Step Up 3D (2010)

A tight-knit group of New York City street dancers,find themselves pitted against the world's best hip hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown.

Director:

Jon M. Chu

Writers:

Amy Andelson, Emily Meyer,

Stars:

Rick Malambri, Adam G. Sevani, Sharni Vinson

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rick Malambri	...	Luke
Adam G. Sevani	...	Moose
Sharni Vinson	...	Natalie
Alyson Stoner	...	Camille
Keith Stallworth	...	Jacob
Kendra Andrews	...	Anala
Stephen Boss	...	Jason (as Stephen 'tWitch' Boss)
Martín Lombard	...	The Santiago Twins
Facundo Lombard	...	The Santiago Twins
Oren Michaeli	...	Carlos (as Oren 'Flearock' Michaeli)
Joe Slaughter	...	Julien
Daniel 'Cloud' Campos	...	Kid Darkness
Aja George	...	The Ticks
Straphanio 'Shonnie' Solomon	...	The Ticks
Terence Dickson	...	The Ticks

Storyline

A tight-knit group of New York City street dancers, including Luke (Malambri) and Natalie (Vinson), team up with NYU freshman Moose (Sevani), and find themselves pitted against the world's best hip hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown that will change their lives forever.

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Plot Keywords:

dancer | new york city | series | film school | dance contest | 

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Taglines:

Take the biggest step of all in 3D

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Genres:

Drama | Music | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for brief strong language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official MySpace

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 August 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Step Up 3

Filming Locations:

290 S Garey St, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£2,015,403 (UK) (6 August 2010)

Gross:

$42,385,520 (USA) (29 October 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Summit Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures, Offspring Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The second film in history to feature a 7.1 surround sound audio format. Toy Story 3 was the first.

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Goofs

During the very first dance battle Moose has on his initial visit and tour of NYU, he knocks a street vendors colorful wares of their table onto the ground to make room for his dance move. When the camera changes angles, everything he knocked to the ground is missing.

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Quotes

Moose: [from trailer] People dance because dance can change things. One move, can bring people together. One move, can make you believe like there's something more. One move, can set a whole generation free.

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Crazy Credits

At the beginning of the end credits there's a scene in which Jay Franco (aka J-Smooth) sits on a chair and performs an impressive catalog of finger tutting moves

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.120 (2013)

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Soundtracks

"Shooting Star (Party Rock Mix)"
Written by Ibrahim Asmar, Stefan Gordy (as Stefan K. Gordy), Skyler A. Gordy, David Listenbee,
Pitbull (as Armando Christian Perez), David Bowen Petterson and Kevin Rudolf
Performed by David Rush featuring Kevin Rudolf, Pitbull and LMFAO (as LMFAO)
Courtesy of Universal Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Kevin Rudolf appears courtesy of Cash Money Records
LMFAO appears courtesy of Interscope Records
Pitbull appears courtesy of Mr. 305/Famous/Polo Grounds/J/RCA/Jive, a label group of Sony Music Entertainment

User Reviews

The dancing = impressive. Everything else = dreadful.

If you've seen one break-dance flick, then let's be frank, you've seen them all. The blue print is the same each and every time, lots of awesome dance sequences with gap-filling scenes of excruciating acting, non-existent plot and direlogue that wouldn't feel out of place in a Z-grade horror film. With those standards in mind, the most effective entries into this genre do two very simple things: maximise the eye-boggling dance routines and minimise the yawn-inducing guff that fills the rest of the runtime.

Step Up 3D only gets half of the above equation right. An unnecessary amount of time is wasted on boring dross like predictable plot twists and deep and meaningful (read: long and laughable) conversations about how profoundly dancing can affect people. Honestly, who cares? From the moment the main character tells his new BFF that "he's BFAB, born from a beatbox" in the first ten minutes, all further dialogue should've been ceased immediately. I'm serious, they should've let the music and moves do the talking for the remaining 90 minutes. That way our gag-reflex wouldn't have been tested by Vinson (ex-Home and Away star) and Malambri's acting.

When the bodies are twirling, contorting, flinging, jumping, smashing or moving like a robot the film unsurprisingly finds its legs. Choreographed with flair and panache, the set-pieces incorporate the 3D technology decently enough by having dancers approach the camera with fast, whippy hand movements, however the depth of the stage was employed more successfully by its British counterpart StreetDance 3D. Regardless, there are still a handful of entertaining dance-offs that impress on varying levels.

Replete with the freshest hip-hop tunes and sporadic inventiveness – mainly in the form of illuminated costumes – this trilogy-closer may tickle your fancy, but that is wholly reliant on whether you're BFAB or not.

2.5 out of 5 (1 - Rubbish, 2 - Ordinary, 3 - Good, 4 - Excellent, 5 - Classic)