STEP UP: REVOLUTION has its share of innumerable fans, and the choreography (by Jamal Sims, Christopher Scott, Chuck Maldonado and Travis Wall) is attractive enough and inventive throughout, but really, much ado about nothing. Ryan Guzman and Kathryn McCormick (from Season 6 of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE) are earnestly appealing leads/dancers, Peter Gallagher is on board to lend credence to the proceedings, and the gorgeous production design by Carlos Menéndez matches bountiful eye candy strewn through out this semi-musical, but the story can't stand much scrutiny, especially caricatures of big business, and the supporting cast either just dance their way into the film or meander and amble throughout the several stage-pieces, literally and figuratively.
However, this kind of film serves as a stepping stone for the likes of the handsome Guzman and the stunning McCormick (both of them can act as well), and for a dancer like me, the whole film is a visual feast for the (terpsichorean) senses. Aaron Zigman's edgy music and Matt Friedman/Avi Youabian's film editing spice up Scott Speer's direction, more a compilation of dancing scenes than a great movie-with-dancing-in-it in the vein of DANCE WITH ME.
However, this kind of film serves as a stepping stone for the likes of the handsome Guzman and the stunning McCormick (both of them can act as well), and for a dancer like me, the whole film is a visual feast for the (terpsichorean) senses. Aaron Zigman's edgy music and Matt Friedman/Avi Youabian's film editing spice up Scott Speer's direction, more a compilation of dancing scenes than a great movie-with-dancing-in-it in the vein of DANCE WITH ME.