5.9 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 2.5 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
All-stars from the previous Step Up installments come together in glittering Las Vegas, battling for a victory that could define their dreams and their careers.
Starring: Alyson Stoner, Briana Evigan, Ryan Guzman, Izabella Miko, Adam G. SevaniRomance | 100% |
Music | 44% |
Drama | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: Dolby Atmos
English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (96kHz, 24-bit)
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
English, English SDH, Spanish
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
UV digital copy
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 2.5 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 3.0 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
There’s a moment during the opening credits sequence of Step Up All In when it seems like the film is going to have a somewhat humorously jaundiced view of what being a dancer is really like in the entertainment industry, but, alas, it’s only a moment, as three casting agents put a variety of weird acts through their paces. But once Step Up All In gets to its “main act”, the film devolves into such a ludicrous parade of showbiz movie clichés that it becomes hard to keep track of them after a while. This “all star” entry in the popular Step Up series gets a number of So You Think Can Dance-esque “crews” to Las Vegas to compete for a show called The Vortex, as it simultaneously marauds through every hoary trope from “let’s put on a show” to “you’re going out there a chorus girl (and/or ensemble dancer) and coming back a star!”
Step Up All In is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Lionsgate Films with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.78:1. Step Up All In boasts a very bright, colorful (almost garish once the film gets to Vegas) appearance that pops really well in high definition. Colors are bold and extremely well saturated. The glittering Vegas strip at nighttime benefits from clear resolution of busy patterns like light displays as well as solid blacks offering an excellent relief to the foreground colors. Close-ups offer abundant detail, and while fine detail can occasionally suffer simply due to the quickness of the choreography, this is generally a really sharp, vivid looking presentation. The film was screened theatrically in 3D, but there's only a 2D version included on this Blu-ray.
Step Up All In features a nonstop array of music that helps its Dolby TrueHD 7.1 and Atmos mixes roar and pump through the surround channels. Some of the raucous group scenes also offer a glut of immersion, with nicely directional dialogue and well placed ambient environmental sounds. The mix is occasionally quite busy, especially in some of the hip hop inspired numbers, but fidelity is always crystal clear and prioritization is extremely well managed.
Director Trish Sie has the courage to actually just plop her camera down and let the dancers dance here, without the benefit of the sort of quick cutting techniques that populate a lot of musicals or concert videos these days. Unfortunately, she also just plops her camera down during some pretty turgid "dramatic" material in between the big dance sequences, and that's where Step Up All In stumbles down all around pretty precipitously. For those interested in this title, technical merits are excellent.
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