Step Up 3D
Step Up 3D has dynamic narrative but third rate choreography – NOT! No longer centered in Baltimore this unnecessary outing in even more unnecessary 3D has the action moves to New York City. Moose (Adam G. Sevani) from Step Up 2: The Streets and Camille (Alyson Stoner) from the original Step Up movie are the only vaguely familiar principles but who knew they were an item (albeit platonic) through the first two films? Maybe I did but just forgot as I did with the rest of these generic waddles. Here Camille and Moose are fresh faced freshmen at NYU dropped off by Moose’s grateful parents who are glad he finally left that “dancing thing” behind. He’s not alone for two minutes when implausible circumstances start dragging him back and hook him up with the nimble Luke (Rick Malambri), a resourceful street dancing patron of sorts who owns a hotwired Gangs-Of-New-York- style warehouse for broke but aspiring and talented hoofers. We could run through the wafer thin plot but why waste time on something so generic, derivative and downright hoaky. It’s all just a set up anyway for spontaneous outbreaks of explosive high energy dance moves which run the street scene gambit from krunking, locking, popping and even some capoeira and a little third rate parkour thrown in. It’s hard to tell which of the Step Up trifecta would come in last.