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2012-05-25 14:59:22

Terrible

This movie is terrible! Do not buy! You will be wasting your money. Save your time and buy the original!

2012-05-24 20:13:48

I DO LOVE THE MOVIE

This review is from: Stomp the Yard: Homecoming (DVD) I'VE PURCHASED FROM AMAZON SO MANY THINGS AND I'VE BEEN MORE THAN SATISFIED WITH EACH ITEM EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE IT WONT PLAY AT ALL I HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE BEFORE I LOVED IT BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO USE AMAZONS ONLINE SERVICES FOR FUTURE PURPOSES

oeth04 2012-05-23 19:37:31

This Could Have Been So Much Better

Like most who purchased this movie or watched it...it was due to mebeing a huge fan of the first Stomp The Yard. To say I was let down issomewhat of an understatement. First of all the second movie starts offthe same as the first...dance competition followed by needlessviolence. That's where the similarities end. First of all…CollinsPennie (Chance in the movie) is not as talented of a dancer as ColumbusShort (DJ in the first movie). That much is evident from the openingdance scene. My opinion of him is pretty much justified throughout theentire movie.Then there is the time-line problem. Stomp The Yard was released in2007 and Stomp The Yard 2 was released in 2010. Columbus Short'scharacter DJ should still be enrolled in Truth as a returning Senior.If he graduated early which is possible, it's hard to believe that theThetas have endured another losing streak to the Mu Gammas which isclearly the case, as direction of this movie would have you believe.This could have easily been fixed had the film makers offered up moremoney for Columbus to actually star in this movie instead of makingbrief cameos. Imagine this…Chance comes to Truth needing direction and DJ mentors himhaving experienced similar issues during his initial semester atcollege. Also imagine DJ instructing Chance that he has to be open toimproving himself…in life as well as Stepping. Imagine then, the dancefinale of seeing Chance and DJ stepping on the same stage. Imagine DJturning Theta Nu Theta over to Chance as he prepares for graduation.Also it would have been nice to see Megan Good make a cameo as DJ'sfiancée. Now a plot including these bits and pieces would have made fora much better movie. That's just my opinion though. Before I forget…didI mention that both fraternities had better steppers in 2007 than 2010,laugh out loud.

2012-05-23 01:48:31

Stop the stomp

Can you rate something a 1/2 star? Please save your time and money. DO NOT rent or buy this DVD. It is sad that Part 2 is too much like Part 1. If you want to save your time and money just watch Stomp the Yard (Part 1) over again.

2012-05-18 00:22:08

First film was much better, but the sequel was cool...I dig the choreography!

