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Another movie that sends out a message that dancing is better than conforming your identity to any exclusive group. The movie doesn’t want to say it bluntly but clearly it wants to tell the youngsters out there how stupid being in a gang is and that everybody has a word to say and the freedom to say it. It’s a cool theme I suppose but… it doesn’t justify how cheesy some of the aspects are that we see on the screen. STEP UP 2 continues the tradition of dance movies but it’s not nearly half as good as How She Move.

Rebellious street dancer Andie has to decide between Texas or Maryland School of Arts, so she chooses the latter. She finds herself fighting the pressure to be proper but when she forms a dancing crew with a fellow classmate named Chase, she figures out a way to bring her old life on the streets and her newfound one to co-exist together.

Yes, the choreography is amazing. This is why I always go to see any new dance movies out there, just so I can get wowed by some of the moves I wish I could do. I admit that break dancing takes talent and hours of practice to get it right, it’s not an easy task to accomplish. I salute friends of mine who could do even just a portion of what these guys do in the movie.
I think this movie does an excellent job to show us the quality that this particular kind of dance can express. It’s art, it’s fun, it’s bold and edgy.

The part where they dance in the end to showcase their talents and beat the competition is pretty tight!
It’s like saying, ‘In Your Face, Suckas!’
And the hip-hop selection gets the audiences going. Great music, man!
I’ll take me a while before I finally get bored of Flo Rida’s song ‘Low’. Those aspects of the movie rock!
But… there’s always a but…

I don’t like how this movie looks down on other sophisticated art out there, saying this is the only cool one and other form of art taught in school is lame.
The lines or the dialogue between the characters are cheesy. Speaking of which, the actors playing those characters are okay, nothing great. They’re better dancers than they are actors.
The story is typical and very predictable. One person likes to go into trouble meets another person of different social status, they fall in love and along the way, they form a team of misfits to try to prove to the world that their side of the town is not any different than the ones on the streets. Typical and Predictable.
It’s like… when you’re watching this, you’d somehow have that feeling like you’ve watched it before somewhere.
And not to mention that there are some boring parts in this movie, You’d wish have universal remote control and fast forward the movie all the way to the good parts.

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