Step Up 2: The Streets is a dance movie. And while I enjoyed watching the dancing, it took up only 30 minutes. So the other 60 minutes contain nothing but a vapid, silly story written by someone raised on soap operas, telenovellas, and pure, unfiltered melodrama. And in order to show quality dancing, they skimped on the acting credentials. I guess it's not bad acting per se, because it's true to the teen language--teenagers really do talk with retarded, exaggerated, simplistic ideals. But I don't want to hear their dreck. Screw realism; give me fluid poetry and maturity over modern slang and adolescence. And the technical aspects like cinematography and editing are on the level of made-for-TV Disney Channel High School Musical fare. (Although, to echo the words spoken by a random audience member, "This ain't High School Musical!") If you want a dance movie you can enjoy and laugh at until your stomach cramps, this is undoubtedly the movie to make your night.IMDb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1023481/