | Hip Hop Dancer | |
Sherray Gibson | .. | Hip Hop Dancer | |
Lance Guillermo | .. | Hip Hop Dancer | |
Christin Henderson | .. | Hip Hop Dancer (as Christin Jennings) | |
Kirk Jennings | .. | Hip Hop Dancer | |
Monica Warr | .. | Hip Hop Dancer | |
Roddy Carter | .. | Omar Party Dancer | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Tex Allen | .. | Julliard School (NYC) Admissions Recruiter (uncredited) | |
Joanna Becker | .. | Dancer (uncredited) | |
Ted Borodaeff | .. | Dancer (uncredited) | |
Matthew Bowerman | .. | Audition Dancer (uncredited) | |
Jeremy Bustin | .. | Dance Student (uncredited) | |
Jen Carden | .. | Costumer (uncredited) | |
Jordan Michael Coulson | .. | Student (uncredited) | |
Devraj Dasgupta | .. | Art Student (uncredited) | |
Bruce Allen Dawson | .. | Funeral Mourner (uncredited) | |
Tony Devon | .. | Defense Attorney (uncredited) | |
Pamela Fischer | .. | Receptionist (uncredited) | |
Alan Gates | .. | Bartender 1 (uncredited) | |
Alan Gates | .. | Bartender (uncredited) | |
Stephanie Ray Glass | .. | Ballet Dancer (uncredited) | |
Franklin Grace | .. | Dancer End Credits (uncredited) | |
Jamie Marie Hannigan | .. | Dancer (uncredited) | |
Matt Hartman | .. | Teacher (uncredited) | |
Katherine Hoskins Mackey | .. | Talent Scout (uncredited) | |
Melvin Jackson Jr. | .. | PJ's Boy (uncredited) | |
Kawan Kean | .. | Music Student (uncredited) | |
Nicole Catrice Keller | .. | MSA Student / Ballet Dancer (uncredited) | |
Tori LaChapelle | .. | High School Student (uncredited) | |
Jonathan Langley | .. | Dancer (uncredited) | |
Tia Latrell | .. | Dancer (uncredited) | |
Chris K. Layman | .. | Stage Manager (uncredited) | |
Jed Lunario | .. | House Party Patron (uncredited) | |
James P. Morrow | .. | Parent (uncredited) | |
Sandra Lynn O'Brien | .. | Parent (uncredited) | |
Chris O'Brocki | .. | Music Student (uncredited) | |
Elizabeth O'Callaghan | .. | Pedestrian (uncredited) | |
Mina Pahlevan | .. | Club Patron (uncredited) | |
Emily Peachey | .. | Student (uncredited) | |
Jennifer Rouse | .. | Nightclub Dancer (uncredited) | |
Natasha Sattler | .. | Concert Usher (uncredited) | |
Noah Schaftel | .. | Nightclub Dancer (uncredited) | |
Eddy Shalita | .. | Club Patron Dancing (uncredited) | |
Leo Christopher Sheridan | .. | Dance Student (uncredited) | |
Kacie Smith | .. | Dancer (uncredited) | |
Thomas W. Stewart | .. | Nightclub Dancer (uncredited) | |
JB Tadena | .. | MSA Student (uncredited) | |
Towanda Underdue | .. | Hip Hop Dancer / Omar Party Dancer (uncredited) | |
Shaunté Usual | .. | Dancer (uncredited) | |
Jay Viera | .. | Night Club Dancer (uncredited) | |
Torell Vinson | .. | Band Student (uncredited) | |
Raquel Yasmin | .. | Ballet class student (uncredited) |
Produced by
Erik Feig | .. | producer |
David Garrett | .. | executive producer |
Jennifer Gibgot | .. | producer |
Andrew Golov | .. | Executive in Charge of Production |
Bob Hayward | .. | executive producer |
Andrew Matosich | .. | associate producer |
Meredith Milton | .. | co-producer |
Adam Shankman | .. | producer |
John H. Starke | .. | executive producer |
Mimi Tseng | .. | associate producer |
Patrick Wachsberger | .. | producer |
Music by
Aaron Zigman |
Cinematography by
Michael Seresin |
Film Editing by
Nancy Richardson |
Casting By
Joanna Colbert | ||
Rich Mento | .. | (as Richard Mento) |
Production Design by
Shepherd Frankel |
Art Direction by
Laura Ballinger |
Set Decoration by
Susan Kessel |
Costume Design by
Alix Hester |
Makeup Department
Gina W. Bateman | .. | key makeup artist (as Gina Wilgis Bateman) |
Joseph A. Campayno | .. | second makeup artist (as Joseph Campayno) |
Ardis Cohen | .. | key hair stylist (as Ardis F. Cohen) |
Charmaine Henninger | .. | third hair stylist |
Cheryl 'Pickles' Kinion | .. | additional makeup artist (as Cheryl Kinion) |
Barbara Lacy | .. | makeup artist |
Janice Tunnell | .. | makeup artist |
