Step Up 3D (also known as
Step Up 3) is a 2010 American
3D dance film written by Amy Andelson and Emily Meyer and directed by
Step Up 2: The Streetss Jon M. Chu. The sequel sees the return of
Adam Sevani and Alyson Stoner, who portrayed Moose from
Step Up 2 the Streets and Camille Gage from
Step Up, respectively.
Plot
As the third installment in the
Step Up trilogy, and the first shot in 3D, the film follows Moose and Camille Gage as they head to New York University, the former dancer of whom is majoring in electrical engineering
after promising his father that he would not dance anymore. However, he
soon stumbles upon a dance battle, meeting Luke Katcher and his House
of Pirates dance crew and later teaming up with them to compete in the
World Jam dance contest against their rival, the House of Samurai dance
crew.
Step Up 3D premiered in Hollywood at the El Capitan Theater on August 2, 2010 and was subsequently released worldwide on August 6, 2010, through conventional 2D and 3D (in RealD 3D, Dolby 3D, and XpanD 3D) formats. It was also the second movie to feature the 7.1 surround sound audio format, the first of which was
Toy Story 3.
The film grossed $15.8 million in its opening weekend, the lowest of
the trilogy, but went on to make more money than any other installment
in the series and has received generally positive critical reviews, with
most praise towards its dance sequences and effective use of 3D, while
criticism went towards the repetitive story and acting.
