Moose is headed off to college with his best friend Camille. He has told his family he is going to give up dancing but then on his first day on campus he gets into a dance battle with one of the toughest dancers and wins. Then Luke, who films dancing as a hobby, invites Moose home and he meets a whole crew of dancers who don't have homes and have gathered as a family. Now they plan to take their moves to the ultimate battle which becomes more important when their building is going to be taken because they are behind on their payments. Moose deals with the hardships of doing school as well and Luke meets Natalie, an attractive dancer who joins their team and he falls for. And it's all in 3D.
For a year of movies that have fallen to the bandwagon of 3D, this one actually succeeds. Not the movie itself but the 3D. Apparently the entire film was shot in 3D and it shows. Every shot has true dimension and the 3D actually enhances the dancing scenes. In fact, that is what makes the movie fun to watch. The dancing scenes. And for a year of mediocre to horrendous 3D in movies I must applaud them for actually filming a movie entirely in 3D rather than converting in post. Unfortunately the positive aspects of this film don't go much further. The acting is surprisingly decent for a cast chosen primarily for their dance skills. The dance scenes are also incredible, especially if you love dance, mainly break dancing. It's creative what they do with the moves and the different dance battles.
But the reality is that beyond the dancing and the incredible 3D there is not much of anything to be had. The characters aren't the kind that you get really attached to and it's always evident where the story is headed. It's not the really well done predictable, though. Rather it's the kind of predictable that sets a lot of movies on a low bar for a reason. And really it wasn't trying to be anything amazing. It was a dance movie. It was about the dancing. It really wasn't about anything else but they needed a story to make it work as a film rather than just a super extended music video. Reality is that it's a terrible film with truly entertaining dance scenes in wonderful 3D. Best 3D of the year hands down.
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