Step Up 2: The Streets

Step Up 2: The Streets

It's not where you're from. It's where you're at.

Directed by Jon M. Chu

Produced by Touchstone Pictures, Summit Entertainment

200898 min6.7 / 10

An energetic, feel-good underdog story about street dancers finding belonging and love through hip-hop competition and crew camaraderie.

When 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.

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Questions people ask

  • Does Step Up 2: The Streets end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 97% of films.

  • Is Step Up 2: The Streets scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Step Up 2: The Streets easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Is Step Up 2: The Streets violent? Not especially. Less violent than 73% of films.

  • Is Step Up 2: The Streets sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity64

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise43

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love55

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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