
Breakin'(1984)
A struggling young dancer joins forces with two breakdancers and together they become a street sensation.


“It's not where you're from. It's where you're at.”
When rebellious street dancer Andie West lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the school's hottest dancer, Chase Collins, to form a crew of fellow outcasts to compete in Baltimore's underground dance battle The Streets.

Briana Evigan
Andie West

Robert Hoffman
Chase Collins

Will Kemp
Blake Collins

Cassie Ventura
Sophie Donovan

Adam Sevani
Robert Alexander III / 'Moose'

Black Thomas
Tuck

Harry Shum Jr.
Cable

Channing Tatum
Tyler Gage

Kate Lacey
Administrator

Alison Faulk
Alstar
Step Up 2: The Streets is a music, drama, romance film released in 2008 exploring themes of underdog, hip-hop, street gang, scholarship, competition, breakdance. Directed by Jon M. Chu, it stars Briana Evigan, Robert Hoffman, Will Kemp. When rebellious street dancer Andie West lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the school's hottest dancer, Chase Collins, to form a crew of fellow outcasts to compete in Baltimore's underground dance battle The Streets.
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