I have been surprised by the last three Step Up films.....they were surprisingly fun and the third one even had excellent 3D. Step Up Revolution is the black sheep of this group. It takes all the elements that made the first three so entertaining...the dancing, the lack of plot and makes them flaws. Sure...some of the dancing was good but the story was incredibly boring and the 3D sucked. In fact...the 3D hurt my eyes quite often.
The film follows Sean (Ryan Guzman) and Emily (Kathryn McCormick). Sean is part of The Mob..a dance squad who constantly (and not so cleverly) makes public disturbances. Emily is the father of Bill Anderson (Peter Gallagher)...a developer who plans to tear down Sean's community. We can't root for Sean because he's not likable in the slightest. In fact....we start to root for Bill to tear down his neighborhood which makes the conclusion extra dumb.
There are three pretty cool dance sequences involving the protest against Bill but even those go on for too long. The whole film feels too long in fact and the fact that those dance sequences are five minutes each therefore taking up only 15 minutes of the film make this a boring excursion. Also...lest we forget we can see great dancing by REAL dancers on the internet for free anytime.
I can not believe I even just explained the whole plot because the plot is just there to allow for terrible acting and pretty good dancing. I never felt the romance between Sean and Emily even begin to bloom and the only character I slightly enjoyed was Bill. This is because unlike all the other characters in this film...Bill has aspirations and goals.
When it comes down to it...there is no need to pay to see this film. In a world of 10 dollars per movie ticket (even more if you pay for the bad 3D)...don't waste your time and money on something you can see anywhere else for free.
(1 out of 5 Stars, The film is rated PG-13 for some suggestive dancing and language)
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