Leah Watson | .. | second hair stylist |
Sherri Zebeck | .. | additional makeup artist (as Sherri Rybczynski) |
Sherri Bramlett | .. | additional hair stylist (uncredited) |
Annabelle MacNeal | .. | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Production Management
Brett Botula | .. | assistant unit production manager |
Nancy Kirhoffer | .. | post-production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Timothy Blockburger | .. | second assistant director (additional photography) |
Bill Hardy | .. | second second assistant director |
Blake Perkinson | .. | additional second assistant director |
Ellen H. Schwartz | .. | first assistant director |
Jack Steinberg | .. | first assistant director: additional photography / second assistant director |
Art Department
I. Javier Ameijeiras | .. | production illustrator |
Bryan Badman | .. | construction gang boss |
Jamie Bishop | .. | on-set dresser |
Alex Brandenburg | .. | buyer |
William Catania | .. | tool man |
Joseph Crockett | .. | pre-visualization artist |
F. Dale Davis | .. | propmaker |
Jen Day | .. | set production assistant: reshoots |
Lisa Dietrich | .. | props |
Dandro Fralinger | .. | construction gang boss |
April Freeman | .. | scenic artist |
Kim Garman | .. | art department coordinator |
Susanna Glattly | .. | scenic charge |
Jeffrey Pratt Gordon | .. | leadman |
Ruth Grizzard | .. | painter / scenic artist |
Leslie Heins | .. | painter |
Trent Hevener | .. | propmaker |
Edward Hohman | .. | carpenter |
Erica Huffman | .. | art department coordinator: reshoot |
Brinton Jaecks | .. | pre-visualization artist |
Billy 'Jilly Bones' Jones | .. | scenic artist |
Kristine Kennedy | .. | scenic artist |
Christina Eunji Kim | .. | set designer |
Calla Klessig | .. | art department production assistant |
Ted Lubonovich II | .. | construction coordinator |
Nikie Monteleone | .. | art department production assistant |
Scott T. Pina | .. | general foreman |
Alli Robbins | .. | painter |
Timothy Wicks | .. | carpenter |
Manon Wilkes | .. | carpenter |
Chad E. Williams | .. | set dresser |
Sound Department
Julie Altus | .. | adr recordist |
Christopher Assells | .. | sound effects editor |
Karen Baker Landers | .. | supervising sound editor (as Karen M. Baker) |
Steve Bartkowicz | .. | re-recording engineer |
Roberto Cappannelli | .. | re-recording mixer |
Patrick J. Foley | .. | dialog editor |
Nerses Gezalyan | .. | sound mixer |
Dan Hegeman | .. | sound effects editor |
Xavier Horan | .. | sound editor |
Chris Jargo | .. | adr supervisor |
Doc Kane | .. | adr mixer |
Kimaree Long | .. | dialogue editor |
John McCormick | .. | sound mixer (as John D. McCormick) |
Christian P. Minkler | .. | re-recording mixer |
Philip D. Morrill | .. | assistant sound editor |
Tony Negrete | .. | assistant sound editor |
Onofre Ortega | .. | dubbing mixer |
Unsun Song | .. | sound re-recordist |
Dean St. John | .. | adr mixer |
Frederick H. Stahly | .. | dialogue editor |
Peter Staubli | .. | sound effects editor |
Greg Steele | .. | adr mixer |
Jon Taylor | .. | re-recording mixer |
Tami Treadwell | .. | adr recordist |
Greg Zimmerman | .. | adr recordist |
Lars Bjerre | .. | dialogue denoising (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Michael H. Clark | .. | special effects technician |
Joe Digaetano | .. | special effects coordinator |
Eric A. Martin | .. | special effects technician |
Visual Effects by
Jenna Dewan
Danny Albano | .. | digital compositor |
Anthony Davis | .. | digital compositor |
David Scheper | .. | prop maker |
Jason Michael Zimmerman | .. | digital compositor |
Stunts
Chris Cenatiempo | .. | stunts |
John Cenatiempo | .. | stunt coordinator |
Ava Lee Scott | .. | stunts (as Alba Albanese) |
Anthony Vincent | .. | stunt double: Channing Tatum |
Camera and Electrical Department
Peter Bloor | .. | gaffer |
Kevin Boyd | .. | digital video assist operator |
