Step Up 4 Trailer: Fighting Evil Developers With Flash Mobs
Here's a last bit of breezy entertainment as you head into the weekend: The first trailer for Miami-set dance sequel Step Up 4, AKA Step Up: Revolution, in which a new pair of star-crossed lovers leads their crew into syncopated battle against prejudice rival gangs foreclosure evil land developers. This series has wound a long, glossy path since the days of Channing Tatum b-boying in the parking lot, but hey: It's a new Step Up movie! As long as that Moose kid and Madd Chadd show up, I'm good to go.
Of course, Jon M. Chu has moved on from the Step Up films to helm the G.I. Joe sequel (Chu directed the second and third installments of the series, making the franchise a hit) but he remains a producer with music video veteran Scott Speer in the director's chair. (Speer previously directed the "Duet" episode of Chu's online dance series The LXD, which inspires some faith in his eye for movement and storytelling.)
My biggest hangup about Step Up 4, however, isn't that the two new leads, Kathryn McCormick and Ryan Guzman, are unknown -- following in Step Up tradition -- or that the trailer is almost too-slick looking, or that dancers on pogo legs don't really do much for me. It's that flash mobs are so tired already; once Justin Timberlake used them to woo Mila Kunis last year and Howie Mandel hosted a reality TV show about real people springing grandiose flash mob-gestures upon their estranged loved ones, I was kind of done with them.
Also: What is Peter Gallagher doing in this movie playing the evil real estate developer who will threaten to dash the community's dreams before being defeated by the power of dance?? He was in Center Stage 1 AND 2! YOU'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO BE IN ONE DANCE FRANCHISE, OTHERWISE THE UNIVERSE IMPLODES!!!
Verdict: Seems like a missed opportunity to open Step Up 4 in 4-D, but I'll give it a whirl anyway because yes, I am a sucker for these movies.
Step Up: Revolution Against Peter Gallagher opens in theaters July 27.
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I can't stop laughing every time I see the thumbnail for this trailer w/ the guy thrusting his hips forward w/ that gleeful, "check out my abs," look on his face. Also, did Thomas Paine do samba or breakdancing to fight the crown and free America?
ahhhhh!!!!!.....so excited!
one question... is moose and camille still together in step up 4???--just asking cause im a fan of them. =)
please reply if you know =)
They are still together.
I've made this comment before here, but every time another Fast & Furious movie comes out, I can't understand why people will continue to go see them. Then they announce a new Step Up movie, and I'm like, "Oh. Now I get it." So excited!
what the name of the song when trailer comes out
intanational love! i LOVE hip hop and i'm really good at it! can't wait till i learn some more moves!
I DONT KNOW
its one off the best things ,to be screened so far .......................Dance
I love moose with his curly hair and his amazing dance moves i have seen every one of the step up movies
I love moose with his curly hair and his amazing dance moves. I have seen every one of the step up movies i think this will be one of my favorites but the third is the best cuz of moose.
I wish i got to meet Adam g sevani in real life that's going on my bucket list ill probably won't be check off though so sad. 🙁
MOOSE!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope he has a big part in the movie or it will be a waste of my money if it's just an appearance like Channing Tatum in Step Up 2: The Streets, when he only showed up at the beginning.
i m waiting for Step Up 4..
U haven't watched it yet sham I feel sorry for u
Moose is so cute I wish I got to meet him he is a good dancer I almost screamed when I saw him come in at the end
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