Sean (Ryan Guzman) and his best friend Eddie (Misha Grabiel) belong to a group who call themselves The Mob who carry out guerrilla dancing attacks in Miami, the object of the exercise being to secure 10 million hits on Youtube which, apparently, brings with it a cash prize. The rest of the time they are waiters at a hotel until, following a change of ownership to Anderson (Peter Gallagher), Eddie is fired. Sean, meanwhile, falls for Emily (Kathryn McCormick), a red-hot dancer and also Anderson's daughter, and introduces her to The Mob. Anderson proposes to knock down their neighbourhood and build a new hotel, so they target their guerrilla dancing at this. Then Eddie finds out that Emily is Anderson's daughter and Sean didn't tell him and his sense of betrayal lead him to...
It is well documented (by me) that I am not a fan of dance films, yet I go to see them. Why? Because I'm a fan of 3D, and 3D often adds a dimension to dance movies. That's why I went to see this one (Step Up Revolution in the US). It certainly wasn't because of the plot, because this is trite, hackneyed, clichéd stuff, without a single surprise in it. It wasn't because of the music: I often don't care for much of the music in these movies. And it wasn't because of the dancing because I'm not a big dance fan either. Had I known beforehand how hot Ms McCormick was, I might have gone because of her, but I didn't.
Nope, it was the 3D which lured me in. And yet I did enjoy it. The afore-mentioned Ms McCormick is one reason, but I think I have to sing the praises of the dance routines. I find them a combination of gymnastics and athletics as much as dance, but all of them (there are perhaps half a dozen production numbers) are choreographed and staged with imagination, and performed with exuberance and staggering skill. The movie is bright and colourful, there is some attractive cinematography, and the performances are satisfactory.
Some characters from earlier films show up at the end for reasons of title continuity.
And there are some annoying bits - Eddie's actions for one, and the dance routine involving showering dollar bills all over the place for another (these people have no money - how do you get hold of so much cash, whether it is real or fake?)
It is well documented (by me) that I am not a fan of dance films, yet I go to see them. Why? Because I'm a fan of 3D, and 3D often adds a dimension to dance movies. That's why I went to see this one (Step Up Revolution in the US). It certainly wasn't because of the plot, because this is trite, hackneyed, clichéd stuff, without a single surprise in it. It wasn't because of the music: I often don't care for much of the music in these movies. And it wasn't because of the dancing because I'm not a big dance fan either. Had I known beforehand how hot Ms McCormick was, I might have gone because of her, but I didn't.
Nope, it was the 3D which lured me in. And yet I did enjoy it. The afore-mentioned Ms McCormick is one reason, but I think I have to sing the praises of the dance routines. I find them a combination of gymnastics and athletics as much as dance, but all of them (there are perhaps half a dozen production numbers) are choreographed and staged with imagination, and performed with exuberance and staggering skill. The movie is bright and colourful, there is some attractive cinematography, and the performances are satisfactory.
Some characters from earlier films show up at the end for reasons of title continuity.
And there are some annoying bits - Eddie's actions for one, and the dance routine involving showering dollar bills all over the place for another (these people have no money - how do you get hold of so much cash, whether it is real or fake?)