Born to dance

Director: John Chu
Starring: Rick Malambri, Adam Sevani, Sharni Vinson, Alyson Stoner

The third instalment of the successful Step Up series taps a familiar theme in the dance movie genre about the outsider who finds home and identity in the surrogate family of the dance gang.
Moose (Sevani) has just started an engineering degree at New York University, but his passion for dancing begins to get in the way of his schoolwork when he meets Luke (Malambri), the leader of the ‘House of Pirates’ dance group.

Luke runs his own New York dance club, but let’s wandering dancers stay in his flat above the club where they practice their moves. When the club runs into financial trouble, the ‘Pirates’ must compete against the ‘House of Samurai’ in the World Jam dance contest, to win the much needed $100,000 prize money.
The choreography is pretty impressive and works surprisingly well in 3D, but unfortunately the script is strictly 1D – it’s the characters, not the dancing, that need an extra dimension.

If you’re crazy about dance moves and the art of dance then look no further. If, however, you’re looking for a realistic script and at least a basic quality level of acting, then you may be better off stepping on rather than stepping up.

Genre: Drama | Music | Romance
Age Restriction: Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.
Runtime: 107 min