Talented dancer-actor Columbus Short stars as DJ, an LA street hoofer who gets into some serious, shooter-related bother with the law. This being factory-farmed feelgood fare of the highest order, however, he is not immediately carted off to Juvie but instead lands the rather more cushy option of Atlanta’s Truth University. Here, his badass, ghetto-certified moves pop a metaphorical cap in the ass of the hotly contested national step dance competition.
Stomp has little to recommend it save the raucous intensity of its dance numbers — and even they smack of overkill. It’s as if everyone knows the script is lousy and is desperately trying to compensate, but their best efforts just aren’t enough.
