Apparently the popularity has not died down for the Step Up franchise, as there is now going to be a fifth installment coming in August 2014. Titled Step Up All In, the newest dance film will be the first one to unite people from each film in the series.
According to the trailer, the story will take place in Las Vegas and then Los Angeles, where the flash mob crew from Step Up: Revolution travel to try to make it into the big leagues. When they are unable to get a breakthrough, the crew finds out about an underground dance competition in Los Angeles called The Vortex where the grand prize is a three year contract. To enter, they call on friends from previous Step Up films for help.
As mentioned above, Step Up All In will feature Ryan Guzman (Sean) and Misha Gabriel (Eddy) from Revolution, Stephen "tWitch" Boss (Jason) from Step Up 3D, Briana Evigan (Andie) from Step Up 2: The Streets, Alyson Stoner (Camille) from the original Step Up, and series regular Adam Sevani will return for his fourth outing as Moose.
The Step Up series is not known for its storytelling, but rather more for its choreography/dancing and visual effects. That's not to say it's a bad thing in and of itself, because the majority of the dance sequences in the franchise are admittedly pretty cool; however, it would be nice if these films focused a bit more on the story and acting rather than just on the dancing. Personally, I'd like to see a different storyline than the overused 'amateur dance group tries to make it big, so they enter into a competition to battle it out with the best'. Step Up: Revolution sort of did that with the crew trying to stop a major corporation from tearing down a neighborhood and forcing people out of their homes, but it still was greatly lacking in the acting department. And even then the film began with the crew trying to enter into a competition.
Still, it looks like from the trailer it will be a fun time. I'll be happy as long as it is better than Step Up: Revolution. That didn't really capture my attention as much as I would have liked. So far, the best one I've seen of the Step Up series is Step Up 2: The Streets.
Step Up All In will arrive in theaters August 8th, 2014.
Source: Screen Rant
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