Step Up 2: The Streets

In Baltimore, Maryland, Andie West pursues her dream of becoming a street dancer, but feels like she does not belong anywhere. Her mother recently died of cancer, so she now lives with a guardian, her mother's best friend Sarah. She is doing poorly at school, but her passion for dancing brings something good into her life. She rehearses regularly with her "crew", the 410, to retain top ranking in the illegal competition "The Streets". Andie's friend and older brother figure Tyler Gage persuades her to audition for the Maryland School of the Arts, hoping it will help turn her life around the same way it did for him in the first film. Andie auditions and Chase Collins convinces his older brother Blake, the school's director, to let her join. When the 410 find out about Andie's studies, they angrily kick her out. Andie and Chase form a new crew with help from many people he knows at the school who are not accepted as who they are (Smiles, Hair, Monster, Fly, Cable, Jenny Kido, and Moose). Chase has a copied key to the studio and the crew secretly practices their routine late at night when the school is empty. Andie's friend Missy joins the crew after dropping out of the 410 following Andie's removal. She tells them that the only way to enter the streets is to first do a prank and post it on the internet to show that they are entering the competition. Wanting revenge from being humiliated before, Chase decides to make a fool out of Tuck, leader of the 410, by leaving a dead fish in the vent of his home. Not wanting a new crew to compete with, the 410 warn Andie's new crew to stay out of the Streets or there will be consequences. Tuck finds Chase and assaults him because of the prank. Chase comes into school the next day badly bruised and hurt. On top of that the 410 also had trashed the dance studio. Director Collins forbids the school from being involved in these types of competitions and expels Andie from MSA because of her involvement with the Streets competition; she proclaims herself the sole participant to protect her teammates. Chase attempts to defend her, but Director Collins is too busy with an upcoming MSA fundraiser to let her back in. On the night of the fundraiser, Andie receives a text message that the Streets is on that night. Along with Andie, her whole crew gets the text message. They decide to ditch the MSA fundraiser to compete at the Streets. When Director Collins goes in search of his students, he ends up at the Streets as well. He sees them compete and realizes that the street dancing he has been opposing is in fact a legitimate form of artistic expression. He accepts Andie back into MSA. Andie's crew is now her supportive group of friends and her education is now secured.

Plot from Step Up 2: The StreetsCC BY-SA 4.0