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Lighting struck with the relatively fresh Scary Movie, but it's success made way for a slew of woeful rip offs that have never lived up to expectations (aside from the passable Superhero Movie).
So while Dance Flick is a return to form for the genre... it's only a return to form when compared to the woeful output of Meet The Spartans and Date Movie ("spoofs" which didn't actually contain any jokes).
In Dance Flick a young street dancer, Thomas Uncles (Damon Wayans Jr),
from the wrong side of the tracks and a beautiful young woman, Megan
White (Shoshana Bush), are brought together by their passion for
dancing and put to the test in the mother of all dance battles.
Dance
Flick
sends up the dance movie genre (a genre which kind of lost it's appeal
two or three years ago anyway), including such hits as Step Up and You Got Served, as well as the classic Flashdance. There are also a few Hairspray and High School Musical "Zac Efron is a bit of a Gay" references, for the kids, in there as well.
Oddly enough, of the "movie reference related gags" the only one which seems to garner a giggle is a nod to Black Snake Moan (a movie the teeny boppers paying to see Dance Flick have likely never even seen).
That
said, The Wayans have done a decent enough job to actually include some
genuine worded jokes this time around (as well as some top notch cameos
from the elder Wayan's and David Allen Grier). In fact - shock horror -
you might even laugh occasionally.
But by and large, Dance Flick is pretty much 80 minutes of those forgettably mandatory (and lame) R&B dance references that seem to have been included in every spoof since Date Movie.
Ultimately, even at it's best Dance Flick is comedy at it's worst. DVD Special Features
There are different versions of this floating arond,
most notably the fact that it's extended and uncut compared to the
theatrical release. However, if I were the Wayans Brothers, making
punters sit through MORE of this junk is hardly going to win them any
new fans. In fact, it'll probably create some genuine enemies. Conclusion:
Movie 40% Extras: 50%
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