Honey 2 (2011)

5% of critics liked it
(20 reviews)
45% of users liked it
(2,749 ratings)

The legacy of legendary dancer and choreographer Honey Daniels lives on in spirited 17-year-old Maria Bennett. After a brush with the law, Maria has returned to her gritty Bronx roots to rebuild her life with nothing but a talent for street dance and a burning ambition to prove herself. She finds… More The legacy of legendary dancer and choreographer Honey Daniels lives on in spirited 17-year-old Maria Bennett. After a brush with the law, Maria has returned to her gritty Bronx roots to rebuild her life with nothing but a talent for street dance and a burning ambition to prove herself. She finds refuge in the place that made her feel most alive as kid-the rec center where Honey's exuberant classes first ignited her passion for dance. Keeping on the straight and narrow means living with Honey's mom Connie and holding down a job just to make ends meet. But a rare night out at a local dance club gives her an opportunity to let loose with a joy and energy she had almost forgotten. Maria's killer moves catch the eye of Brandon, a Rec Center volunteer, who invites her to help him transform a group of gifted but undisciplined dancers called the HD's. Maria's skills also attract the attention of her old boyfriend Luis, the charismatic leader of the award-winning 718 dance crew, who hopes to lure her back into the street world she is trying to escape. Seeing a chance at creating a new and meaningful life, Maria pours her heart and soul into dance and begins training the HDs to compete on the television dance competition "Dance or Die"-which means going up against the 718 and Luis. Like Honey before her, Maria rediscovers the thrill of dancing as she finds out who she truly is and where she belongs.

Rating, Runtime: PG-13, 1 hr. 51 min.
Directed By: Bille Woodruff
Genres: Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy

On DVD: Feb 21, 2012

Critic Reviews

Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures
For dance fans, it'll work. But for anyone else watching the movie, there are better films out there, and who's going to watch this if they're not a dance fan?
Sandie Angulo Chen, Common Sense Media
Pointless sequel is a waste of time, too mature for tweens.
Shaun Munro, What Culture
It's a sequel nobody asked for, and unsurprisingly, it sucks.
Sophie Ivan, Film4
About as emotionally profound as a tampon advert, and probably less suspenseful...
Philip French, Guardian [UK]
This genre is now as conventionalised as kabuki and noh theatres in its acrobatic choreography and dramatic cliches.
Graham Young, Birmingham Mail
Just like every other modern dance movie you've ever seen only with less plot and little drama.
Derek Malcolm, This is London
Nearly every dance film cliché is done to death here, but at least the hip-hoppery is spectacular, played out before a panel of judges who make Cheryl Cole look like a genius.
Caroline Jowett, Daily Express
The dance sequences have a certain energy and aggressiveness but the plot is predictable, the performances are bland and the dialogue makes your toes curl.
David Edwards, Daily Mirror [UK]
A two leftfooted, choreographed-within-an-inch-of-its-life, teen movie.
James O'Brien, Daily Mail [UK]
It does at least deliver decent dancing. But so do many music videos, and they struggle to sustain interest over four minutes, let alone the 112 that this will steal from you.
Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK]
If only it was a sequel to Bee Movie.
Tim Robey, Daily Telegraph
Compared with the redemptive pizzazz of something like Streetdance 3D, there's a soul-crushing, lockstep quality to the lighting, the editing, and the soundtrack.
Karen Krizanovich, Radio Times
Its script seems to have been written by children.
Roz Laws, Birmingham Post
Even the outtakes over the end credits aren't funny.
Matthew Turner, ViewLondon
Has its fair share of so-bad-it's-good moments.
Tim Evans, Sky Movies
We've jitterbugged down this path of talented-street-dancing-kid-making-it-to-the-big-time so many times before it's a wonder it doesn't have its own heritage trail through the streets of New York.
Anna Smith, Time Out
It's fine for the genre, but one day it'd be great to see an urban dance flick with more ambition.