bhuyan-ayush What do you expect in a dance movie, especially one based on street dance? Let me guess, cool songs, great bass, amazing moves, and fashionable clothing?. Well this movie has it ALL. But that's where the problem lies. Thats pretty much everything that's there in the movie. I was looking for something fun to watch and thats how I ended up wacthing STEP UP 3D. (actually it is in 3D but i saw it in 2D :( ). This is usually the part where I explain the plot in about 2-3 lines but er...im afraid i might leak out the whole thing in 3 lines. No I am not exaggerating, the plot is really simple and straightforward. Fine, I'll give it a shot. The movie is about a dance crew in New York, "Pirates", participating in the "World Jam" dance competition. If you've had even the least bit of experience of a hip hop movie, you already know the ending. Like always there's a rival crew and the leaders of both the crews have some personal feud going on...(yawn)...but thats not it. What really helps carry on the tradition of the Step Up series is some really ridiculous acting and dialogs. How did I find the movie? Well, not really bad if you look from my point of view. (WHAT!!!!??). Ya seriously, I had fun. The point is you have to treat hip hop movies in a different way. Since its a dance movie, the weightage surely shifts towards well, the DANCE!, the moves and the songs. This is where Step Up has always done great. Trust me, the dancing, is awesome!. Some of the moves are simply incredible. I loved the robot dance and the one with the lights and everything. Sharni Vinson (the main girl) is so much better with her moves than clumsy Andy (Step Up 2). Remember the skinny kid with curly hair? Moose? Yeah, we see Adam Sevani dancing again as Moose in the movie. He is, as always mind blowing. He is shown as an engineering major studying in NYU. The moves are so groovy and funky that its really going to give you the urge to start dancing right away. In fact I've been listen to hip-hop, RnB, and trance since morning. The dance steps also might give some cool ideas to real life dancers. Even my college dance crew copied many moves from the movie. There is plenty of locking and popping. Okay that's as far as dancing is concerned. The tracks are even cooler. There are some really dope ones like Beggin, My Own Step, Club Can't Handle Me, Take Your Shirt Off, Jump Jump, Squeeze it and other T-Pain'ish stuff in both the movie and the OST. The bass feels awesome. The music on the whole kicks some serious ass (read "butt" if not cool). But besides all that there's also emphasis on the clothing. The shoes that are shown in the movie are really hot stuff. I loved the limited edition Gunmetal NIKE. So, in the end all i can add is if you are the kind of person who like me, loves dance, hip hop, music with funky bass, and likes to be fashionable then this movie is definitely a must watch. For the ones completely opposite, not advisable AT ALL. For the rest, its upto you, but i recommend watching it when in mood for light entertainment. Also watch it in surround sound like i did, to enjoy more.

Murli I had zero expectations when I put this movie on and while I thought it was going to exceed my expectations the flat, insipid and clichéd storyline ruined a decent experience.Here's what went well for the movie: The dances: they are unbelievable and so much better than the dances from the first two movies. These people really take street dancing, hip hop and break dancing to a whole new level and it was really amazing to watch the dance portions of the movie It's mercifully short.Here's what didn't go right: Clichéd and jumbled storyline: a dance challenge to win money so that they can have a place to say? A super cool dude who's thinking of others and broods away in his cave? A villain who's the exact opposite of the hero? Which dance movie have we not seen this in? It's really getting rather old and pathetic. The only people who will be enthralled by the plot will be pre-teens, girl's who go "awwww" and cry a lot, guys who go "awww" and cry a lot and the village idiot.Poor acting: but then again did we all see this for the acting or the dancing? The main cast is just below average with the main guy looking and acting a bit like channing tatum, which is not going on much.The love angles: Do we really care? Is there any time spent on the couples for us to ooh and aah over? I didn't care for any of the characters because none of them had anything interesting going for them, other than their dance abilities. Yet, the director and writers added the love element to prey on couples out there but it just wasn't enough.Lame ending: is there any need for a spoiler alert? Has there been any modern music/dance movie that hasn't had a Disneylike happy ending? Stupid stuff: there was a lot of it. One was the awkward dance sequence in the street when Moose and Camille were dancing to an old song. It was nice but really weird and out of place for the movie. Supposed to be a spontaneous thing but it just looked flat and obviously rehearsed. Another dumb moment is at the end when Natalie starts dancing in cohesion with the rest of the group even though it's clear she hasn't been part of any rehearsals.All in all, this would have made a great dance MTV financed documentary because the abysmal storyline and mostly low acting brought the movie down intensely. Not enough focus is given on the characters for the viewers to either relate or to empathize with them. Thankfully, the dances do some way up for the huge shortfalls, enough to enjoy this on a Saturday night when the other options are TV sitcom reruns or golden oldie movies.

pva3232 I liked the 1st movie. I loved the 2nd movie. I will not be purchasing the 3rd movie. I didn't see anything special or ground breaking that I didn't see in the 1st two "step ups" or even "you got served". I just rented it on DVD - (No 3D) And I saw nothing new. The water scene seems like it came from Step up 2. The finale with the lights seemed to look similar to the the street scene with the flash lights from Step up 2. The dude with the camera couldn't dance. And sister of the bad dude had no street dancing skills. I liked the twins, Moose and his best friend,the robot guy and even bringing back some of the dancers from step up 2. My over all review. Step Up 2 was much better....

r-j-jaffer All right, so reading some of the absolutely appalling reviews about this movie, I just want to ask...what did you think you were going to watch? You're not watching this in hopes of watching an Oscar winner. This is just one of those movies where you're watching for the jaw-dropping dance moves which is totally enhanced by the use of 3D.I absolutely LOVED it. I went in, expecting the cheese dripping dialogue, the "deep" conversations and cardboard acting. The DANCE is the reason I shelled out the $13 in ticket price and 3D glasses.The haters need to stop their crying. They should have known better about what they were going to watch.-R