So I just got home from watching it, and it was pretty amazing. The dancing is amazing! The love story is there but it's really low-key, which was something that I liked. It was more of a focus that your crew is like your family, and I think that applies to most people and their group of friends. It's different from the first but it still takes place in Baltimore, there is still the MSA. Same setting just a different group and story.
I'm a huge fan of Rob Hoffman just from the few movies he's done plus watching all the videos on his site. He really does hold his own as an actor and his dancing is beyond sick.
Briana Evigan does an excellent job in her first starring role. Andie’s character is a typical outsider role, but she’s still got this personality that makes her a little different. Briana is to quote Chase in the movie “is an amazing little dancer…”
I was nice to see them incorporate Channing's character into it. The addition of him pulled the story together. Plus they do a dance scene with him which was my third favorite.
Fave character would have to be Moose played by Adam Sevani, when I was watching the trailer when it first came out I thought he looked familiar. So I went looking on Rob's site at his videos from Carnival and sure enough he was in the video title "Your Mama." He's just a great dancer and pretty funny in the movie.
My only pet-peeve as a Baltimore girl is the subway scene (even though it was cool) as we do not have a subway system in MD.
All in all it was a great movie with some kick ass dance scenes and hot music.