In 2007, "Stomp the Yard" took America by storm by showcasing life of college students from a Black university who are part of a Greek fraternity and how many of these frats and sororities compete against each other in Stepping competitions. The first film featured Columbus Short as the character DJ Williams, pop star Ne-Yo and helped establish pop star Chris Brown as an actor.The film which was budgeted for $13 million, went on to make $75 million in the box office and was a major success.A new sequel (via direct-to-video) was created in 2010 titled "Stomp the Yard: Homecoming" and is directed by Rob Hardy ("The Gospel", "Trois" and worked on episodes of "Criminal Minds" and "Heroes: The Recruit"), who co-produced the first film with Will Packer (who returns as producer for the sequel) and a screenplay by Albert Leon ("Feel the Noise") and Meena Payne."Stomp the Yard: Homecoming" focuses on dancer Chance Harris (played by Collins Pennie, "HawthoRNe", "Fame", "Prom Night") who has lost a major street dance competition and because he was dealing with a group of thugs (who had bet against him and winning), the thugs want to exploit Chance and make him think that he owes them $5,000. Unfortunately, Chance doesn't have the money and during a shootout, Chance manages to escape the thugs but because they know he's in the area, the thugs will be on his tail.We then get to see how Chance's life is in the meantime. Chance returns back to his home in Atlanta (after leaving for awhile after his mother died) and now due to family obligation, Chance works at his father's (played by Keith David, "Death at a Funeral", "Chronicles of Riddick", "Spawn") Crispy Catfish restaurant, while attending Truth University in Atlanta and is a member of the fraternity Theta Nu Theta.Chance's father thinks his son's dedication to the fraternity is a waste of time and wants his son to take responsibility. His father feels that he did so much for him, that while Chance is now back home...the least he can do is help him out at the store and show that he can take on responsibility. But with the next Stepping competition coming up at school, Chance's Theta brothers are expecting nothing but the best from their members and also hoping they can win this year against their rivals, the Mu Gamma Xi.Meanwhile, Chance is dating a stepper and sorority member Nikki (played by Tika Sumpter, "One Life To Live") and she knows that Chance has a major rivalry with Mu Gamma Xi leader Taz (played by Stephen "Twitch" Boss, "So You Think You Can Dance?) because his ex-girlfriend Brenda (played by The Cheetah Girls Kiely Williams) left him and is now dating Taz.But Taz and the Mu Gamma Xi love to get under the Theta's skin, especially as the current champions of previous stepping competitions at school. But no matter how Taz tries to tick the Theta's off, Theta leader Dane (played by Pooch Hall) tries to keep things cool within the Theta's and make sure they don't get involved in any trouble. If anything, he tries to remind his fellow Theta's that they are family and they think and work as a family not as individuals.The only problem is Chance has a hot temper and doesn't like to be dissed by anyone including Taz and the Mu's and thus, tends to walk on the beat of his own drum. But he knows, the only way to show them up is by winning the Step competition but their current routine is old.Chance wants to win the Step Up competition because it guarantees him winning $5,000 and a scholarship and knows that their current Step Up routine is not good enough to beat the Mu's, so he comes up with an innovative dance routine for his brothers that he hopes will beat their rivals in competition.But with his increasing friction with his father who is demanding for Chance to become more responsible and to be there for him at the restaurant (especially during homecoming), Chance finds his life spiraling downhill when the thugs who are wanting their money end up beating up his childhood friend and brothers at the fraternity. Life becomes more problematic for Chance and when he starts thinking for himself instead of his brothers, he starts to distance himself away from them including his girlfriend.With Chance facing more problems in his life, will he ever be able to recover?VIDEO:"Stomp the Yard: Homecoming" is presented in 1:78:1 Anamorphic Widescreen. Director Rob Hardy did a great job in working with a large number of people (especially the volunteers for the crowds who participated for long hours for the making of this film). Cinematographer Maz Makani did a great job in filming the dance battles, stepping battles, the dance training but working with a large crowd. Some scenes seem as if they were handheld and there are some unbalanced shots with shaking but by no means did I feel it was anything majorly distracting. I also have to give Paul Millspaugh some props of taking a lot of the dance footage and taking many cuts, editing those scenes and making the battles feel realistic and definitely bringing energy to the film. Picture quality for the DVD was good, I didn't see any major compression artifacts on the DVD release or any major video anomalies.AUDIO & SUBTITLES:"Stomp the Yard: Homecoming" is presented in English and French 5.1 Dolby Digital. For the most part, this is a dialogue-driven film that has a pretty cool soundtrack. In a film like this, you're not going to get much surround usage since there aren't any major action sequences (with the exception of a fight and tables and chairs being knocked over) but you do get crowd ambiance and if anything, it's music that tends to utilize the bass. For the most part, dialogue is clear and understandable.Subtitles are presented in English, English SDH, French and Spanish.SPECIAL FEATURES:"Stomp the Yard: Homecoming" comes with the following special features: * Commentary with Director Rob Hardy, Producer Will Packer, Collins Pennie and Stephen "tWitch" Boss - (12:30) A hilarious commentary as Rob Hardy breaks the film down and how certain scenes were shot, Will Packer brings some humor to the commentary scenes and good in-depth background info. from the dancing portions of the film to the acting by Collins Pennie (Chance) and Stephen "tWitch" Boss (Taz). Interesting commentary in regards to Collins Pennie's kissing scene. * Deleted Scenes- (11:11) A total of eight deleted scenes. Overall, good cuts were made for pacing purposes and focuses a lot on the diner scenes featuring Collins Pennie and Keith David, Jasmine Guy. * Stomp the Yard: Choreography - (10:13) A featurette on the choreography of "Stomp the Yard: Homecoming" and taking stepping into the next level. Featuring choreographer Chuck Maldonado training the cast with their routine and director Rob Hardy, Producer Will Packer and the cast talk about the choreography of the film. * Previews - Trailers for upcoming Sony Pictures Home Entertainment titles.JUDGMENT CALL:In the tradition of the original "Stomp the Yard", I enjoyed the sequel. It keeps the theme going between the rivalry between the Theta's and the Mu's and features new students facing problems in their personal life and needing to get things together with themselves, especially at college and their obligations to their fraternity.It's kind of hard for a sequel, especially for "Stomp the Yard: Homecoming" when the original had star power with two major pop stars Ne-Yo and Chris Brown involved with the project but if anything, what I enjoyed about this film is that director Rob Hardy and producer Will Packer know how life is in the fraternity and are able to really fine-tune the character of Chance Harris but also not bring the story down by introducing anything that is too unrealistic. They keep the story real and most of all, trying to incorporate something new, innovative into the world of Step dancing through this film.The first film was wonderful when it came to choreography but this time around, they really brought an even more physical and intense style of choreography to the routines and the fact that these guys had to learn within two weeks and nail it down, was pretty cool.For the most part, Collins Pennie does a good job in playing the character of Chance Harris and also to see him and Keith David interact with each other onscreen. "Stomp the Yard: Homecoming" also features a cameo by the first film's main character DJ Williams (played by Columbus Short) who comes to give encouragement to his Theta brothers and also stars Jasmine Guy ("A Different World") as Janice, an employee at the Harris restaurant. You also get Stephen "Twitch" Boss (for those who enjoyed his dancing in "So You Think You Can Dance?"), playing the character Taz, "One Life to Live" actress Tika Sumpter playing Chance's current girlfriend, Nikki and Cheetah Girls member Kiely Williams playing Chance's ex girlfriend Brenda.As for the DVD, you get a few special features with a hilarious and really cool audio commentary, deleted scenes and also learning how much work went into the talent learning how to prepare for their dance scenes for the film. Choreographer Chuck Maldonado did a very good job in training them and also bringing something new (and challenging) to step dancing.Overall, "Stomp the Yard: Homecoming" is a film that stays true to the roots of the original film. It's an enjoyable story, with solid performances by the cast and I enjoy the choreography for this film as well. The film plays it safe with its storyline and although there is a fight scene, there are no deaths or any repeat of what happened in the last film. And it's probably a good thing of not having to repeat the same kind of tragedy for this sequel. If anything, I liked how the story focused on Chance having to deal with his obligations to his father and the restaurant, being a good boyfriend for Nikki and most of all, having his brothers at the frat depending on him to get them ready for the competition and to add that there are a group of thugs who wouldn't hesitate killing him if Chance doesn't produce the money."Stomp the Yard: Homecoming" features a good balance of drama and dance and if anything, fans of the original film should find this sequel enjoyable.

