Street Dance 2

Not sure what prompted this viewing, other than it was late and I needed a no-thought movie. I didn't even see Street Dance 1! You could probably tell me the plot of the film, based on the title. A bunch of street dancers gather together to form a team (an underdog team) to try to knock off the street dance elite squad in the best street dancers in the universe contest. Along the way, the team has some difficulty instigated by a dancing setback, gets taught an important lesson about teamwork, and pulls it all together for the finals. Surround this with steamy latin-fusion dance in a european nightclub environment and you see exactly where this goes. And still, it is fun to watch the dance. The "battle" format of the competition is sort of 8 Mile in its feel and the action is pretty good. No Oscar. Cheesy fun.
3 stars (out of 5)