Street Dance 3D - Blu-Ray

Film: The 3D boom has a firm grip on the film landscape and has now also reached genres where one would not necessarily have expected a 3D contribution. The best example of this is dance film, to which several three-dimensional works will be dedicated in the coming months. The first is the British contribution "Streetdance", which doesn't offer much new content but probably the best choreography of recent times.

For Carly (Nichola Burley) there is nothing more important in life than dancing. With her friends, she has formed a dance group that has made it to the finals of the UK Street Dance Championships. But then comes the shock: not only does Carly's boyfriend, the group's best dancer, leave the team, but the young people's practice room is no longer available from one day to the next. But there is a way out: dance teacher Helena (Charlotte Rampling) offers Carly to let them practice in the rooms of her renowned dance academy. The only condition: some of her best ballet students have to join the group. And so begins a collaboration that at first seems impossible but ends up having several surprises in store...

"Streetdance 3D"at first glance is hardly distinguishable from similarly styled works like "Save the last Dance" or "Step up", which also combine classical dance forms with modern moves. Also, the rebellious girl from the street who learns responsibility through hard training (and romance, of course) and thus finds her way in life is truly not a new idea. However, this British dance film works far better than one may initially fear. This is mainly due to the choreography, which can only be described as great - no matter if you are a dance fan or not. What the young talents, recruited among others from the British equivalent of our "Supertalent", deliver here deserves the utmost respect.

In addition, the characters, even if they are nothing more than walking clichés, are not quite as flat as has been the case in other dance films of the recent past. The actors actually manage to fill their rather thinly drawn characters with a touch of life. And last but not least, there's the music, which doesn't just make use of hip hop sounds that are appropriate for the target audience, but presents a pleasant mix of different styles, which also include pop, rock and of course classical music.

So "Streetdance 3D" is absolutely recommendable for fans of the genre. Whether the whole thing really needs to be in 3D, however, remains to be seen. There are a few nice effects, but overall the 3D effect here is completely unnecessary - but also not really disturbing, which is why the positive recommendation remains unaffected. So glasses on and up on the dance floor!

On Blu-Ray, the viewer has the option of watching the film either in conventional 2D version on all standard TV sets, or in the 3D variant, for which, however, a 3D compatible TV set and a 3D Blu-Ray player (or PS3) as well as the appropriate 3D glasses are required. PS3) and the appropriate 3D glasses are required.

Picture + Sound: Since the final disc was not available for testing, no rating can be given here about the technical implementation of the 2D and 3D versions.

Extras: Also the bonus material can not be evaluated. Offered to fans are just under 45 minutes of extras, including a making of, a look behind the scenes and the teaser for the film. Rounding things out is an audio commentary on the main film. The disc also comes with 3-D glasses.

Conclusion: "Streetdance 3D" truly doesn't reinvent the dance film genre, but it does offer some truly spectacular dance sequences and a great soundtrack. The Blu-Ray offers fans to watch the dance spectacle in 2D, or in anaglyph 3D. In addition, the disc holds a few extras worth watching. So for fans of modern dance films enough good reasons to get this Blu-Ray.

An article by Frankfurt-Tipp