Every genre has it's cliches, and the important thing is whether they're handled well - which surprisingly, Step Up 2 for the most part does.
There's
no denying that the story (in which our sexy sweat pants wearing
heroine is given one last chance to go straight by enrolling in the
Baltimore Institute for the Arts, only to find that her ghetto dance
crew doesn't fit in with her new life and her new life doesn't like the
way she moves) is pretty silly. But the typical multi-racial
'crew' she puts together to battle at 'the streets' (an underground
dance contest) is even sillier, including a hunky jock, an Asian
stereotype bordering on the offensive, an amazingly nerdy guy (who ends
up scoring the hottest chick in school) and a bunch of back-up
dancers.
It's a welcome sign that this isn't taking itself too seriously.
The
dancing is pretty good, the tone is light and fun, and if you're a fan
of amazingly brilliant US crime series set in Baltimore The Wire, then this film's Baltimore setting is gold on it's own.
If only gay stick-up artist Omar and his shotgun had made a cameo... EXTRAS with Sean Lynch
No extras that we could see. Perhaps we recieved a dodgy copy... fittingly... from the streets!
Conclusion:
Movie 65% Extras: N/A
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