You Got Served (2004)

User Rating:

2.5/10   

Director:

Chris Stokes

Writer:

Chris Stokes (written by)

Release Date:

30 January 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Music | Sport

Tagline:

If you want respect, you've got to take it

Plot:

In order to achieve their dream of opening a recording studio, two friends (Omarion, Houston) must first win their city's dance contest -- a fierce competition that pits them against a group of tough street dancers.

Plot Keywords:

Dance Contest | Für Elise | Break Dance | Teamwork | Hip Hop

Awards:

1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Omarion Grandberry	...	David (as Omari Grandberry)
Marques Houston	...	Elgin
Jennifer Freeman	...	Liyah
J-Boog	...	Rico (as Jarell Houston)
Lil' Fizz	...	Rashann (as Dreux Frederic)
Raz B	...	Vick (as DeMario Thornton)
Marty Dew	...	Marty
Jerome Jones	...	Sonny
Tanee McCall	...	Toya (as Tuere 'Tanee' McCall)
Malcolm David Kelley	...	Lil Saint
Meagan Good	...	Beautifull
Steve Harvey	...	Mr. Rad
Christopher Jones	...	Wade
Robert Hoffman	...	Max (as Robert James Hoffman III)
Michael Taliferro	...	Emerald (as Michael 'Bear' Taliferro)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements and sexual references.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Malaysia:18PL | Iceland:L | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Germany:6 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Screen Gems

Trivia:

An instructional dance video companion to the film called You Got Served, Take It to the Streets (2004) (V) was released shortly after the movie came out on DVD. The 1984 dance movie that was the main influence for "You Got Served", Breakin' (1984), also had its own instructional dance video companion released shortly after it came out on VHS.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the Big Bounce, before the Dance Off begins between The Lil Saints and the crew in black, Lil Kim says that the music will play for five minutes and when she says "stop" they must stop dancing. But she never actually says stop, the music just fades out and the dancers stop dancing.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mr. Rad: Time. Yeah. Now that's what I'm talking about. Yeah! I like it like this. These two crews right here is what I call bad. I'm talking bad as in utter bad. But it's up to you to decide which crew walks away with this here $600 in the hat.
[crowd cheers]
Mr. Rad: Okay, let's settle down. Let's settle down, now. Now, by round of applause, you decide who the baddest crew is tonight. Let's hear it for Vick's crew.
[cheers, applause]
Mr. Rad: All right, let's hear it for David and Elgin's crew.
[louder cheers]
Mr. Rad: Well, well, well. Seems to me like the money in the hat goes to David and Elgin.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Robot Chicken: Nutcracker Sweet (#1.2)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Pump Me Up

Like Polio, this should be wiped from the face of the Earth.

Let's start off with the best part of the movie. Steve Harvey. This man is usually funny, or at least mildly humourous. In this movie, he had maybe 5 lines, all of them not funny. We would believe that he, as a dance off judge, has more power than the apparent bad ass "gansta" boss.

The dancing looked good. I commend the people in the movie for their talent, but the movie stank. Like an old septic system. The acting was substandard at best, the direction poor, timing lousy and the characters were 2 dimensional. Not to mention that the "competition" movie is a terrible cliche.

I wanted to write a better review, but I feel as if a percentage of my brain wasted away while watching this horrible thing.

Don't bother with it.