Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #470 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-07-23
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
• Formats: PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Hindi, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, Swedish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 110 minutes

Amazon.com
At its core, Stomp the Yard is a romantic drama disguised as a dance film. Or is it the other way around? DJ (Columbus Short) is a troubled teen from Los Angeles who gets a chance for a better life when he is admitted into Atlanta's privileged Truth University. Just when he thought he had escaped a life of gangs, DJ finds himself in the middle of a "war" between two upper-crust fraternities where stepping (a popular dance form) is their weapon of choice. When DJ realises the girl he falls for is the girlfriend of the school's champion stepper, he joins the rival fraternity to try show her--and himself--that he's as good as anyone else there. Stomp the Yard is not the most original film. Add some drums and you've got Drumline. Change some of the characters around and you've got Save the Last Dance. What sets the movie apart is the stepping. The precision involved at this level is impressively complicated and Short--a dancer and choreographer--is beautifully expressive both as an actor and a dancer. Sure the plot is predictable and hokey at times, but Short and Meagan Good (as his crush April) have wonderful chemistry together, and the supporting cast--including Harry J. Lennix as DJ's no-nonsense uncle--are delightful to watch. --Jae-Ha Kim

Synopsis
What is the difference between a gang and a team? DJ Williams (Columbus Short) is forced to confront this question, along with the usual post-adolescent romantic and family conflicts, when his well-meaning uncle (Harry Lennix) enrolls him at his Atlanta alma mater, Truth University. His enrolment is part of a plea bargain that will save him from being imprisoned, and it is also a last resort to rescue him from the LA gang life that has already claimed his beloved brother. An avid and remarkably gifted hip-hop dancer, DJ is quickly solicited by two fraternities who want to make use of his skills on their respective step teams. DJ resists at first, equating fraternities and stepping as stultifying, upper-class activities. Eventually DJ warms to the underdog fraternity and, with his amazing krumping, clowning, and breaking, transforms the team. More importantly, the team transforms him, providing a creative outlet and a character-building support network that help cushion the blows life keeps dealing. While the drama incorporates many overly familiar themes and subplots, the main hook is the spectacular step dancing, shot in a dynamic, quick-cut style that emphasizes the muscularity, inventiveness, and stirring teamwork required. The final quotation from Dr. Martin Luther King drives home the film's message: 'Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education'.

Customer Reviews

You Got Served remake...
I loved the film, You Got Served, but this is terrible! Everything about this film is a blatant copy of the film just mentioned. The actors (if you look closely at the dancers, you'll spot familiar faces), the fatal shooting, the departure and re-arrival of an important member of the team at a crucial point in the storyline, the girlfriend causing tension, the announcement of the 'winner'...
Unfortunately, its not easy to tell if the dancing is any good as theres too much fancy camera work and shooting from different angles and slowing down the framework... Disappointing...

brilliant
this film is great and a must have for all hip hop lovers (whether its the music, dancing or both), the ending is a bit predictable but apart from that a great film!

It's about the moves and music
Dance movies should have their own category. It's about the moves and the music, not the storyline. We all know the storyline to each dance movie; leading role has troublesome past/present, leading role meets pretty boy/girl, leading role has epiphany.
We don't care, we want to see some steps and hear some good beats. This movie is full of win on that account.