capone666 2012-05-17 12:28:11

The Vidiot Reviews...

Stomp the Yard 2: HomecomingAll ethnicities enjoy dance in their own way. Latin Americans like totango, Indians like to Bhangra, while Caucasians like to watch dancethemed television shows.As for African Americans, according to this sequel, they like to dancein-between their university classes.When new Theta Nus pledge Chance (Collins Pennie) is pegged as the topstepper in his fraternity's crew, the pressure is on him to win theupcoming national step-off competition.Making matters worse is the fact that his father (Keith David) and theleader of a rival dance crew (Twitch) are both hoping that Chancechokes.A left footed attempt at establishing a dance franchise, Stomp the Yard2: Homecoming lacks the script, the stars, and the choreography neededto exceed the original Stomp the Yard.Besides, due to the increase in campus violence, it's hard to tell ifstudents in the quad are dancing or dodging bullets. (Red Light)

Gradu807 2012-05-17 08:34:40

Wayyyyy Below my Expectations

OK... First hearing about the sequel I was pretty much excited beingthat I enjoyed the first one especially the cast. But boy was I letdown. The dancing and the stepping was horrible; it feels like theydidn't even try to surpass the moves they did in the first film; ifanything it fell way too short. The cast on the other hand; mixedreviews on that one (some could act and some couldn't). The storylinewas pretty much generic and boring. The movie is 1hr and 27mins but atsome points felt longer due to its slow pace and not being asentertaining. However I gave the movie 5/10 because although it didn'tmeet my expectations I would not say its the worse movie every madebesides I added an extra star because the scenes Columbus Short was input a smile on my face (THETA WHAT?).*Don't be discouraged by my review; its all subjective. You just maylike it; it just did not exceed my expectations.

2012-05-16 10:25:44

NOT WORTH BEING THE SEQUEL

This is literally the WORST sequel I have ever seen... a very weak, underdeveloped storyline, a ghetto fab soundtrack and NONE of the original people from the first one were in it. Columbus shouldn't have a made an appearance at all because when he did it was brief. I was VERY disappointed in this sequel. I am giving my copy away!

2012-05-16 11:38:46

Expecting too much...

This review is from: Stomp the Yard: Homecoming (DVD) I believe I was expecting to much from this movie. The acting was not that great and the dancing was ok. Columbus Short produced this movie but even with his cameo it did not help this movie at all. I really didn't care for the story line, its as if we've seen it all before. Is there nothing new in Hollywood? This movie can not hold a candle to the first one but what sequel ever does?

