Step Up 2: Awesome Dance Moves, Horrible Plot

Kristine Belizaire, Current Affairs Editor

Issue date: 2/26/08 Section: Variety

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Step Up 2: In the Streets is the sequel to the musical drama Step Up, which scored bad reviews in 2006. Step Up 2, however, is a major improvement over the original, but finds itself still lacking in the plot department.

In the Streets follows the same plot line as its predecessor, and tells the story of the white lead actor/actress who grows up in a bad neighborhood and faces the same adversity as many lower-class blacks. The lead actress is Andie (Briana Evigan), an orphan and one of the most talented hip-hop dancers of the infamous dance crew 410, who competes for bragging rights in a club known as The Streets.

When Andie's legal guardian threatens to send her to Texas if she does not stop her rebellious ways, she decides to clean up her act and attend the Maryland School of Arts in Baltimore. However, her involvement with the school causes her to miss dance practices, which gets her kicked out of the 410. Andie is left crewless. She then teams up with the school's top dancer Chase (Robert Hoffman) and forms her own crew. However, because her crew is thought to be made up of a group of snobby white students, they are not given the opportunity to take part in The Streets competition.

The majority of the crew is white, and it gets annoying to watch them trying to get the group of non-whites to respect them. While the movie tries to touch on issues of social and racial equality, it fails miserably in inciting the audience to think about deep issues. On the bright side, the movie does manage to get the audience to move, with hot music beats and dance scenes.

The acting is mediocre, but watchable. Evigan and Hoffman manage to successfully play their roles, but there was much room for improvement. However, there is no denying that Evigan is a very beautiful and talented dancer, and that is reason enough to watch the movie. The best performance comes from Moose (Adam Sevani), who plays a nerdy but adorable gifted dancer who also manages to become one of Andie's best friends.

Step Up 2 does considerably better than Step Up, with a more likeable cast and killer dance scenes. If they had stuck to a more solid plot, the movie would have been a lot more enjoyable to watch. But if you are looking for a movie that will keep you moving, Step Up 2 is the movie for you.

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