Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam

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This article is about the movie. For the titular video game, see Camp Rock: The Final Jam. For the official soundtrack, see Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam Soundtrack.

"Okay, I can't stand it. Tell her."This article contains spoilers! The information in the article below contains spoilers for the Camp Rock series. Please watch the movie(s) in question if you haven't seen them already. "This Summer It's All About The Music" ―Tagline

Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam

Genre

Coming of AgeComedy-DramaMusical

Writer

Dan BerendsenKarin GistRegina Hicks

Director

Paul Hoen

Producer

Kevin Lafferty

Distributor

Disney-ABC Domestic Television

Release

September 3, 2010

Language

English (originally)

Company

Coin Flip ProductionsAlan Sacks Productions

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Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam is a 2010 American musical television film. This is also the 81st Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM). This is a sequel to Camp Rock, which had a premiere two years prior. It was filmed in Toronto, Ontario and at camps near the city. The movie aired on September 3, 2010 on Disney Channel in the United States, and Family Channel in Canada.

1 Synopsis
2 Plot
3 Production
4 Cast
5 Reception
6 Critical response
7 Promotions
- 7.1 Premiere Weekend
- 7.2 The Road to Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
- 7.3 Countdown
8 Home media
9 External links
10 Gallery

Synopsis

The film continues the story of Mitchie Torres and her friends as they return to Camp Rock for another summer of music and fun. However this time, a rival camp called Camp Star, led by Axel Turner, threatens to take away Camp Rock's spotlight.

As the two camps compete in a musical battle known as "The Final Jam", tensions rise, friendships are tested, and romance blossoms. Mitchie and Shane Gray face challenges in their relationship due to the intense competition.

Warning: You can skip up to the production section, if anyone doesn't want to read about the events in the story.

Plot

The movie opens when Mitchie Torres returns to Camp Rock to be reunited with all her campers ("Brand New Day"), especially Shane Gray. They both decide to spend the summer by knowing each other better. Shane and his bandmates, Jason and Nate arrives at camp in a chicken wagon after their bus had fallen into the lake.

Meanwhile, a new state-of-the-art music/performance camp located across the lake called Camp Star, invites Camp Rock to attend a friendly bonfire ("Fire"). After seeing Camp Star's performance headlined by Luke Williams, Camp Star's top stars, Camp Star have lured away many of Camp Rock instructors and campers—putting the future of Camp Rock in jeopardy. Some campers, including former Camp Rock star Tess Tyler, decide to leave Camp Rock and join Camp Star. Many of the staff also leave due to the fact that Camp Star's owner Axel Turner promises to double their salaries. He also adds that the cabins are air conditioned. Tess quickly becomes partners with Luke on all of Camp Star's performances. Although they perform very well together and look like they make a great team, they constantly fight over the spotlight.

Meanwhile, Nate falls in love with Dana Turner, daughter of Axel; however, Dana's father refuses to let her meet him because he is the competition. Since most of Camp Rock's staff has left, Mitchie and her friends who have stayed behind take it upon themselves to be Camp Rock counselors ("Can't Back Down"). At first, the new counselors struggle to keep up with their new schedules. But eventually, everyone finds their niche.

When discussing the future of Camp Rock, Mitchie and her friends plan a showdown between the two camps at Final Jam ("It's On"). Camp Star agrees as Axel suggests they should challenge each other to Camp Wars, a showdown being broadcast live on TV. At first Mitchie is persistent and the other Camp Rock members are not that into it. But they learn that together they can win. Shane wants to go on a date with Mitchie but she is too focused on the Camp Wars to agree ("Wouldn't Change A Thing"). The next day Shane realizes Mitchie was right, so he, and the whole camp, put their heart and soul into it ("Heart and Soul").

Jason and the Junior stars are watching Tess and Luke perform during their rehearsal ("Walking In My Shoes"). Axel texts and tweets every mobile phone in the western hemisphere persuading people to vote for Camp Star. At the Final Jam, Tess and Luke perform their ("Tear It Down"). Although Camp Rock put their heart and soul into their performance with Shane and Mitchie singing lead vocals, the rest of the campers as dancers and musicians, and a video made by Trevor of their time together airing during the song ("What We Came Here For"). Camp Star wins presumably due to Axel's biased ad campaign, which leaves Mitchie and her friends devastated as it means that Camp Rock will now have to close down. Despite the loss, Camp Rock's performance earns great applause from the crowd and Tess is shown to feel bad about the win as she knows Camp Rock deserved it.

The remaining Camp Rock staff and campers return to Camp Rock. Whilst packing up banners, Mitchie and Shane share a kiss. Afterwards, all the campers and staff gather and sing around the campfire one last time together ("This Is Our Song"). As they enjoy themselves, many of Camp Star's campers including Tess and Dana show up having seen the bonfire and ask to join in. Tess and some other members of Camp Star request to go to Camp Rock the next summer because it is much more fun than Camp Star, meaning that Camp Rock will have enough campers to remain open for the next summer.

Production

Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam was filmed at YMCA Camp Wanakita in Haliburton, Ontario and Kilcoo Camp in Minden, Ontario beginning in August 2009. Before they announced the sequel, Aaryn Doyle revealed via her Twitter that she didn't reprise her role in the sequel because her manager was fired so he didn't try to get her signed up. Reportedly, the hardest scene to film was the opening number "Brand New Day" due to inclement weather. The mess hall scenes, including the dance number "Can't Back Down", were filmed at a studio, not on the actual set.

Cast

Demi Lovato as Mitchie Torres
Joe Jonas as Shane Gray
Nick Jonas as Nate Gray
Kevin Jonas as Jason Gray
Meaghan Jette Martin as Tess Tyler
Alyson Stoner as Caitlyn Gellar
Matthew "Mdot" Finley as Luke Williams
Anna Maria Perez de Tagle as Ella Pador
Jasmine Richards as Margaret Dupree
Jordan Francis as Barron James
Roshon Fegan as Sander Loya
Maria Canals Barrera as Connie Torres
Daniel Fathers as Brown Cesario
Chloe Bridges as Dana Turner
Daniel Kash as Axel Turner
Frankie Jonas as Trevor Kendall
Robert Feggans as Oliver Jeremy
Arisa Cox as Georgina Farlow

Reception

The film garnered 7.9 million viewers on its premiere night, the most for a movie on cable television in 2010 and the most any cable program that week (August 30 - September 5). The movie was also simulcast on Radio Disney, similar to the first installment of the franchise, but it is unknown if the ratings included the Radio Disney audience.

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 63% based on 5 reviews and an average of 6.1/10. Jennifer Armstrong from Entertainment Weekly enjoyed the film and called the performance of Demi Lovato "dependently appealing".

Promotions

Premiere Weekend

The Road to Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam

Disney Channel started a mini-series called The Road to Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. This mini-series included interviews from the cast and trivia about the movie.