Step Up 3D

Well. What can I say about this film. The story, plot, characters and script are shocking. Absolutely diabolical. But this isn’t necessarily a bad film.

In fact once I got past the clunky dialogue I actually quite enjoyed it. This is in main due to the pumping soundtrack and the dance set pieces. Both of these are explosive and brilliant. Once the actors (or dancers) get a few dance routines under their belt you kind of forgive them at how bad they are at delivering dialogue and general acting. They are clearly having a blast on screen doing what they enjoy doing and this comes across very well.

The plot is stock teen Hollywood movie, I won’t even go into detail as it would be patronising.

One section of the film that stood out for me was a scene where the lead character and his friend dance along the street in a happy go lucky kind of way. As it started I found it odd and strange, but as it progressed I realised that as I was watching a dance film this was a hark back to the old school dance ala Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire, this is how dance films used to be made, a homage to the old dance films by a new modern dance film. It was a touching tribute and well executed.

3 stars