Step Up All In

The fifth installment of Step Up is back in "Step Up: All In" with introducing more inventive choreography from expert dancer crews and containing almost all-star member of the series (minus Channing Tatum of course) into a dance competition in L.A. The movie brings a first class and entertaining show that is wanted from their fans. All the dances and flash mob are taken beautifully that has already been a trademark from all the series and what differentiates it from other dance movie.

Unfortunately there's a contrary and unbalanced between dance and whole elements in this movie. "Step Up: All in" suffers with mediocre yet predictable storyline, horrible written script, forgettable chemistry and some average acting from it's entire casts. The movie focuses only on the Vortex competition and how their ambition and preparations to win this thing without care less about anything that would bring boring moments and reduce emotional feelings for the character itself. In other words, this film felt stunning when it related to massive movements with loud R&B soundtrack mixed but once it touches drama and storytelling stuff, it's just that awful. Overall, "Step Up: All In" isn't a game-changer of the series, in fact it's definitely just a similar movie from the previous franchise with this time L.A as the background. It shows never-ending competition that is so exhausting to see, but as long as it still delivers spectacle and great moves, it seems would satisfy it's fans and safely stick them from their seats until end credits appear.

Skilfull dancers from Step Up movies past join together to compete in the Vortex dance tournament.

I've only seen two of the previous Step Up films coming in to Step Up 5: All In. Because of that, I think I may have missed the excitement of the character reveals during this film as it was quite clear there were performers or actors who had appeared in previous installments who had returned but I didn't know who who they were... Anyway, the story here is very similar to Step Up movies past. There's a love interest, a dance group, everybody has a falling out, then they come together to save the day. Same ol', same ol'. The story is hardly anything to write home about, but, the visual presentation is incredible! The colour, the special effects and the 3D was awe inducing at times. The dance choreography was impressive, I don't know another word to use. I'm not into dance, never had an interest in it but the dancing in this film combined martial arts, steampunk and body contortion which I was strangly drawn in to. The music I also found more engaging in this film compared to films past as it combined a variety of music from 80's to rap to salsa as opposed to just one genre. Compared to Step Up 4, this movie is equally enjoyable but I did find the dance routines in Step Up 4 had a much larger scale to them, more use of colours and lighting and was designed for 3D in mind so visually it has the advantage over Step Up 5. However, I enjoyed the styles of music and certain dance routines more in Step Up 5 plus the acting was noticably better I thought with a much more attractive and talented lead actress in Briana Evigan. She can move!

Final Verdict: I don't want to admit it but I actually enjoyed this movie.. I'm not into dance, I'm not big on musicals and yet I was glued to the screen... when they were dancing anyway. It's very much a genre movie and won't be for everybody. Impressive choreography and stunning visuals made up for a boring cliched story and the 3D effects were pretty good to.

I was having a good time watching this,just like the feeling i had watching the previous one. Despite the lack of storytelling -which i didn't really expect about it- the dancing scenes were all amazing and satisfying for all step up fans.If they add water and electric element to their dance moves on the previous movies,now they bring fire,sand,and wind -yes,lots of wind-.The thing i like the most is that the crews are back,your favourite characters like moose,jenny kido,and andie.Thats what keeps me excited watching this movie,and as a step up fan,im really satisfied.The final dance was breathtaking and excellent.i couldn't stop listening to the soundtracks now.If you like to dance and a feel-good movie,watch this one.

everything apart from the dance at moose's work place and the one at the very end this film is just so so bad. the terrible directing and messed up editing just make it feel like key parts have been left out for no apparent reason, and as for the blatant theft of scenes from countless other films like eminem on the bus in 8 mile, with the hoody on an music playing as it drives along montage style, and many others that i just cba to mention, just makes watching this un-original an clichéd film unbearable. the one an only reason i watched it to the end was to see what sexy costume briana evigan was gona be wearing in the her next scene, other than that its total pap

I will admit I was nervous, being a Step Up fan, that this was going to suck! Fortunately, it doesn't at all. It's fun,the music is great, and the end is maybe the best dance sequence of any of the films! I brought a couple of people with me to the movie that were not STEP UP fans and they sincerely thought it was good. O.K., the acting is poor, but you expect that ( to a certain extent) in films like this. But who cares? It adds to the campy love of the films. It's a fun movie and I love the fact they brought back many of the characters form the earlier films. If this doesn't succeed financially, it will be a shame. It's better than a lot of movies out there!