And who comes to these movies for the plot?
Then again the films are only somewhat connected through a couple of the characters (Moose and Camille, from Step Up 2 the Streets and Step Up respectively), and it can be watched pretty much on its own terms.
This isn't a review where I can talk about the film in terms of its 'canon' placement in the series, in large part since this is the first Step Up movie I've seen. But sometimes one should see a 3D movie if it merits it, or looks to be like the gimmick of it will make it worthwhile- yes, gimmick, it really still is even with the merits with Avatar and Toy Story 3 in the format- and Step Up 3D is one of those movies. It's been a while of slogging through the past year of 3D after 3D movie coming out, and most of them are not rushing out to see, since the movies themselves aren't worth the trouble (and some, like Last Airbender, threaten to derail the old-new technology that is raking in the bucks). Reviewed by Quinoa1984 5 / 10 usually it's just very funny, though not in the ways intended, and other times, there's good dancing, GREAT 3D The predictable story is of course not as interesting as seeing the wonderful and exciting choreography and brilliant dance routines, and with lasers, flashy (literally) get-ups, bubbles and floating slush puppies, and if you're lucky enough to see it in 3D you get a little bit more of a buzz, for the dancing, a worthwhile romantic dance drama. Alicia Keys' "Empire State of Mind", and the song that beat The Saturdays' "Higher to number one, Flo Rida feat. Firstly, it has a really good soundtrack, with Jay-Z feat. Also starring Keith Stallworth as Jacob, Kendra Andrews as Anala, Stephen 'tWitch' Boss as Jason, Martín and Facundo Lombard as The Santiago Twins, Oren 'Flearock' Michaeli as Carlos, Joe Slaughter as Julien, Daniel 'Cloud' Campos as Kid Darkness and Kathy Najimy as Moose's Mom. There is a big street dance competition to win the title as World Jam champions and the $10,000 prize for the best routine, and of course they win and all differences are forgotten about. In amongst everything there is a rivalry between the two dance gangs, the Pirates and the "House of Samurai", and Luke, with skilled and in between gang dancer Natalie (Sharni Vinson), and the friends he has made making his documentary showing people's passion for dancing, they plan to beat them. Moose makes a new friend in fellow dancer and member of the "House of Pirates", Luke (Rick Malambri), after spotting his pair Limited Edition Gun Metal Nike Dunks, and of course they share an interest in street dancing. Sevani), who is majoring in electrical engineering and has promised his father he won't dance anymore, and Camille (Alyson Stoner), also a dancer, are attending New York University. The first film was really only good for the dancing, the second film was an improvement, but still all about the dancing, and this third film had the added 3D element, but is still all about the dancing. We don’t know a ton about the script Deadline Hollywood says it “celebrates the underdog, bringing characters from different worlds together through dance.Reviewed by jboothmillard 6 / 10 Step Up 3D Is directed by Ron Yuan, whose martial arts background means we can probably expect a lot of exhilarating dance/martial arts fusion. It looks like they just returned from shooting in China. But based on what Instagram is telling us, the cast also includes a lot of Hollywood‘s best dancers, all members of the #immaBEAST family- WilldaBeast himself, Janelle Ginestra, Simrin Player, Jade Chynoweth and Sean Lew among them. As the Step Up franchise celebrates its 10th (!) birthday, Lionsgate is partnering with China’s Infinity Pictures/CMC and Yue Hua Entertainment Culture Communications to produce a Chinese-language sequel to the series, designed for Asian audiences. It’s true, it’s already underway, and it looks REALLY legit.
Did you know that the Step Up series is crazy, super-duper popular in Asia? So popular, in fact, that there’s a Step Up 6 happening-in Chinese?