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Step Up 4: Miami Heat
Step Up 4: Miami Heat

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Ryan Guzman, Kathryn McCormick
Jul 27, 2012
PG-13, 1 hr. 38 min.

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Movie Info

Cast: Ryan Guzman, Kathryn McCormick, Misha Gabriel, Peter Gallagher, Stephen Boss, Mia Michaels, Megan Boone, Tommy Dewey, Michael "Xeno" Langebeck, Cleopatra Coleman
Director: Scott Speer
Rated: PG-13
Running Time: 1 hr. 38 min.
Genre: Drama, Romance, Musical & Performing Arts
Theater Release: Jul 27, 2012
DVD Release: Nov 27, 2012
Synopsis: Step Up Revolution is the next installment in the worldwide smash Step Up franchise, which sets the dancing against the vibrant backdrop of Miami. Emily (Kathryn McCormick) arrives in Miami with aspirations of becoming a professional dancer and soon falls in love with Sean (Ryan Guzman), a young man who leads a dance crew in elaborate, cutting-edge flash mobs, called "The Mob." When a wealthy business man threatens to develop The Mob's historic neighborhood and displace thousands of people, Emily must band together with Sean and The Mob to turn their performance art into protest art, and risk losing their dreams to fight for a greater cause. -- (C) Summit

Critic Reviews

  • Guy Lodge, Time Out
    It's equal parts 'Flashdance,' 'Burlesque' and 'Lambada', all parts ludicrous - but we aren't here for the story any more than we watch Béla Tarr for the salsa numbers.
  • Alonso Duralde, The Wrap
    There's too much color and energy and frenzy in this movie to discount it entirely, but it has a disconcerting tendency to undercut its best notions with some singularly awful moves.
  • William Goss, Film.com
    With the most wooden leads of the series to date - an MMA fighter and a "So You Think You Can Dance" alum - the drama between the dancing has never felt more interminable.
  • Sean O'Connell, Washington Post
    "Step Up: You've Seen All This Before" would be more accurate, but Summit Entertainment's marketing department knows that wouldn't help sell tickets.
  • Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail
    Delivers plenty of spectacular fancy footwork in what is otherwise a flat-footed fantasy.
  • Frank Lovece, Newsday
    While dance purists won't be impressed by the energetic and athletic choreography -- the dancers have clearly learned routines but not necessarily technique -- date-movie audiences will likely want to go out dancing afterward themselves, and that's fun.
  • Sara Stewart, New York Post
    The choreography is solid throughout, but director Scott Speer gets in his own way every time, relentlessly shifting camera angles to close-ups and reaction shots when he should be letting us witness the spectacle.
  • Scott Bowles, USA Today
    There isn't a franchise around that matches the kids' moves in the Step Up series. We just need a better reason to dance along.
  • Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
    No one goes to a "Step Up" movie for the plot or the romance. Only the dancing matters here.
  • Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
    It seems only fair to start with the one thing that's right with it: It's not dead. It should be, but it's not.
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