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Step Up (2006)

★ 6.9 · 3,884 ratings on TMDB

Every second chance begins with a first step.

Step Up poster★ 6.9

Delinquent Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with up-and-coming dancer Nora.

DirectorAnne Fletcher
CastAlyson Stoner, Channing Tatum, Damaine Radcliff, Deirdre Lovejoy, Drew Sidora, Heavy D
GenresCrime, Drama, Music, Romance
The emergence reading

Step Up keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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