Step Up 2 - The Streets

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vngJ1pWXYnU


Released: 2008
Directed by: Jon M. Chu
Starring: Briana Evigan, Robert Hoffman, Will Kemp


Step Up 2 - The Streets is about Andie (Briana Evigan, a street dancer in the 410 crew, who gets in trouble for illegal displays of dancing.  Her last hope of staying in Maryland, and not getting sent to live with her father, is to audition, get accepted and attend MSA (Maryland School for the Arts), an elitist arts school.  At MSA she is not classically trained, as the rest of the students are, and is required to attend after school dance tutoring by the director of the school (Will Kemp).  Missing her regular after school practices for the 410 get her kicked out of the crew. The most valuable aspect of her exisitance.  She soon realizes with the help of Chase (Robert Hoffman), a fellow student and brother of the director that they need to create a new crew using the underground skills of students at MSA. The new crew has hopes of being good enough to compete in "The Streets"; a competition to choose the best street dancing crew.  This causes bad blood between the MSA crew and the 410 crew (the current title holder of "the Streets" competition). Vandalism and violence ensues and ends up with Andie getting expelled from MSA, disbanding the MSA crew and giving in to the reality of going to live with her father. The other crew members are at a fundraiser for the school when they get the text saying that "the streets" competition would be held that night.  Although Andie and given up and disbanded the crew, the other members feel the importance of this competition and leave the fundraiser to get Andie and compete. Andie is hesitant but eventually is convinced to join the others. At "the streets" their is opposition to their competing and Andie gives a riveting speech and the MSA crew takes their routine outside "where the streets started".  The final dance sequence is performed outside, in the rain and is absolutely breath-taking, paired with outstanding music.