Alfred J. Caragay | .. | video assist |
Phillip V. Caruso | .. | still photographer |
Doug Cordonier | .. | electrician |
Austin Cross | .. | best boy electric |
Andrew Degnan | .. | second assistant camera |
Alan R. Disler | .. | first assistant camera: 'a' camera |
James Dombey | .. | electrician |
David Shane Guild | .. | rigging electrician |
John Hamilton | .. | second assistant camera: 'b' camera |
Tim Hennessy | .. | camera loader |
Chris Henry | .. | electrician |
Edward Hohman | .. | rigging grip |
Nicholas Huynh | .. | camera production assistant |
Jay Kemp | .. | rigging gaffer |
Tim Kossa | .. | electrician |
Thomas Loizeaux | .. | camera operator |
Eric A. Martin | .. | electrician |
Peter McCaffrey | .. | camera operator |
Kenneth Morton | .. | grip |
Les Percy | .. | key grip |
Jason Petty | .. | rigging electrician |
Xavier Ramirez | .. | camera operator |
James A. Ray | .. | rigging electrician |
Dan Rogers | .. | grip |
Todd SanSone | .. | video utility |
Christopher A. Schenck | .. | first assistant camera |
Benny Smyth | .. | electrician (as S. Benny Smyth) |
Robert Spencer | .. | rigging best boy electric |
Julian Sternthal | .. | grip |
Hektor Stockton | .. | electrician |
Mark Walpole | .. | first assistant camera: second unit |
Tom Weston | .. | camera operator |
Tim Wicks | .. | grip |
Mike Wilson | .. | electrician |
Franz Wise | .. | electrician |
Jason Younger | .. | grip |
Jeff Zook | .. | key dimmer board operator |
Ian Axilrod | .. | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Animation Department
Johnny Wong | .. | animator |
Casting Department
Lilian Tan Burch | .. | casting associate |
Kim Burns | .. | extras casting assistant |
Carlyn Davis | .. | casting: Baltimore |
Suzanne Kang | .. | casting assistant |
Candace Leake | .. | casting assistant |
Betsy Royall | .. | background casting |
Jocelyn E. Thomas | .. | casting assistant |
Elizabeth Moore | .. | casting assistant (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ricardo Richard Alvarez | .. | costumer |
Linda M. Boyland | .. | key set costumer |
Deb Dalton | .. | set costumer |
Bebe Ferro | .. | costumer |
Christine Hawes | .. | costumer |
Jill Kliber | .. | assistant costume designer |
Joan M. Lynch | .. | set costumer |
Roseann Milano | .. | wardrobe supervisor |
Carlous Palmer | .. | wardrobe assistant |
Derek Sullivan | .. | costumer (uncredited) |
Editorial Department
Adam Brailsford | .. | assistant editor |
Jeff Chaves | .. | colorist (digital color correction) |
Tritia Espinoza | .. | international editor |
Jason Fabbro | .. | digital intermediate colorist: inserts |
Mike Mertens | .. | color timer |
Pablo Prietto | .. | assistant editor |
Location Management
Shawn Boyachek | .. | location manager |
Patrick Burn | .. | assistant location manager |
Octavius Lee Johnson | .. | location scout |
Richard Lilly | .. | location assistant |
Sherrill Smith | .. | assistant location manager |
Ryan Williams | .. | location assistant: re-shoots |
Music Department
Christine Bergren | .. | music legal and clearance |
Buck Damon | .. | music supervisor |
Josh Evans | .. | assistant score engineer |
John Finklea | .. | music editor |
Kaylin Frank | .. | music executive |
Kory Kruckenberg | .. | scoring assistant engineer |
Mateo Laboriel | .. | orchestrator: additional music / programmer |
Ernest Lee | .. | music recording engineer |
Mitchell Leib | .. | executive in charge of music |
Joseph Magee | .. | production music mixer |
Michael Stern | .. | music scoring mixer |
Jesse Voccia | .. | composer: electronic music |
Don Welty | .. | music business and legal affairs |
Transportation Department
Michael Luckeroth | .. | driver: re-shoot |
Danny Mortenson | .. | transportation coordinator |
Byron Roland | .. | driver: camera truck (as Byron C. Roland) |
Gerald Titus | .. | transportation captain |
Other crew
Noor Ahmed | .. | production legal |
