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Tony Toscano reviews “Step Up 3D”

“Step Up 3-D” suffers from the delusion that if the dancing is good no one will mind the absolutely insipid script. It is a bad delusion to have.

The story is a wafer-thin plot about some street dancers who hole up in an abandoned warehouse and dance, dance, dance. The problem is the rent is due and the evil bank won’t give the kids a pass for a few weeks (even though their rent is 5 months past due) so they can win the Global Dance Challenge and get the prize money ($100,000.)

All of this is told in mind numbing detail about every half-hour or so, just to make sure the audience knows the plot. It is also shot in brain-aching 3-D so every dance move is jittery and smears across the screen in digital streaks.

Simply put, some films should not be shot in 3-D because they tend to distract from the subject matter instead of bring the audience into the story.

Step Up 3-D just can’t find any rhythm and trips on its own feet. It gets a D- and is rated PG-13.

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