Dance My Life Away 2
TitleStep?Up?2?the?StreetsMore titlesSexy?Dance?2?.... .FranceStep?Up?to?the?Streets?.... .GermanyStep?up?2?-?La?strada?per?il?successo?.... ItalyStep?up?2?-?To?epomeno?vima?.... Greece?(DVD?title)Keelatud?tants?2.... .EstoniaFilm genreRomance? /Drama Drama Drama /? CabaretLength98 minutesCountry/RegionUSADialogueLanguageEnglishColorColor format35mmFilm anamorphic widescreenMixDTS?SDDS?Dolby Digital SurroundSoundRatingRated?PG-13?for?language,?some?suggestive?material?and?brief?violence.Rating. USA:PG-13 Filming date July 30, 2007? -Camera Format35?mmWashout Format35?mm
[edit]Cast and crew
Director?DirectorJon?ChuWriter?WriterToni?Ann?Johnson?..... (written?by)?andKaren?Barna?..... (written?by)Duane?Adler?..... (characters)Actor?ActorBriana?Evigan?.... .Andie Robert Hoffman?Robert?Hoffman?.... .Chase?CollinsAdam?G.?Sevani.... .MooseWill Kemp?Will?Kemp?.... .Blake?CollinsTelisha?Shaw?.... .FeliciaCassieJesus?Maldonado?.... .Principle?DancerLuis?Salgado?.... .AlejandroKatie?Corrado?.... .Blake's?AssistantDanielle?Polanco?.... .MissyHarry?Shum?Jr.?.... .CableShorty?Welch?.... .Bgirl?ShortyKmel?Howell?.... .KmelBlack?Thomas?.... .TuckChristopher?Scott?.... .HairMari?Koda?.... .Jenny?KidoJanelle?Cambridge?.... .FlyLuis?Rosado?.... .MonsterLaJon?Dantzler?.... .SmilesJeff?'Rapid'?Ogle?.... .RapidDonnie?'Crumbs'?Counts?.... .CrumbsEbone?Johnson?.... .EBZRynan?'Rainen'?Paguio?.... .Kid?RainenJames?'Cricket'?Colter?.... .CricketAlison?Faulk?.... .AlstarTroy?Kirby?.... .TroyJeffrey?'Machine'?McCann?.... .MachineSonja?Sohn?.... .SarahChanning?Tatum?Channing?Tatum?.... .Tyler?GageJ-Boog?.... .DJ?Sand?(as?Boogie)Amarr?Merritt?.... .CharlieDiasha?Graf?.... .Blake's?Class?Dancer?#1Jimmie?Jelani?Manners?.... .Blake's?Class?Dancer?#2Shane?Rutkowski?.... .Blake's?Class?Dancer?#3Laura?Edwards?.... .Blake's?Class?Dancer?#4Samantha?Zweben?.... .Blake's?Class?Dancer?#5Patrick?Brennan?.... .Blake's?Class?Dancer?#6Marian?Licha?.... Mrs.?SerranoSarah?Rivera-Scott?.... .Aunt?MariaE.?Dawn?Samuel?.... .Admissions?Panel?#1Ava?Lenet?.... .Admissions?Panel?#2Nick?Cordileone?.... .Admissions?Panel?#3Amanda?Cieri?.... .MSA?AuditioneeHi-Hat?.... .Businesswoman?on?SubwayHerbert?Matz?.... .Older?Man?on?SubwayHoward?Chu?.... .Subway?FamilyRuth?Chu?.... .Subway?FamilyLawrence?Chu?.... .Subway?FamilyJess?Braden?Cruz?.... .Subway?FamilyGavin?Danger?Russell?.... .Subway?BabyDelia?Goncalves?.... .News?ReporterJamal?Sims?.... .BartenderKatie?Berenson?.... .Goth?CrewOlivia?Cipolla?.... .Goth?CrewMegan?Kain?.... .Goth?CrewKelly?Lafarga?.... .Goth?CrewCarly?Lang?.... .Goth?CrewMichaela?Sprague?.... .Goth?CrewJerry?'Flo'?Randolph?.... .West?Coast?Rider?(as?Flo?Master)Dondraico?Johnson?.... .West?Coast?RiderRhapsody?.... .West?Coast?Rider?(as?Rhapsody?James)Sharya?Howell?.... .West?Coast?RiderBrandy?Lamkin?.... .West?Coast?RiderBinkie?.... .West?Coast?RiderGary?Kendell?.... .Jabbawockeez?CrewChris?Gatdula?.... .West?Coast?RiderJeff?Nguyen?.... .West?Coast?RiderPhilippe?Tayag?.... .West?Coast?RiderKate?Lacey?.... .AdministratorBettyAnn?Leeseberg-Lange?.... .Vocal?CoachDave?Scott?.... .Car?Stereo?GuyJulie?'Jules'?Urich?.... .B?GirlNancy?Thornton?.... .Ensemble?DancerChase?Benz?.... .Club?Dancer producer?Produced?byErik?Feig?.... .producerAnne?Fletcher?.... .executive?producerJennifer?Gibgot?.... .producerBob?Hayward?.... .executive?producerMeredith?Milton?.... .executive?producerDavid?Nicksay?.... .executive?producerAdam?Shankman?Adam?Shankman?.... .producerPatrick?Wachsberger?.... .producerDaniel?Silverberg?.... .associate?producerOriginal?MusicAaron?ZigmanCinematographyMax?MalkinEditingFilm?EditingAndrew?MarcusCastingDirector?CastingJoanna? ColbertRichard?MentoTerri?TaylorArt Direction?Production?DesignerDevorah?HerbertArt Design?Art?Direction?byPaul?D.?KellySet?Decoration? byJennifer?M.?GentileCostume?Design?byLuca?MoscaAssistant/Assistant Director?DirectorDaniel?Silverberg?.... .first?assistant?director[edit]Production and distribution
