Honey 3: Dare to Dance (2016)

While attending college in Cape Town, Melea Martin loses her scholarship and must find money to pay for the rest of her semester. Searching for a way to honor her recently deceased mother ... See full summary »

Director:

Bille Woodruff

Writers:

Catherine Cyran (script by), Catherine Cyran

Stars:

Cassie Ventura, Kenny Wormald, Dena Kaplan

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Cassie Ventura	...	Melea Martin
Kenny Wormald	...	Erik Wildwood
Dena Kaplan	...	Nadine
Sibongile Mlambo	...	Ishani Mfeke (as Sibo Mlambo)
Bobby Lockwood	...	Laser
Clayton Evertson	...	Taj
Terry Sauls	...	Taariq
Stephen Jubber	...	Eduardo Diego
Ambrose Uren	...	Dajon Bell
Peter Butler	...	Uncle Simon
Adrian Galley	...	Mr. Sammy Wright
Brandon Petersen	...	Mike
Sivuyile Ngesi	...	DJ Zubair Khumalo (as Sivuyile 'Siv' Ngesi)
Adam Cope	...	Christian
Jason Meyer	...	Zam

Storyline

While attending college in Cape Town, Melea Martin loses her scholarship and must find money to pay for the rest of her semester. Searching for a way to honor her recently deceased mother and speak out as a dancer and inspire the community around her, Melea rents a failing theater in order to put on a Hip-Hop Romeo and Juliet performance. But much like the Capulets and Montagues, conflicts between cast members threaten to bring the whole performance to a halt...

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Plot Keywords:

sequel | third part | 

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Genres:

Drama | Family | Music | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some sensuality

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 September 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Desafio para dançar

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, South Africa

Company Credits

Production Co:

Capital Arts Entertainment, Universal 1440 Entertainment, Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film, along with The Perfect Match (2016), are Cassie Ventura's first acting roles in 8 years since her role in Step Up 2: The Streets (2008) which is another dance film.

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Goofs

During the ending show whenever the audience is shown, if you look closely you will see that there are a lot of mannequins placed at the back of the theater to create an illusion of a full house.

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Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob: Slumber Party Massacre III (2017)

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Soundtracks

Joint (No Sleep)
Performance by CASSIE

User Reviews

I simply wasted my time and money on this movie.

This has to be the worst movie I have ever watched in terms of story-line and casting. It infuriated me so much that I just had to write this review whereas I have never seen the need of doing one before.

The story-line is such a cliché! What was unique apart from the Romeo and Juliet drift?? What dance moves were different whereas this is a movie released in 2017? All the step-up movies beat this movie hands down.

Secondly, I know this will make me sound biased but how is the movie based in Africa and the main cast is full of Americans? Never have I ever heard of Americans studying in Africa in all those numbers, maybe just one-off cases of student exchange programs but not an entire 30-squad dance crew.

Africa is full of amazing dancers and our African music is just as amazing. This would have been the movie's selling and unique point. Incorporating African music and dances is what would have made this dance movie different from the rest.

Next time you shoot and produce a movie in Africa, duly note that there is mad talent here and we want our stories told as a representation of who we are and not false representation of us being the same as Westerners.

I'm out. Stay Woke!