Next up you've got our compelling protagonist, Andie, whose name is like the word "Indie" but with an A instead of an I. Obviously this is the screenwriter's subtle way of telling us she's independent like today's youth. We learn all we need to know about her in the first few minutes of the movie: Her mom died of cancer, and like most people dying from cancer do with their kids, her mom took her to watch some freestyle street dancing. This of course is where Andie's love of street dancing comes from.

The movie doesn't let things like exposition and character development bog it down though, as such things are handled admirably through casual conversation, take this example ripped right out of the film:

"Your mom made me promise to be your guardian when she died of cancer, but you are too wild and independent for me!"

Granted, there's some paraphrasing there, but not much. Examples like the one above help keep the film moving at a pace as brisk as the dance moves on screen, which for those concerned don't disappoint!

The compelling cast would make this review too long winded if I listed them all, so I'll break it down for you: You've got a clever, wise cracking geek, the good looking player who is won over by the female lead, the socially awkward Asian, who in a neat twist has trouble speaking, the Goofy look alike and a black guy with abs so bitchin' you'd swear there were rubber pads glued all over his body in lieu of actually working out. Finally, what would a film be like without the narrow minded school official who isn't as uptight as you think he is and comes through in the end?

To say Step Up 2 The Streets has it all would be an understatement. A pretty attractive female lead, a cameo from Channing Tatum, a Salsa dancing scene, the obligatory rotting fish which would seem to be director Jon Chu's trademark, and last but not least several scenes with drama so tense you could cut them with a knife. If you doubt me, just go see it and prove me wrong!

Walking out of the theatre, I felt like my life had been changed. I felt like my perceptions of the world had been altered, like the streets of Danbury looked just a little bit more like any second a convenient thunderstorm would roll in and it would be a perfect time for my crew and I to show all the other players who step up what the streets are really about. See it, and I know you'll feel the same.