Step Up 2 The Streets Page #5

Synopsis: Following the death of her parents, teen-aged Andie West is living with her mother's best friend, Sarah. Andie, who doesn't care about school, is trying to figure out where she fits in in life. The only thing she loves is dancing with her street crew, the 410, led by Tuck. The 410 are the most notorious of the street crews in Baltimore and are wanted by the police for their acts of vandalism and public mischief. Sarah threatens to send Andie to live with relatives in Texas unless she cleans up her act, which includes ending her association with the 410 and trying harder at school. Andie's neighborhood friend, Tyler Gage, convinces Andie to audition for entry into the Maryland School of the Arts (MSA), an institution which ended up turning his life around for the better. Andie passes the audition but isn't sure she fits in there. The school's director, Blake Collins, isn't sure she fits in there either. Blake is a brilliant dancer but looks for conformity to his way. After learning that
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Director(s): Jon M. Chu
Production: Touchstone Pictures
  2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
50
Rotten Tomatoes:
27%
PG-13
Year:
2008
98 min
$58,006,147
Website
1,351 Views


It's your boy, Crumbs.

He's been letting it loose all day.

It's the coffee, bro.

Yo, Tuck, come see this.

You gotta come see this, bro.

Oh, dang!

- Relax, relax.

- That's my computer, man!

Man, clean this fish up!

Moose, what are you doing?

Maybe we should put you back

in that grandma suit, huh?

Who's we?

Hey, what are you guys doing?

- Hi, Sophie. What's up?

- Rehearsing for the fundraiser.

Why are you here on a Saturday?

We were gonna do the same thing,

but it's locked.

- We gotta roll, so we'll see y'all.

- Where are we going?

To my house. My family's

having a barbecue, remember?

- Yeah, yeah, barbecue.

- Why you standing there?

Let's be out.

Are you going with them?

Uh, yeah, yeah.

I'd say you should go, but...

But I'm not really sure

it's your scene.

I'd love to.

All right.

Watch your step. Welcome.

- Look at how nice it is.

- Thank you.

Come down, hurry up.

Y'all taking mad long.

Hey, Mom!

How are you?

We missed you.

Everyone is here. Come in.

- Have some food.

- Whoa, wait.

You're coming with me.

- Where are we going?

- You'll see.

I can't believe I'm doing this.

What's wrong with what I had before?

Latin men like their girls

to look like women, not boys.

A fact you'll appreciate

when you meet my cousin.

You are not setting me up.

Alejandro's nice.

Plus he just got here.

You're pimping me out

so that your cousin

can get a green card?

He's from Florida.

Trust me, if he was not my cousin,

you would not be standing there.

- You're sick.

- Hmm.

And I'm hungry,

so are we done here?

I guess.

Ooh, Miss Thing, you got titties?

Why you trying to look

better than me at my party?

- Hey, cuz.

- Hey, mama.

How you doing?

This is my friend, Andie.

Andie, my cousin, Alejandro.

- Nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.

I'm just gonna sit down

while you guys talk.

- You want to dance a real dance?

- I'd love to.

Come on, mama.

- May I borrow your boyfriend?

- Oh, he's not my boyfriend.

It doesn't matter. It's just a dance.

It's just a dance.

Andie, come here.

You should really wait your turn.

- Ooh.

- I couldn't.

I didn't know you could salsa.

There's a lot you don't know about me.

Which is surprising, considering

how much you talk about yourself.

Ooh.

What's going on over here?

My goodness, Aunt Maria.

It has been emotional.

I'll hit you up on MySpace sometime.

Thank you. You are charming.

- Thank you so much.

- I had a good time.

Me, too. Don't tell

your husband about us, now.

- Bye.

- Hey.

God?

You want to fly up here and give me

a hand with these lights?

Sophie, what's up, girl?

Let me find out.

You got a lot of stuff going.

A lot of sofrito up in you.

Thank you.

You're not so bad yourself.

Gracias, gracias.

Moose, help me with these lights.