Jimmy Badstibner | .. | assistant: Mr. Shankman |
Richard Baker | .. | production assistant |
Karen Barna | .. | business affairs/legal |
Jackie Bazan | .. | publicist |
Gillian Bohrer | .. | assistant: Mr. Feig |
Sue Bokobza | .. | production accountant |
Manny Chavez | .. | production safety supervisor |
Jeffrey Coleman | .. | stand-in: Channing Tatum |
Sandra L. Dixon | .. | second assistant accountant |
Chizoba Ezeh | .. | assistant: Mr. Hayward |
Carter Fisk | .. | assistant: Ms. Gibgot |
Anne Fletcher | .. | choreographer |
Philippe Gallichet | .. | chef |
Karen Gehres | .. | epk producer |
Stephen Goldsmith | .. | continuity |
Julie Hansen | .. | post-production accountant |
Michael J. Harker | .. | completion bond representative |
Susan Hegarty | .. | dialect coach: Rachel Griffiths, post-production |
Erica Huffman | .. | assistant production office coordinator: reshoot |
Tricia McCauley | .. | stand-in: Jenna Dewan |
Jackie McCormack | .. | studio teacher |
Jennifer McCormick | .. | stand-in |
Rosero McCoy | .. | choreographer |
Clem McIntosh | .. | production assistant (as Clement McIntosh) |
Gil McKinney | .. | production assistant |
Kerry Meushaw | .. | stand-in: Frank Ferrara |
Kory O'Donnell | .. | assistant production coordinator |
Kathy Orloff | .. | publicist |
Deborah Ortega | .. | assistant: Mr. Wachsberger |
Denise Piane | .. | assistant: Ms Fletcher |
Stephanie Puckett | .. | production assistant |
Benjamin R. Reder | .. | production counsel |
Ilka Rivard | .. | production coordinator |
Ryan Robertson | .. | main title producer |
Tara A. Senior | .. | production counsel |
Martha Shane | .. | assistant to producers |
Frederick Shear | .. | second assistant accountant (as Fred Shear) |
Mike Sime | .. | video playback engineer |
Jamal Sims | .. | choreographer |
Molly Smith | .. | assistant: Mr. Starke |
Michael Snow | .. | production assistant |
Eric J. Spiegelman | .. | production counsel |
Megan Taylor | .. | production assistant |
John Thiero | .. | stand-in: Damaine Radcliff |
Erin Toole Williams | .. | accounting clerk |
David Vogel | .. | production assistant |
Joe Wehmeyer | .. | set production assistant |
Cristina Weigmann | .. | script supervisor |
Robert S. Wilhelm Jr. | .. | additional key set production assistant |
Linda E. Williams | .. | stand-in |
Johnny Wong | .. | title designer: main titles |
Zachary Woodlee | .. | assistant choreographer |
Garson Yu | .. | title designer |
Kim Barnhart Posly | .. | production secretary (uncredited) |
Leonard Butler | .. | production assistant (uncredited) |
Philip Byron | .. | production assistant (uncredited) |
Brian Dragonuk | .. | wrangler (uncredited) |
Halston Ericson-Bohager | .. | production assistant (uncredited) |
Peter Pamela Rose | .. | adr loop group (uncredited) |
Christopher Scott | .. | additional set production assistant (uncredited) |
Step Up 2: The Streets | |
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Directed by | Jon M. Chu |
Produced by | Erik Feig Jennifer Gibgot Adam Shankman Patrick Wachsberger |
Written by | Toni Ann Johnson Karen Barna |
Based on | Characters by Duane Adler |
Starring | |
Music by | Aaron Zigman |
Cinematography | Max Malkin |
Edited by | Nicholas Erasmus Andrew Marcus |
Touchstone Pictures Summit Entertainment | |
Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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98 minutes | |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $17.5 million[1] |
Box office | $150.8 million[2] |
Step Up 2: The Streets is a 2008 American dance film. It is the sequel to the 2006 film Step Up from Touchstone Pictures. The film was directed by Jon M. Chu and choreographed by Jamal Sims, Nadine 'Hi Hat' Ruffin and Dave Scott. Patrick Wachsberger and Erik Feig of Summit Entertainment produced with Adam Shankman and Jennifer Gibgot of Offspring Entertainment.