Production companyOffspring?EntertainmentSummit?EntertainmentGoldstone Pictures?Touchstone?Pictures?[USA]Distribution company Independent?Films?[Netherlands]?.....? (2008)? (Netherlands)? (theatrical)Studio?2.0?.....? (2008)? (South?Korea)? (theatrical)Odeon?[Greece]?.....? (2008)? (Cyprus)? (theatrical)/(2008)? (Greece)? (theatrical)Shaw?Organization?[Singapore]?.....? (2008)? (Singapore)? (theatrical)Walt?Disney?Studios?Motion?Pictures?.....? (2008)? (USA)? (theatrical)West?Video?[Russia]?.....? (2008)? (Russia)? (all?media) Stunt production company East?Coast?Films?Inc. [USA] Other companies Dolby?Laboratories?[USA]?..... ?sound?post-production MySpace?..... ?special?thanksSummit?Entertainment?..... ?international?salesAtlantic?Records?[USA]?..... ?soundtrackMarshall/Plumb?Research?Associates?Inc.? [USA]?..... ?script?researchPackair?Airfreight?..... ?international?logistics[edit]Release date
USAUSAFebruary 14, 2008NetherlandsFebruary 21, 2008IcelandIcelandFebruary 22, 2008LithuaniaFebruary 22, 2008Belgium BelgiumFebruary 27, 2008RussiaFebruary 28, 2008EstoniaFebruary 29, 2008GermanyMarch 6, 2008SingaporeMarch 13, 2008South KoreaMarch 13, 2008Slovakia SlovakiaMarch 18, 2008UKMarch 21, 2008CroatiaMarch 27, 2008FranceApril 9, 2008SpainMay 9, 2008[Edit]Plot
The soul of the dance, the swaying body, and the passionate outbursts are all the the charm of it all. Andi West is about to enter high school. Her mother died when she was very young, so she grew up slowly under the care of her guardian, Sarah. With an insatiable love for street dance, Andi joins a talented street dance team called "410". However, "410" in the Baltimore subway station improvisation performance disrupted the public **** order, so that the police began to intervene. Concerned that Andy's life and schooling will be jeopardized by her daily association with the street dancers, Sarah decides to send Andy to live with her aunt in Texas, hoping that a new environment will allow her to break her ties with the street dancers. For Andy, however, her own dance partners are the equivalent of her family in a sense, and for the first time she is caught in a dilemma. ...... Well, her best friend Tyler helps her get an audition to go to a performing arts school, where Andy is interviewed by the examiner and school administrator --- Blake Collins' brother. -Blake Collins's brother Chase's secret help to successfully enroll in the school, Sarah also finally peace of mind, no longer interfere with Andy's dancing. However, when she enters an art school that focuses on traditional dance, the free-spirited Andi still feels a little uncomfortable - she has never been able to fully embrace the so-called "high art". At the same time, her relationship with her former "410" dance partners is more and more distant, after she missed a few dance team training, the captain of the Tucker removed her from the list ...... quite a bit of defiance Andy decided to re-recruit partners in the school to form a group, and she was recruited to the The ones who were recruited under her banner were also mostly rebels and alternatives to the school, just like her. Being so flamboyant, Andy unsurprisingly draws the ire of Blake Collins, a snobbish and selfish ex-ballet star who also happens to be in charge of the school. Ironically, though, Blake's younger brother, Chase, gradually falls for Andy's charms, and although he, too, grew up in the tradition of a formal art school, has always dreamed of becoming a street dancer, so he joins Andy's dance team. Thinking that, of course, Andy's practice has simply violated the school's strict rules and regulations, coupled with the fact that they have been humiliated and ostracized by the other dance teams, they decide to take part in an underground dance competition to prove their strength. Their biggest rivals are "410", led by Tucker.[edit]Related Reviews
