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Step Up 2: The Streets
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Step Up 2: The Streets is a 2008 American romance, musical, drama, and teen film directed by Jon M. Chu. The cast includes Briana Evigan, Robert Hoffman, Adam G. Sevani, and Will Kemp. Producers Adam Shankman and Anne Fletcher oversaw the production, which was handled by Summit Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures, and Offspring Entertainment. The film was distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Netflix, with a runtime of 98 minutes.
The movie follows Step Up and is followed by Step Up 3D. Filming took place in Baltimore, with the narrative set in Maryland. It was released in 2008, with specific dates including January 1, March 6, and February 14. The original language is English, and the score was composed by Aaron Zigman. Distribution formats include video on demand.
Financial details list a budget of 23,000,000 and revenue of 150,988,382. Critical assessments include a Bechdel test evaluation. Review scores vary, with ratings of 4.9/10, 28%, and 50/100. Audience metrics show a TMDb vote average of 6.684 from 2,413 votes and an IMDb rating of 6.2 from 91,136 votes. The work is referenced by 268 other encyclopedia articles.
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6.7When rebellious street dancer Andie West lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the school's hottest dancer, Chase Collins, to form a crew of fellow outcasts to compete in Baltimore's underground dance battle The Streets.
Cast
- Briana Evigan as Andie West
- Robert Hoffman as Chase Collins
- Will Kemp as Blake Collins
- Cassie Ventura as Sophie Donovan
- Adam Sevani as Robert Alexander III / 'Moose'
- Black Thomas as Tuck
Themes
- underdog
- hip-hop
- street gang
- scholarship
- competition
- breakdance
- insurgence
- heart-throb
- tap dancing
- ballet
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Jon M. Chu
- Written by
- Toni Ann Johnson Karen Barna
- Based on
- Characters, by Duane Adler
- Produced by
- Patrick Wachsberger Erik Feig Adam Shankman Jennifer Gibgot
- Starring
- Briana Evigan Robert Hoffman Will Kemp Cassie Ventura
- Cinematography
- Max Malkin
- Edited by
- Andrew Marcus Nicholas Erasmus
- Music by
- Aaron Zigman
- Production companies
- Touchstone Pictures Summit Entertainment Offspring Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Walt Disney Studios, Motion Pictures
- Release date
- February 14, 2008 ( 2008-02-14 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 98 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $17.5 million
- Box office
- $150.8 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Step Up 3D
- Follows
- Step Up
- Director
- Jon M. Chu
- Cast member
- Danielle Polanco
- Composer
- Aaron Zigman
- Producer
- Anne Fletcher
- Production company
- Touchstone Pictures
- Narrative location
- Maryland
- Filming location
- Baltimore
- Duration
- 98
- FilmAffinity ID
- 181055
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Significant event
- première
Show 5 more facts
- publication date
- 2008-03-06
- title
- Step Up 2: The Streets
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 50/100
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Encyclopedic overview
Step Up 2: The Streets is a 2008 American dance film directed by Jon M. Chu in his feature directorial debut and written by Toni Ann Johnson and Karen Barna. The sequel to Step Up (2006) and the second installment in the Step Up film series, it stars Briana Evigan, Robert Hoffman, Will Kemp, and Cassie Ventura.
Once again set at the fictional Maryland School of the Arts, the story revolves around rebellious teenage street dancer Andie West (Evigan), who lands at the elite school and finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. She eventually joins forces with the school's hottest dancer Chase Collins (Hoffman) to form a crew of classmate outcasts to compete in Baltimore's underground dance battle The Streets, finding a way to live her dream while building a bridge between her two separate worlds.
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