City kid Ren MacCormack moves to a small town where rock 'n' roll and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.
What? Don't roll your eyes, sometimes, in order to appreciate intellectual films, one has to cleanse one's pallet with, shall we say, something that requires little to no thinking! The story is simple - a boy moves from Boston to a small hick town called Bomont. He's a gymnast (cool, right?), with a rebellious streak (like I'm sure they all have). He goes to this town, where some kids died because they were idiots who drank and drove to their own deaths - but because they had been dancing, the towns folk decided that ALL DANCING will lead to your death - so it's banned. Well, naturally. It's what I'd do. Don't ban the alcohol the kids somehow got hold off, ban the dance!
Of course, this leads to kids (aided by some cooler adults) starting a kind of underground dance scene. Mostly they do sexy line-dancing, but some of them break out some stellar hip-hip moves. All in cowboy boots, mind. HIP!
There's a girl who has a chip on her shoulder for no reason, and the boy who likes to rebel despite the fact that it's not really believable in his character and of course it's a love hate relationship.
Oh, and there's this one boy... wait, you're gonna love this, there's this one boy who CAN'T dance. He just can't do it. God, how dare he not be able to dance. It's a secret though, and the rebellious little gymnast decides to teach him, and lo and behold -not to spoil - but, well, he's quite the natural in the end. Boy, can he dance!
In between all of this fun, there's a love rivalry, an uprising of the kids who want to dance and are trying to overthrow the stupidest law you ever did hear in the wild west, and of course a big party at the end - which comes only after the brutal fight which normally would lead to people being hospitalised because of how over the top it actually is (yeah, hit me with the wing-mirror of the car, and that crowbar... I'll be fine, I swear!). What can I say? Entertaining it was - but also cringe-worthy. I had to look away at some parts because I was ashamed FOR them!
Final Verdict: 2.5 stars - it's watch-able, but it's no Step-Up!
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