Set at the Maryland School of the Arts, the story revolves around rebellious street dancer Andie West (Briana Evigan) who lands at the elite school and finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. She eventually joins forces with the school's hottest dancer Chase Collins (Robert Hoffman) to form a crew of classmate outcasts to compete in Baltimore's underground dance battle The Streets, finding a way to live her dream while building a bridge between her two separate worlds. The film was followed by Step Up 3D, released in 2010.
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Plot[edit]
In Baltimore, Maryland, Andrea 'Andie' West (Briana Evigan) pursues her dream of becoming a street dancer. After her mother died from cancer, Andie moved in with her mother's best friend, Sarah (Sonja Sohn). Deep down Andie feels like she does not belong anywhere. Although she is doing poorly at school, it is her dream for dancing that brings something special into her life. She trains with her dance crew, 410 to keep the title of the illegal competition, 'The Streets'. Sarah is aware of the crime and harassment by 410 and out of fear that Andie will get hurt, she decides to send her to live with her aunt in Texas in an effort to protect Andie, but Andie refuses to go and runs away.
Tyler Gage (Channing Tatum) who is like a big brother to Andie sees her at a local dance club, The Dragon. When Andie tells him about Sarah's plans to send her to Texas to live with her aunt Tyler explains that Sarah's trying to keep Andie safe. He tries to persuade Andie to audition for the Maryland School of the Arts, where Andie has to compete for a place, thinking it will help her life as it did his. Tyler decides to battle her for it. Tyler wins the battle and the two head back to Andie's house where Tyler asks Sarah to let her audition for MSA. Sarah refuses because she believes that Andie will be safer in Texas. Tyler eventually persuades Sarah to let Andie audition for MSA while he goes on tour with Nora Clark (Jenna Dewan). Sarah reluctantly agrees, but she tells Andie that if she screws up with MSA she'll have to go to Texas. Chase Collins (Robert Hoffman) persuades his brother, Director Blake Collins (Will Kemp) to recruit Andie after seeing her audition. When 410 learns about Andie's involvement at MSA, they kick her out. Chase and Andie form a new crew with help from many people Chase knows at the school, all of not accepted as who they are, including Andie's new friend Moose (Adam G. Sevani). Chase has a copied key to the studio and the crew secretly practices their routine late at night when the school is empty. They perform at the local dance club, but are rejected and kicked out. Andie's best friend Missy Serrano (Danielle Polanco) joins the crew after leaving 410 following the event, as she is disgusted by the crowd's reaction. Missy tells the crew that the only way to enter The Streets is to first pull a prank and post it on the Internet to show that the crew is entering the competition. Wanting revenge for being humiliated before, Chase decides that their prank will be to make a fool out of Tuck (Black Thomas), the leader of 410.
The crew goes to a family barbecue at Missy's house. Sophie (Cassie Ventura), an MSA student who happens to have a crush on Chase, tags along. She begins to develop a crush on Moose after salsa dancing with him. 410 doesn't like the fact that they have a new crew to compete with so they warn Andie's group to stay out of The Streets or there will be consequences. When Tuck finds Chase, he assaults him for his prank and warns him to stay away from The Streets and Andie. Chase comes into school the next day badly bruised and hurt. On top of that, the dance studio has been trashed by 410 the previous night. Director Blake forbids the students from the school to be involved in illegal competitions and expels Andie from MSA for her involvement with The Streets competition, but Andie denies the involvement of her other members. After she leaves, Chase admits his involvement in The Streets and tries to persuade Director Blake to let Andie back in, but Director Blake refuses as he is too busy with the fundraiser.
When Sarah hears the news of Andie's expulsion, Andie tries to explain, but Sarah refuses to listen. Sarah tells her that she has had enough of her behavior and now Andie must go live with her aunt in Texas. Just when Andie is packing her bags to leave, she receives a text message from Missy that The Streets is on the same night as the MSA fundraiser. Along with Andie, her whole crew gets the text message. They decide to ditch the MSA fundraiser and instead compete in The Streets. Chase also leaves the fundraiser hoping to win back Andie. When Sarah hears about what Andie did to protect her crew she allows Andie to continue living with her and lets her compete at The Streets with her crew. Sarah does ground Andie.
