uses his own skills at a local club to school Grant (Darrin Henson), the arrogant star stepper who's dating April (Meagan Good), the upper-class coed whom D.J. recognizes as a close relative to the newer, more street-inflected combination of krunking, clowning and B-boying that he and Duron mastered on the streets of L.A. Part line dance, part military drill, part pantomime, stepping layers percussive clapping, slapping and shouting on a traditional melange of movement that D.J. has no interest in joining a frat, until he catches word of a "stepping" face-off, in which one fraternity challenges another in a competitive demonstration of tightly choreographed, highly stylized dancing. Social life at class-conscious Truth largely revolves around the university's elite fraternities and sororities. heads to Atlanta's Truth University, the traditionally black institution that D.J.'s aunt (Valarie Pettiford) attended and where his uncle (Harry Lennix) now oversees the physical plant. Stepping into his brother's college-bound shoes, a grieving and conscience-stricken D.J. When the dust settles, Duron lies dying in D.J.'s arms from a gunshot wound. club where street-dancing teams compete against one another for cash, Darnell "D.J." Williams (actor-choreographer Columbus Short), his brother Duron (Chris Brown) and their crew are jumped by the losing team.
After winning the pot at an underground L.A. who discovers the world of "stepping" at an Atlanta university uses a propulsive soundtrack and flashy dance sequences to draw attention away from wooden acting and a cliched plot.
#Stomp movie movie#
Far too long for a movie so unabashedly formulaic, Sylvain White's drama about a kid from L.A.
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