TheOfficialCritic 2012-05-16 01:54:56

Abomination of Filming

This movie was not what I expected, it's full of inglorious acting anddancing... but most importantly, where is "Columbus Short" and the fewgreat actors from the last film? I don't understand what's going on,but is it even lawful for them to even put "Columbus Short" on IMDb asan actor if he isn't acting in the movie? OMG!! This 2nd version istrash and I noticed that there is a new director "Rob Hardy" and a newwriter "Albert Leon" and both of these gentlemen need to give upwriting and filming altogether, because its as if they created areplica of the first Stomp Yard as a spoof (a joke) and please forwardthis message to that new inexperienced lead actor to find a job atDennys and stay there... forever. OMG!!

2012-05-13 10:14:51

Worst movie I have seen this year!

There is nothing like wasting your money on a rental. Thank the Lord I did not purchase this DVD because it was horrible. I just finished watching Stomp the Yard II. Unfortunately, I can only rate this movie with 1-star, if I could give it a lower rating, I would. The dancing was pathetic, the acting was weak.... I could not connect with any of the characters it was just blah! I loved seeing Stephen Boss - Twitch (so you think you can dance) and Columbus Short, however it was not enough to make this movie good! Without a doubt the first movie was so much better. In the first movie the acting, dancing and story-line was really good. I like to support black movies and I am not sure who the writer, director and producer was on this movie. But clearly they need to go back to the drawing board. Huge flop!

2012-05-13 01:03:04

BEYOND AWFUL

This review is from: Stomp The Yard: Homecoming (Amazon Instant Video) Unfortunately, I prepurchased this DVD thinking it would at least have some great dance scenes. I knew it would not be as great as the first one. The dancing could have been done by any teenager walking down the street. I did love Twitch in this movie and I wish he could have appeared in a better written movie. The story was like a weak, copycat version of the first one. The main character was not charismatic and he had too many issues that did not get resolved at the end of the movie. This movie could have gotten at least three stars from me if Columbus Short had at least danced for a minute to show them how it shoud be done. He was the only bright spot in the entire movie. Whoever did the casting must have been inexperienced. Anyway, the movie was TERRIBLE-TERRIBLE-TERRIBLE!!!!! SAVE YOUR MONEY AND WAIT UNTIL IT COMES ON TELEVISION FOR FREE AND MAYBE SAVE YOURSELF AND DON'T WATCH IT THEN. AWWWWWWWFUL!!!!!!

2012-05-05 19:13:01

Don't Compare it to the First Stomp the Yard...

This review is from: Stomp the Yard: Homecoming (DVD) Now, usually when you think of sequels or part 2's, you think they're going to be better or almost better than the first movie. NOT the case with this one, which was very disappointing. It was nothing like the first one and the lead guy, did almost the same dance moves throughout the movie. It was Ok, and that's all I can say about it.

2012-05-05 11:34:08

JUST AWFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This review is from: Stomp the Yard: Homecoming (DVD) I was very disappointed. The story was very weak, I would have like to see more actors & actresses from the first one return. After all, the title was "homecoming"...It's definitely not as good as the first one. Don't rent or buy, keep the memories of the first one!!!

ilinden20 2012-05-02 09:03:27

It could be better...

I can't believe that I am the first one here to review this tittle.Fistof all I expected much more from this movie.First part was really greatbut this one is boring.Plot is melodramatic and clichéd,story is verypredictable.But this is a dance movie and these things are not soimportant for this type of movie...what is really important is dancingand dancing here is lame,uninteresting.You won't see some crazymoves,if you want to see something like that then watch Step Up3D.Acting here is average,whole atmosphere in this movie is really dark,there isn't any fun.And what to say about soundtrack ...It has somereally cool songs but this movie needs more than few cool songs.I amlittle disappointed but if you liked Stomp the Yard then Stomp the Yard2: Homecoming is not as bad as rating says.Just watch it...

compton147 2012-05-01 19:14:04

Watch when bored, maybe not, you might fall to sleep.

Let's start with the choreography. Terrible, the main character seemsto put so much effort into facial expressions and hand gestures that heforgot that he was suppose to be dancing/stepping. The entire cast hada hard time keeping up with the original cast, which made me continueto want to turn off the movie.Seeing how I wanted to give the film a chance, it just didn't work.Sometimes, films should just say with the original and leave sequelsfor better script writing.I guess adding a cameo in the film was suppose to make the film better,but their 5 minute appearance did not help anything.If you want to pass an hour ½ give it a go, but don't expect anythingas good as the first.