Mom's gonna kill me. Hurry up.

- Hurry up!

- Hold this. I'm coming.

Sophie, I'll do it, I'll do it.

I'll do it. You're welcome.

- There we go.

- This is really high.

No, it's not that bad.

- Yes, it is.

- No, we're good.

All right. Tree climber.

All right, this is gonna

sound cheesy, but...

...for what it's worth,

I'm really glad you're at MSA.

I think you were doing

just fine before I got there.

That's just the thing.

I mean, I've been trained to dance

since I first learned to walk.

But it's always been about doing

it their way and it's just not me.

But, ever since you came,

I feel more like myself.

Oh, geez.

Well, I know what you mean.

My mom always used to tell me,

"Just be yourself."

When I was little

that sounded strange,

'cause I was like,

"How could I be anyone else?"

- I bet you miss her.

- Yeah.

When she got cancer, it was like

the floor fell from underneath.

I've just been running ever since.

But now I can't find my way back.

Well, maybe it's not about going back.

Maybe it's about being

right where you are.

I heard you was

dancing it up in there.

What, you not joking now?

Come on, guys,

I'm just trying to get home.

You thought it was real funny,

what you did the other day.

- Tuck, it's a joke.

- Look here.

Just 'cause you hang out with D

don't mean you got what it takes.

She don't know where she came from.

You don't know anything about her.

So now you defending her?

Yes, I am.

I'll see you at The Streets.

At The Streets?

You in the streets now.

Unless you want some more of us,

I suggest you stay away

from The Streets.

And stay farther away from Andie.

Drop this fool.

Come on, get up, fool.

Get up!

Yeah. Ha.

You're not so funny now,

are you, clown?

Hey, yo, Tuck.

Hey.

- Chase, what's going on?

- Hey.

- Hi.

- Hi.

How you doing? Is everything OK?

Yes, everything's OK.

Why wouldn't everything be OK?

- Oh, my God. What happened to you?

- Nothing. Nothing.

Don't worry. Listen,

I've got to get to class.

That is not nothing.

Who did this to you?

Just forget about it. Let it go.

Who did this?

Does anybody know

who is responsible for this?

This school will not be associated

with these competitions.

Any future involvement

by our students in The Streets

will lead to expulsion.

And anyone with any information

is expected to come forward.

Get this place cleaned up.

Man, I can't believe

they trashed the studio.

Now we have Director Collins

on our back.

- Glass is all over the floor.

- Somebody broke the stereo.

I don't understand.

These guys are no joke.

Collins was pissed.

- Graffiti was everywhere.

- What are we gonna do?

- We could get expelled.

- My parents would kill me

if I got expelled.

I'd have to go to a regular school

with regular kids.

Hey, guys.

This has gotten way out of hand.

I'm really sorry

that I got you all into this.

Andie, don't say that.

I put everything you guys

worked for at risk.

And it's not fair.

- We're all in on this together.

- Yeah, yeah.

No, it's over.

The crew's done. I don't know

what we were thinking.

Andie West, Director Collins

would like to see you.

By being involved in this

you've brought delinquent

behavior into my school

and put my students at risk.

And now the studio

has been vandalized.

It wasn't exactly like that.

I thought I could train you,

turn you into the dancer

that you could be.

But I was wrong.

There's nothing

that we can do for someone

who doesn't appreciate

what's in front of them.

I understand.

You know, I really did try.

I'm not done.

Was there anyone else involved

from this school?

No.

No one else. Just me.

Then I have no choice

but to expel you.

- But I didn't...

- I'm sorry.

That's it. I'm finished. Please leave.

Andie.

There you are.

I've been looking all over for you.

- What are we gonna do?

- It's done.

Everything's done.

I think it's pretty clear that

none of this was meant to be.

Whoa, Andie.

Don't do this.

Please just... Just let it go.

- You got that?

- Mm-hmm

You're my big strong boy, huh?

I am your big strong boy.

Your school called.

I know I said things

would be different...

I know what happened.

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