Step Up 2: The Streets
With the romantic spark between a street dancer and an elite dancer, the street dancer must fight his way up high.
21 September 1980, Gainesville, Florida, USA
28 April 1982, Puerto Limón, Costa Rica
August 18, 2008
To say this film (and any other dancing competition film) is formulaic is an understatement. However, formalism is entirely forgivable when you look at the marketplace.
February 15, 2008
Promises to hit all the urban-dance hallmarks with sledgehammer intensity.
February 14, 2008
Let's wait for a movie where they do get it all right: story, acting and dancing. It'll happen, just not this time.
August 01, 2008
...a minor improvement over its almost unwatchable predecessor...
July 24, 2012
Competent and too innocent in its own way to strongly dislike, but there also isn't much to push it above mediocrity. There's more substance in cotton candy.
February 19, 2008
I can't quite recommend it, but... for a certain demographic why not.
February 14, 2008
Only any good when people are dancing.
July 23, 2012
Too bad much crap is needed to be waded through to get to the rather terrifically done finale.
July 09, 2008
A dance romance with attitude that will fall short if you're expecting fulfillment in the story department.
February 14, 2008
Stumbl[es] gracelessly from point A to point B and hitting all the expected notes in the process.
July 22, 2008
This isn't a very good movie, but it's probably the best of it's kind.
February 14, 2008
For all of its ragin' dance moves and rebellious talk, is high-spirited and harmless. An MC at one dance contest declares, "This ain't 'High School Musical'!" Oh, but it is.