When Director Blake notices that his students are gone, he questions Sophie. Moose tells him that he is in the crew and where they are. Moose takes both Director Blake and Sophie to the place; they are just in time for the crew's performance. The Director sees them and he realizes that The Streets he was hearing and thinking about, is in fact a legitimate form of artistic expression. He accepts Andie into MSA again and tells Moose that he was in the wrong department. To Moose's surprise, he gets kissed by Sophie. With Andie's crew being supportive friends and her education now secured, the film ends with a passionate kiss between Chase and Andie.
Cast[edit]
- Briana Evigan as Andrea 'Andie' West, the main protagonist. Andie is a talented street dancer. Andie has felt out of place ever since her mother died from cancer. Andie's father died prior to the movie. Andie gets poor grades in school as she doesn't care about education.
- Robert Hoffman as Chase Collins, Blake's younger brother who falls in love with Andie
- Adam Sevani as Robert 'Moose' Alexander III, is a talented dancer who Andie and Missy's best friend
- Will Kemp as Blake Collins, the strict director of MSA and Chase's older brother
- Cassie Ventura as Sophie Donovan, Chase's ex-girlfriend who later falls in love with Moose
- Christopher Scott as Hair, a talented choreographer
- Harry Shum, Jr. as Cable
- Janelle Cambridge as Fly
- LaJon Dantzler as Smiles
- Luis Rosado as Monster
- Mari Koda as Jenny Kido
- Sonja Sohn as Sarah, Andie's overprotective legal guardian. She took Andie in after her mother died. Sarah is concerned about Andie's safety and plans to send her to Texas to live with her Aunt Alice. Before Andie's mother died Sarah promised her best friend that she'd protect her daughter. Sarah intends to keep her promise. Sarah believes that the only way to protect Andie is to send her to Texas. Sarah wants Andie to be safe and get good grades.
- Black Thomas as Tuck, the leader of the 410 and the main antagonist
- Telisha Shaw as Felicia, Andie's best friend
- Danielle Polanco as Melissa 'Missy' Serrano, Andie and Moose's best friend who eventually quits 410
- Channing Tatum as Tyler Gage (cameo), protagonist from the first film. A skilled but troubled dancer in his teens who turned his life around at MSA and now is touring as a professional
- Rockstar Logu as Mike (cameo), Indian artist
- BooG!e as DJ Sand (uncredited)
- Jenny Kressebuch as Store Clerk
Reception[edit]
Box office[edit]
At the U.S. Box office, the film opened at #3 and earned $18,908,826 in its opening weekend. As of August 4, 2008, Step Up 2: The Streets have grossed $58,017,783 in domestic box office and $92,798,917 in other parts of the world, bringing a worldwide total of $150,816,700, outperforming its predecessor.[2]
Critical response[edit]
The film was met with mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 27% based on reviews from 63 critics. The website's consensus states 'There's a kinetic appeal to the handsome cast and their smooth moves, but everything else about Step Up 2: The Streets is been there, danced that.'[3] On Metacritic it has a weighted average score of 50 out of 100 based on reviews from 20 critics, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'.[4] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a grade A-.[5]
Accolades[edit]
- Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Drama (winner)
- Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Breakout Female (Briana Evigan, nominee)
- MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (Briana Evigan and Robert Hoffman, winner)
- Imagen Foundation Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Danielle Polanco, nominee)
Home media[edit]
The film was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on July 15, 2008.[6]
- Special features
- Through Fresh Eyes – The Making of Step Up 2
- Outlaws Of Hip-Hop – Meet The '410'
- Lead Actor Robert Hoffman Video Prank
- Outtakes From Step Up 2: The Streets – Cassie Performs 'Is It You?'
- Deleted Scenes – Including Dances By JabbaWockeeZ And West Coast Riders Dance Crews
- Music Videos
- Flo Rida feat. T-Pain - 'Low'
- Missy Elliott - 'Ching-a-Ling/Shake Your Pom Pom'
- Cherish feat. Yung Joc - 'Killa'
- Plies feat. Akon - 'Hypnotized'
- Brit & Alex - 'Let It Go'
Soundtrack[edit]
A soundtrack album to the film was released by Atlantic Records on February 5, 2008.[7]
References[edit]
- ^'Step Up 2 the Streets (2008)'. The-numbers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ^ ab'Step Up 2'. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^'Step Up 2 The Streets'. Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^'Step Up 2: The Streets Reviews'. Metacritic.
- ^'CinemaScore'. CinemaScore. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ^'Amazon.com: Step Up 2 The Streets: Movies & TV'. Amazon.com. July 15, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
- ^'Step Up 2: The Streets / O.S.T. - Amazon.com Music'. Amazon.com. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
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