Stomp The Yard [2007]

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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 Audience Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over Binding: DVD EAN: 5035822025875 Format: PAL Label: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Region Code: 2 Release Date: 2007-07-23 Running Time: 110 Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Editorial Reviews: At its core, Stomp the Yard is a romantic drama disguised as a dance film. Or is it the other way around? DJ (Columbus Short) is a troubled teen from Los Angeles who gets a chance for a better life when he is admitted into Atlanta's privileged Truth University. Just when he thought he had escaped a life of gangs, DJ finds himself in the middle of a "war" between two upper-crust fraternities where stepping (a popular dance form) is their weapon of choice. When DJ realises the girl he falls for is the girlfriend of the school's champion stepper, he joins the rival fraternity to try show her--and himself--that he's as good as anyone else there. Stomp the Yard is not the most original film. Add some drums and you've got Drumline. Change some of the characters around and you've got Save the Last Dance. What sets the movie apart is the stepping. The precision involved at this level is impressively complicated and Short--a dancer and choreographer--is beautifully expressive both as an actor and a dancer. Sure the plot is predictable and hokey at times, but Short and Meagan Good (as his crush April) have wonderful chemistry together, and the supporting cast--including Harry J. Lennix as DJ's no-nonsense uncle--are delightful to watch. --Jae-Ha Kim
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: You Got Served remake... Comment: I loved the film, You Got Served, but this is terrible! Everything about this film is a blatant copy of the film just mentioned. The actors (if you look closely at the dancers, you'll spot familiar faces), the fatal shooting, the departure and re-arrival of an important member of the team at a crucial point in the storyline, the girlfriend causing tension, the announcement of the 'winner'... Unfortunately, its not easy to tell if the dancing is any good as theres too much fancy camera work and shooting from different angles and slowing down the framework... Disappointing... Customer Rating: Summary: brilliant Comment: this film is great and a must have for all hip hop lovers (whether its the music, dancing or both), the ending is a bit predictable but apart from that a great film! Customer Rating: Summary: It's about the moves and music Comment: Dance movies should have their own category. It's about the moves and the music, not the storyline. We all know the storyline to each dance movie; leading role has troublesome past/present, leading role meets pretty boy/girl, leading role has epiphany. We don't care, we want to see some steps and hear some good beats. This movie is full of win on that account. Customer Rating: Summary: stomp the yard Comment: Although the pretty much the whole film is predictable the dancing is out of this world. colunbus short is very impressive as an actor and this film proves he is not just a name in dancing. a very good role for meagan good as this is her first role as the female lead. good soundtrack and an enjoyable film Customer Rating: Summary: drop it like its hot from the yard Comment: these films just keep getting better and better anyone that says new films are orginal are nieve to the industry there is no film that has never been done before it just adds new depths to the genre everytime we get a film like this stomp brings a classic west end dance genre and mixs it with street yes its been done BUT it still has new charathers a good message and AMAZING dance movments FACT must get this dvd if you dance or like this type of film More Reviews