Step Up Revolution (2012) | Movie Review

Step Up Revolution (2012)

Release Date: 02 August 2012

Running Time: 1 Hour 39 Minutes
Director: Scott Speer
Cast: Alyson Stoner, Adam G.Sevani, Stephen Boss

Courtesy of ChurpChurp and Nusantara Edaran Films I was invited to the premiere screening of Step Up Revolution tonight. Well, not only did I won the pair of tickets for the screening but I was also lucky enough (for the very first time!) to be one of the winners of their Step Up Revolution merchandise giveaways! *floating with happiness*

STEP UP 4 is the next installment in the worldwide smash Step Up franchise, which sets the dancing against the vibrant backdrop of Miami. Emily, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, arrives in Miami with aspirations of becoming a professional dancer, but soon falls in love with Sean, a young man who leads a dance crew in elaborate, cutting edge flash mobs. The crew, called the MOB, strives to win a contest for a major sponsorship opportunity, but soon Emily's father threatens to develop the MOB's historic neighborhood and displace thousands of people. Emily must band together with Sean and the MOB to turn their performance mobs into protest mobs, and risk losing their dreams to fight for a greater cause. [Source: Nusantara Edaran Films]

Spoilers Alert! Spoilers Alert! Spoilers Alert!

The Plot

Dance choreography can tell you a story. That is what The Mob of Miami is trying to send out: a message to the world.

The storyline was a mix of dialogues and most interestingly, flash mobs. From the streets, art gallery, office building and a container terminal of sorts, every time a flash mob mission is completed, a video of it will be posted on You Tube. I like watching flash mobs, so it was something really cool to see how well did their flash mob plan played out.

At some part of the film though (the acting parts), I felt that it was not deep enough to trigger much emotion from its viewer but when the flash mob is out, that's where the story is.

Predictable story plot is something to mention. A love story mixed with dance. Something which we have seen quite a bit.

The Dance Choreography

I may not know much about dance choreography but the dances that I have seen in the movie definitely did spark something in me to stand up and dance in the cinema *hallucinating* Though, I think the camera work was a bit too move-y that sometimes I got a little dizzy trying to catch up with all the moves there is on the big screen.

Good thing though is that they actually showed the most of flash mob dance off and not bit and pieces of it. As an audience who watches a dance themed film, that is what I look forward most and it would be a total turn off if they just show like 3 minutes of it and moved on to the next part of the story.

There were also some scenes of the flash mob that made me go "Wow! How did they do that?". Especially on the trampoline dance choreograph. It is good enough to say that the concept of flash mob in the film is totally different from I use to watch in other dance off films.

In short, I was impressed with the concept of their flash mob and also the street arts done by one of their crew members. It was totally awesome!

Screen Casts

First, I have got to spill this out Sean (Ryan Guzman) and Eddy (Misha Gabriel Hamilton) is hot and oh-so-good-looking while Emily (Kathryn McCormick) is hot and pretty! :P Never got bored by just looking at them. *heart melts*

They even brought in Moose (Adam G. Savani), one of the cast that I really like seeing on the in Step Up 2: The Street and Step Up 3D; Jenny Kido (Mari Koda) the lady with the accent; and Vladd (Chadd Smith) the guy with the robotic moves. It was good to see them back staring in this Step Up sequels even though their screen time was pretty short.

What I'd say?

3.5/5.0
I still like the flash mobs shown in the movie. If only we could see it for real here in Malaysia - like a total big scale and an unexpected one. It will be totally cool don't you think?