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7 out of 10 people found the following review useful:
A Disappointment., 11 November 2011
Author:
bobman999 from Southampton, England
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This was worse than I expected, and I did not even expect that much. The quality of this movie might just explain its rather limited cinema release here in the UK. Firstly, the film has minimal relevance to its predecessor. The dance moves and lead character are on a far different tone. How? It appears to have been sexualised, and this has ruined it in my honest opinion. This film had more in common with 'You got served' than Honey 1. At least 'You got served' had brilliant dancing and a climatic showdown at the end (more important for such a movie). We have cheesy acting, cheesy dancing & slutty tones all over. We are supposed to feel sorry for the lead character when she decides to hook up with her ex, after he demonstrated how thuggish he still was at a nightclub by picking a fight with her dance partner. We are supposed to believe that the police are dumb enough not to search the girlfriend of someone who has a history of narcotics possession when he is stopped. I don't know about the U.S, but over here in the U.K they can still hold a juvenile female suspect until a female officer arrives to carry out a body search. Not in this case, they just leave the scene believing all is OK! We are supposed to believe that a dance competition would allow a lead member of a competing dance group to sit on the audition judge panel! To top it all off, our star dance crew blatantly rips off Step up 3 with their kit in the end scene. I had some hopes for this movie, and tried to like it, but there was too much cheese and stupidity thrown in my face. And I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one to notice.
6 out of 9 people found the following review useful:
one of the worst dance movies ever made!!, 9 October 2011
Author:
gunesergun from Turkey
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Let me begin with saying that I do love dance movies, even though how
cheesy the acting may be I like to watch people dancing. And I believe
that I've seen most of these type of movies and for those who are like
me would agree with me when I say that throughout the movie the HD crew
was the worst one and seeing them getting through each round is
definitely not believable.
I might be saying this because I know the Quest Crew, The Beatfreaks
from ABDC, but still it is very obvious that even in the movie they
dance better. I don't know what other people think but I left watching
when they were doing basic salsa moves and they probably will beat the
amazing Quest Crew with that.
I am okay with bad acting but at least give us some great dancing so
that we can actually see the end of the movie.
8 out of 13 people found the following review useful:
An insult on the viewers, 19 January 2012
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Author:
Sennyonelove from Ukraine
I appreciate good movies (dance included) but this one is just an insult on the viewers and Honey 1. Firstly the storyline is nothing to write about, acting and dancing are borderline annoying and the lead act is nothing close to Jessica Alba..... Remember in the beginning when Mrs Daniels said if anyone would be like Honey it would be Maria, big lie.... Truth is she sucks, the whole movie is whack by all standard. Someone who is supposed to be a role model gives in to every challenge and test no matter how little and unnecessary they are. The choreography in Honey 1 is way better than this despite the fact that it's much older. I guess the producers didn't put much thought into this, if not they shouldn't have made this, even if they would it should have been under a totally different name because there is no comparison between this and Honey 1
2 out of 2 people found the following review useful:
For Kat Graham fans, 21 October 2012
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Author:
phd_travel from United States
The only reason I watched this movie about a street dancing competition
is because I am a fan of Kat Graham who plays Bonnie the witch on
Vampire Diaries. She can act we know from Vampire Diaries so I wanted
to check out her dancing. Well, she can dance. She is quite multi
talented.
The story is contrived and not too original. But most dance movies like
this are kind of the same thing. The actors are a multi racial mix and
are a bit forgettable but likable. Randy Wayne from the Lying Game
plays her love interest.
Overall this is an okay watch for Kat Graham fans, otherwise it would
probably only be interesting for those who like this kind of street
dancing.
3 out of 5 people found the following review useful:
horrible and then some., 9 June 2012
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Author:
Jacquelyn Brown (1224ja@gmail.com) from United States
I watched "honey 2" for the first time last month on vh1 and I must say, I was far from impressed. The movie revolves around maria(katerina graham) a troubled, but talented street dancer who gets out of juvenile detention and gets taken in by none other than connie daniels. While doing community service at the renowned honey daniels dance studio, she comes across a dance crew known as the hd's who eventually compete against the 718 crew. First off, I can't begin to comment on how cliché this movie is. Of course the movie has its fair share of dancing topped with bad acting and a mediocre storyline which is so bad, its good. I'm afraid this disastrous piece of fluff doesn't do the original any justice. If you're expecting a serious, academy award winning drama, don't bother seeing this movie. Watch it only if you're looking forward to falling asleep after the first fifteen minutes.
0 out of 3 people found the following review useful:
Ohhh nooooo, 23 May 2012
Author:
bikedo from United States
There are just some transgressions that cannot be forgiven.
I am not a picky movie-watcher - in fact I think i am probably one of
the most easily entertained individuals in Western culture. I am both
an avid movie fan and dancer. I have impressive credentials, and have
worked with Gary Kendall of Jabbawockeez and many others that have
appeared on SYTYCD and ABDC. I'm not saying I'm as good as them, but I
know how good dance should be.
Unfortunately, there is nothing in Honey 2 to make me feel any pride
toward hip-hop or dance.
I get that dance movies are generally "bad", but usually the star power
or choreography/talent in them makes up for it enough for me to enjoy
it. This movie made me want to vomit. The lead is hard-hitting, but
honestly worse than me at hip hop (I'm a contemporary dancer) and I
would venture to say worse of an actress. One of the lead males is
greasy, the other looks like a failed Abercrombie model. The
choreography scenes are simply terrible. Dance should never be
portrayed in such a condescending manner as in this movie. I would
venture to say that Disney's "Shake it up" can satisfy any viewer's
dance mojo better than this movie and at least the cheesiness and bad
acting can be forgiven.
Still a major fan of Quest, Fanny pak, sup3rcrew etc. that appeared in
this film. Unfortunately, all the primary stars just made me realize
why everyone else hasn't yet caught on to the awesome-ness that is
dance.
0 out of 4 people found the following review useful:
Waste of time, 18 March 2012
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Author:
pavek555 from Croatia
Movie is just like step up 1,2 and Streetdance..only worse. Acting isn't good, it just didn't reach me or my friend...dancing is solid but missing that 'WOW' effect..Kat Graham is not a good hip-hop dancer..She looks like she's just having a seizure..i'm a bit disappointed because she's a very good actress in The Vampire Diaries.Moreover, I prefer other dance movies 'cause they have much better love story and the plot is better imagined. I'm just not impressed.I don't think the message is sent..The main couple doesn't have that needed chemistry so everything is just boring and shallow..The movie looks like writers wanted it to be in the same 'line' as other dance movies, but it's not. Honey 1 was much better as a matter of fact.
7 out of 25 people found the following review useful:
The best dance movie of all times, 2 December 2011
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Author:
norbert9 from United States
Honey 2 is the best dance movie of all times.
The reasons why I think so: 1) The dancing/choreography is awesome. She
hits so hard. Look at the first scene in jail, for example. The group's
weakest performance is probably the final on battle zone. 2) The second
most important reason why I dig this movie is: The message it sends is
deeper, better, and more realistic than in Step Up 1 & 2 and other
dance movies. It's about dealing with problems by being constructive
rather than destructive. It's about tensions within the group. In some
of the other dance movies, the message is so pathetic, I don't even
want to mention it. 3) The movie is so packed with dance scenes. I'd
say it has more cumulative dance time than any other movie. 4) The
actors are so cute and can actually dance. No doubles as in Dirty
Dancing. 5) I just really like it, especially Kat and the girls, but
really all of the HD group. The characters and lines of the girls blew
me away.
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