You Got Served (2004)

In order to achieve their dream of opening a recording studio, two friends (Omarion, Houston) must first win their city's dance contest -- a fierce competition that pits them against a group of tough street dancers.

Director:

Chris Stokes

Writer:

Chris Stokes

Stars:

Omarion Grandberry, J-Boog, Lil' Fizz

1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Omarion Grandberry	...	David (as Omari Grandberry)
Marques Houston	...	Elgin
Jennifer Freeman	...	Liyah
J-Boog	...	Rico (as Jarell Houston)
Lil' Fizz	...	Rashann (as Dreux Frederic)
Raz B	...	Vick (as DeMario Thornton)
Marty Dew	...	Marty
Jerome Jones	...	Sonny
Tanee McCall-Short	...	Toya (as Tuere 'Tanee' McCall)
Malcolm David Kelley	...	Lil Saint
Meagan Good	...	Beautifull
Steve Harvey	...	Mr. Rad
Christopher Jones	...	Wade
Robert Hoffman	...	Max (as Robert James Hoffman III)
Michael Taliferro	...	Emerald (as Michael 'Bear' Taliferro)

Storyline

YOU GOT SERVED follows the competitive world of street dancing where crews battle each other for money and respect. Elgin and David are best friends and leaders of the best dance crew in the area. When another town's top group challenges them to a battle, David and Elgin, along with their buddies, must create and perfect the most cutting edge moves in order to remain on top. The stakes are raised as friends double-cross each other and true motives are revealed. When the biggest battle comes to town, David and Elgin must work past their differences to prove that they are still the best crew on the streets.

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Plot Keywords:

dance contest | teen movie | rap music | teamwork | hip hop | 

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Taglines:

If you want respect, you've got to take it

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Music

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements and sexual references

Details

Official Sites:

Columbia Tristar [France] Sony Pictures

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 January 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Street Style

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$8,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$64,623 (South Africa) (20 August 2004)

Gross:

$64,623 (South Africa) (20 August 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Screen Gems, Ultimate Group Films, The (TUG), Melee Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

It took the dancers two weeks to learn the opening dance sequence.

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Goofs

During the final battle. Omarion Grandberry's character has his hat knocked off when another dancer puts his arm around his neck, but almost directly after that the camera changes and his hat is back on securely.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Mr. Rad: Time. Yeah. Now that's what I'm talking about. Yeah! I like it like this. These two crews right here is what I call bad. I'm talking bad as in utter bad. But it's up to you to decide which crew walks away with this here $600 in the hat.
[crowd cheers]
Mr. Rad: Okay, let's settle down. Let's settle down, now. Now, by round of applause, you decide who the baddest crew is tonight. Let's hear it for Vick's crew.
[cheers, applause]
Mr. Rad: All right, let's hear it for David and Elgin's crew.
[...]

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Connections

Referenced in You Got Served, Take It to the Streets (2004)

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Soundtracks

"Release Part 1"
Written by Tim Parkes and Xavier Mosley
Performed by Blackalicious
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

The dancing is great but everything else falls apart

The competitive world of street dancing is explored through the eyes of two best friends, played by Marques Houston and Omarion. As the leaders of a hot local dance crew, they are challenged to a competition that causes a rift in their friendship, but if they're going to win at "The Big Bounce" they will have to put their dispute aside and work together.

You Got Served has some great dance spots but not much in terms of plot or originality. The makers of You Got Served only had one thing on their mind and that was to wow its audience with its dancing. They succeeded at making the dancing really good but failed to make a good movie. If you watch it just to check out the dancing and ignore everything else then you will enjoy it. But if you notice how bad the acting is or how stupid the story is then you will hate it. The dancing sequences are done extremely well and the movie gets a ten on that part but for everything else it gets a three.

The acting was decent enough for this type of movie but it could have been a lot better. The plot was stupid and it was tied together with the dance sequences. I think so many people hated this movie because of the story not making a lot of sense. While I didn't really like the film, I'll admit that the rating of 1.8 is too low for the movie. It was a bad movie but it wasn't that bad. Chris Strokes does a good job at directing the dance sequences but he can't tell a story at all. He would randomly move from scene to scene and none of them would really make sense. I heard they're going to make a sequel so hopefully they will work a little harder on the script. Though if they did make one, I probably wouldn't watch it. In the end, unless you're into dancing, this film is worth skipping. Rating 4/10