Honey 2

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Honey 2
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Dutch theatrical release poster
Directed by Bille Woodruff
Screenplay by Blayne Weaver
Alyson Fouse
Story byBlayne Weaver
Based onCharacters
by Alonzo Brown
Kim Watson
Produced byPaul Hellerman
Starring Kat Graham
Randy Wayne
Seychelle Gabriel
Lonette McKee
Cinematography Dave Klein
Edited byPaul Millspaugh
Music bySam Retzer
Tim Boland
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • June 10, 2011 (2011-06-10)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$8,775,693 [1]

Honey 2 is a 2011 American dance film and a sequel to the 2003 film Honey , directed by Bille Woodruff, who directed the original film. It stars Kat Graham, Randy Wayne, Seychelle Gabriel and Lonette McKee, reprising her role as Connie Daniels, the mother of Honey Daniels from the first film. The film was released to cinemas in United Kingdom on June 10, 2011 and straight-to-video in the United States on February 21, 2012 on DVD and Blu-ray. [2]

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The film was followed by two straight-to-video sequels, Honey 3: Dare to Dance (2016) and Honey: Rise Up and Dance (2018).

Plot

17-year-old Maria Bennett (Kat Graham) returns from juvie 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 a kid at 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 mother Connie (Lonette McKee) and holding down a job. Wanting to start over, as being with her old crew landed her in juvi, she joins the HD crew. She wants to give pay back to her old crew (the 718 Crew) and ex-boyfriend Luis (Christopher Martinez) after realizing the bad influence they continue to have.

Maria convinces HD to audition to compete on the television dance competition "Dance Battlezone" which means going up against the 718. The 718 tries to demotivate HD in a street dance-off, and manages to temporarily poach Tina from HD after. Once they involve her in stealing, she realises they are bad news, and begs HD to take her back.

Maria finds passion, romance (with Brandon, NYU student and fellow HD member), and hard work in the HD crew while realizing why she started dancing in the first place.

Cast

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 10% of 21 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 3.7/10.The website's consensus reads, "Stop the music, Honey has fallen off track in this unwanted sequel of banal missteps." [3]

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References

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