While attending college in Cape Town, Melea Martin loses her scholarship and must find money to pay for the rest of her semester and finish her thesis project.
Director: Bille Woodruff
Stars: Cassie Ventura, Kenny Wormald, Dena Kaplan, Sibongile Mlambo, Clayton Evertson.
(no choreographer credit)
Watched online, fuzzy print.
Lots of songs in the Soundtracks. Lots and lots of dancing, all hip-hop: battles, rehearsals, finally the show.
I didn't catch what the link is to the prior Honey films. None of the cast were credited in Honey 2 (2011), 6-, only 5 crew in common, including producer Marc Platt and dir. These are the only 2 in common between this film and the original Honey (2003), 6. I suppose the plot of a woman dancer trying to establish herself as choreographer/ studio owner is common to all.
KW stands out for his dancing. All the dancing is pretty good, but he's just that much better. No trace of his non-hip-hop background: he was in Center Stage: Turn It Up (2008), 6+ and danced both h-h and ballet.
Something falls short here, as with Honey 2. Too much editing during dances, shrug-worthy plot.
Rated 5.4 (1,276)
Universal & more, dir. Woodruff; 6-
