Briana Evigan, Robert Hoffman, Will Kemp, Sonja Sohn, Cassie, Adam G.Sevani

Considering rising star Channing Tatum – and his bodacious dance moves – was essentially the only good thing about last year’s dance dramedy “Step Up”, the producers of the rushed sequel might have considered placing Tatum’s cameo towards the end of the film, not in the first ten minutes. For as soon as his character, street-boy cum good Tyler tells his friend, this film’s lead character, that , “his work is done here”, and walks off into the charcoal-coloured night, the audience will probably want to do the same. Troy may as well have uttered “I fulfilled my obligation, now I’m outta this stinker – whose with me?!”.

“Step Up” was something you’d seen before, sure, but “Step Up 2 : The Streets” is something you saw just 12 months ago – and done better. No amount of hit tunes can disguise the fact.

Coming from a lower-class background, Andie (Briana Evigan) tries desperately to fit in at the elite Maryland School of the Arts – but she eventually does, especially when everyone gets wind of her funky moves. Unfortunately, Andie’s admittance into the school comes with a price – she’s no longer able to rehearse with the kids on the ‘Streets’. What to do? Oh, of course! Combine the two!

A cliché sandwich with a sickly sweet dressing, this isn’t half the film “Step Up” was – and considering it was only half a film as it were, that’s saying a lot. It’s actually a wonder this didn’t go direct-to-DVD, it’s not better and not that much different than one of those blah “Bring it On” sequels that Universal pumps out year after year, but after the surprise success of the original film, it’s no surprise that Disney did decide to try their luck at the tables again.