Director Jon M. Chu seems to have a soft spot for that kind of cheesy, cheesy, cheesy, cheesy, cheesy, cheesy movie. Chu doesn't seem to care much about a cheesy, flawed script like that, just the idealized dance scene he has in mind. --San Francisco News The story may be well-worn, but the actors in the movie play it with an air of freshness, as if it's the first time they've seen it. --Chicago Sun The movie is barely watchable only once you get to the dance scenes. -- "The Boston Globe" A very valuable sequel movie, and it's soundtrack disc is a must-have for your collection. -- "The Underground"[edit]Behind the Scenes
A Sequel That Isn't a SequelWhile "Dance My Life Away 2" is billed as a sequel, there are no similarities between the two films except that they both take place in an art school, which means that it doesn't carry over the previous character's That is to say, it doesn't continue the story of the previous characters, it just repeats the similarities and styles: two young boys and girls from different backgrounds, with vastly different dancing styles, need to change themselves to suit each other and find a balanced way of doing things so that they can eventually win a dance competition. ...... Apart from the pointless role played by Channing Tatum in the movie, the star of the first movie is also in the movie. Aside from a pointless cameo appearance by the first movie's star, Channing Tatum, at the beginning of the movie to show the connection between the two movies, the so-called sequel is actually just a cover for the studio to promote the movie, and although 2006's Dance of My Life also used street dance in combination with traditional dance, the depiction of the "street culture" is very little. As for the sequel, the word "street" in the subtitle alone is enough to raise expectations, but in the absence of the wholesome youthfulness that should characterize this type of film, the street slang that the characters often use is counterproductive rather than shocking. Being "made by Disney", "Dance Your Life Away 2" has the distinctive style of their song-and-dance movies, and at first glance you might confuse it with the TV movie "Dance Your Life Away", which was also released by Disney. It's a similar story, with a similar inspirational style, and it's still a group of kids from an art school who need to beat the best street dancers on the streets of Baltimore, whose moves have an incredible magic to them. In their teens, they are still at the most cynical stage of their lives, yet they unleash an emotional torrent through dance, waiting to prove their worth on stage. By all accounts, including freshness, authenticity, or any standard that implies urbanity, the film is subpar, especially when compared to cabaret films that are still being released in theaters - such as the Canadian film Dancing Youth - and its roughness is immediately apparent. Director Jon Chu (Jon?Chu), who used to be a dance instructor, and his dance crew don't try to go the realist route, trying not to constrain their imaginations, the sky is the limit, so the dance scenes are presented with a rare intelligence and grandeur. I wonder if the film counts as a redefinition for this type of youthful song-and-dance film: all it takes is shaking your body, encountering adversity, and then some serendipitous collisions and the torment of jealous people at heart ...... Instead, it eschews the measured plots, intelligent and humorous dialogues, and outstanding acting that it has always been celebrated for? Anyway, the only thing missing from this Dance My Life Away 2 is what it should be. The young cast of gorgeous dancers and sexy bodies is a great asset to the movie's appeal, but the story it tells is suspiciously lifeless. Even with the much-anticipated "street culture," you'll realize with a sigh of relief that the HBO series "In the Line of Fire" already had a similar plotline. The story line in "Dance My Life Away 2" contains so much serendipity that it doesn't seem real: How is it that Andy always "bumps into" Chase around every corner of a huge school? How does Chase know that the only people who are rejected by the other students are the ones they need the most in their dance troupe? There's no shortage of flashy dance scenes, but they don't add any dramatic lift to the movie, including the climax at the end. Saving the best for last - a constant truth in filmmaking - but other than that part of the finale, the other dance scenes just don't make a lot of sense or possess any creativity, especially when there's also the previous release here, "Dancing Youth," which was released just a short time ago, and used less than half of its budget to create an even more primal level of passion and energy. It seems that where the movie fails is that director Jon Joo was too afraid that he would stray from the regular formula of the dance genre, and he kept trying to pander to the audience's imagination, forgetting that at this point in time, what the audience wants to see most is the sexy hot dancing of the young actors who are on camera. That's why "Dance of My Life 2" is more like an instructional CD-ROM used to teach dance classes, with style clearly outweighing content. For all its faults, the movie is not without some memorable moments. For example, those few elements filmed in a Hollywood studio with hot Latin steps and of course the final set in the rain are transformed into an extremely dazzling display because of the speed, style and precision with which the dancers move. Director Jon Chu does have an overly idealized and dreamy view of dance, but at least what he brings to the viewer through the film is a pure entertainment that will have your heart beating to the beat of the music for almost every minute. The film's leading lady, Briana Evigan, is the only reason the movie is recommended, and what she brings to the table is almost equal to all of it, not only because of the kind of wholesomeness and charisma she exudes, but also because of her own talent as a dancer. Evgen did all the dance scenes in the movie herself, without using any stunt doubles, which allowed director Jon Joo to use the camera freely: first giving her body a panoramic view, then moving to a close-up of her face, and finally a shocking freeze frame ...... of a dame so luscious that she was enough to attract anyone's attention. But for Evegan's acting career, she needs a more challenging role so that she can enrich her acting experience. Robert Hoffman, who played opposite Evegan, didn't simply run into the movie as a sidekick, but it still doesn't make sense that they just met and developed such a strong attraction to each other, because they didn't have verbal communication nor physical friction at that point in time, which was too far-fetched. While they prove with their actions that they are indeed the best dancers in the movie, it's a shame that they have to resort to using nonsense plus nonsense dialog created by screenwriters Toni?Ann?Johnson and Karen?Barna*** together. The sequel does follow the conventions of the original movie, utilizing passionate street dancers to PK arrogant, ultra-conservative, well-endowed defenders of traditional arts. When the camera focuses entirely on the dancing, the fulfilling images are so full that there are no words, yet when the content shifts to the presentation of the backstories of the bland, lifeless characters, it really falls short - no one cares if Andy is in danger of deportation or if Chase is living in his brother's shadow all the time, because these story elements don't serve the movie in any good way. Dance My Life Away 2 is exactly what you think it is - flat characters, a clichéd story line, a flimsy romance, an embarrassing and dull sermon - but that's not what audiences care about when they walk into a movie theater, they want to get their nerves pumped up with music through the theater's sound system, and then watch a good-looking girl, sexy and spirited, dance in the rain.