2012-04-26 19:34:42

Boring

This review is from: Stomp the Yard: Homecoming (DVD) I wanted to see this movie for a long time and finally got a chance to purchase it. I was so disappointed! It was slow and boring. The storyline was shallow and uninteresting. I was lookong for some of the smooth and exciting dance moves from the original, but alas, they were no where to be found. I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone.

2012-04-26 12:51:54

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Please I beg of you, do not rent nor buy this movie. I understand why they didn't put this in the movie theater but straight to DVD. It is the same story line, the same beginning. It's almost like the Karate Kid part 2/Breakin'. The same moves,same lines everything. I don't even know when Columbus Short comes in the picture because we skipped through the entire movie till the end. And even that was just "OKAY". I promise you, this is movie sucked big time. Just watch the first one over and over again, and be satisfied with that.

raptor0089 2012-04-25 06:41:44

Stomp any thoughts of watching this movie

On the merits of the original Stomp the Yard movie alone I decided towatch this movie with my wife. We both enjoyed Columbus Short, ChrisBrown, Meagan Good, and the rest of the great cast, along with thenicely choreographed and impressively skilled stepping. Thecinematography - as far as dance movies of this type goes - wasprofessional looking as well. (How Columbus Short's character, DJWilliams, could have been tagged with the murder of Chris Brown'scharacter is a MAJOR hole in the movie, but that's another story.) So onto the sequel: it starts out promising enough, with a "battle" inthe street. One dancer is clearly superior to anyone else there - butguess what - he's not the main character! (In fact, I don't recallseeing him again after that scene.) We see the movie's main character,Chance, played by Collins Pennie, do his best stuff. He has one trickmove (a flip of some kind), and the rest of his repertoire is nothingimpressive - not even by local dance club standards! Already, we're offto a bad start. Next, we're introduced to Chance's environment at work and school. Alove triangle is portrayed between his current love interest(girlfriend??) and an old flame (who manages to throw herself at Chancewhile keeping it a secret from her current boyfriend). This sub-plotdoesn't add anything to the movie, due to the shallow depth of thecharacter development and the unoriginal and typical course of events.Some family tension with his uncle, played by Keith David (the ONLYrecognizable actor in the movie, other than Columbus Short), accountsfor another ho-hum and unoriginal sub-plot. A few words on Chance as the main character should be offered. Unlikethe original movie, in which DJ played a highly talented, considerate,and likable person who had integrity and showed he could learn from hisselfish behavior from the past, Chance is neither talented nor likable.All of his problems are brought upon himself due to his own self-focus.This is a big detriment to movie, having an unlikeable main character.Due to some unscrupulous characters from the opening scene that haveput Chance in a compromising situation, Chance is faced with a dilemmaabout whether or not he should dance in the final competition. In themidst of this situation, DJ Williams (Columbus Short) has a cameoappearance, in which he talks for maybe a minute or two. Hisperformance is a much-needed breath of fresh air for this film, whichhas been drowning for a while. DJ gives another short speech before thefinal competition - likewise gratifying to watch. Sorry, sports fans,you don't get to see DJ dance in this film - he's just there as analumnus for moral support. (By the way, I half-way expected to see awedding ring on DJ's finger, as an allusion to his relationship withhis girlfriend April (Meagan Good) from the first movie. However,nosuch luck.) I could tell you how it ends, but suffice it to say that the ending isjust as shallow and blah as most of the film. Other than the two cameosby DJ, this movie has nothing worthwhile to offer, and it can't endsoon enough. Keith David (Chance's uncle) is a fine actor, but thisscript did not give him sufficient latitude to flex his acting musclelike I've seen in other films. Should a sequel to this movie ever comeout, I'll definitely read some reviews before deciding to watch it.

Leila 2012-04-24 19:29:03

Eurgh...bad movie.

Stomp The Yard was a great standalone film, and never really needed asequel. Sometimes sequels work, sometimes they don't. Unfortunately,STY2: Homecoming is the latter. STY2 was made on the cheap and it's really obvious. The characters arelacklustre, the acting is awful, the visual quality is poor andeverything just seems very unfinished. It's not polished, slick orfunny like the original. It's dark, jerky and hard to follow. If youare a huge fan of the original, i'd recommend watching it purely forColumbus Short's monologue later in the movie. He's the only savinggrace in this car crash, and the sole reason for a 3 star review. This movie is cheap, nasty and super disappointing. Give it a miss andwatch the original instead.