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'All In' is a lesser effort in this franchise, but not without its charms.

Reuniting, or really, introducing, the gang is a gimmick. It's also self-destructive-cramming in all these characters chokes up the plot, and who watches a Step Up for the plot?

It's the rare movie that knows its limitations, but also understands how to use form to best convey its strengths ...

When the cast isn't dexterously spinning, 'All In' turns into a promotional video for Caesars Palace.

The dancing is the star of any of these movies, and Sie knows when to get out of the way and let it do the heavy lifting.

Even by the standards of this franchise-and this genre in general-'Step Up All In' is pretty laughable.

Step Up: All In has a few dazzling sequences, including the final dance-off, that are effective as minor spectacle, but there's never reason to care.

Step Up isn't high art, but it is the Fast & Furious of dance flicks.

The dancing is king. So if you can't stand the heat of competition, stay out of the kitchen.

When you remove the popping, locking, crunking and breaking from the equation, what is left is ... melodrama, shorthanded plotting, and lame characterisation.

Step Up All In is spectacle wrapped in story, but it's the juicy delicious centre which we all crave.

Usually these films kick off with a splashy ensemble number to get everyone in the mood but here instead there's a deliberately deflating audition montage.