“Stomp the Yard” adds nothing to any of the genres it works in.Ĭonsidering it’s the main selling point of the film, a lot of time and attention has been given to the dance routines, and the choreography by Dave Scott is first rate. It’s all been done better by much better films, and will no doubt be done better again in the future. It would be an understatement to suggest that there is nothing remotely novel about “Stomp the Yard’s” themes or approach. It touches on themes of classism and the use of education and true fraternity as the only real way to combat poverty and it’s attendant crime. Needless to say, however you think the story goes, you’re probably right. In an effort to show Grant up and get April’s attention he joins the opposing fraternity, but despite himself he soon, oh god, it’s so clichéd I can’t even finish writing it. And none of it, beyond the dancing, any good.Īt first feeling isolated and alone, DJ starts to open up when he encounters beautiful co-ed April (Meagan Good), who is unfortunately involved with the local step line champ and all-around jerk, Grant (Darrin Dewitt Henson). It’s a little bit of a musical, a little bit of a sports film, a little bit coming-of-age story.
But first he has to get over the guilt he feels for his brother’s (Chris Brown) death and reengage with life again, and the way to do that just might be the local fraternities step line. After barely surviving a deadly street fight, young DJ (Columbus Short) is packed off to Atlanta to attend fictional Truth University (an amalgam of sorts of Howard University and Morehouse College) and possibly rise above the circumstances of his life.
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