★ 10 / 10
I grew up in the 80's had my
Matt S
I grew up in the 80's had my beat box, seen beat street, popping locking spinning on an old bit of vinyl you found at the back of a skip somewhere. It's just…
I grew up in the 80's had my beat box, seen beat street, popping locking spinning on an old bit of vinyl you found at the back of a skip somewhere. It's just an uplifting movie, sure it can be a bit cheesy in parts, great sound track chaka Khan, feel good message, certainly better than the rubbish that's being put out now, big up for this film.
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★ 9 / 10
For Hip Hop Headz & Dancers in general
timmy b
For Hip Hop Headz & Dancers in general, this Film is mad prolific. The Style, Soundtrack & especially the Dance is way Dope. It sits as a legendary classic in…
For Hip Hop Headz & Dancers in general, this Film is mad prolific. The Style, Soundtrack & especially the Dance is way Dope.
It sits as a legendary classic in the Hip Hop zeitgeist.
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★ 10 / 10
This is THE breakdancing movie to me. HIGHLY
JP h
This is THE breakdancing movie to me. HIGHLY underated so much so movies after it like "Body Rock" bit the whole concept and imitation is the highest form of…
This is THE breakdancing movie to me. HIGHLY underated so much so movies after it like "Body Rock" bit the whole concept and imitation is the highest form of flattery.
It works so well because all the "actors" were DANCERS 1st. REAL SKILLS over acting is ALWAYS best. This movie captures the spirit of breaking in so many ways. Lucinda Dickey captures the innocence of someone just learning and enamoured with the dance, and Shaba Doo really encapsulates that ahole Crazy Legs type of hardcore person trying to guard the art from outsiders.
It really captures those types of people, which were many in breaking as most triedt to "keep it real," and that concept really doesn't exist in today's society anymore. People just bite and fake and do whatever to get by on image, not skills. ORIGINALLY, all the aspects of hip hop were about creativity and skills from rappers and DJs battling to breakers/dancers, not so much anymore. It's all about looks now and fitting that look. Meanwhile in this film Lucinda Dickey was able to use her dance and gymnastics pretty much how breakers then and today have, mixing it with breaking. She had a HUGE learning curve to just learn breaking in a few weeks, which makes no sense as I did it for YEARS and it wasn't for several until it really came together for me. So big props to her and of course all the cast for breaking
I LOVE that the "love story" is SECONDARY to the breaking, which is atypical for an 80s flick. There is no STUPID LAME 80s makeout scene. The romance between Kelly and Ozone is there but it isn't and it makes sense in the characters' world because Ozone/Shabba Doo is an angry artist who is incapable of love, and I'm sure Lucinda/Kelly could've sensed that so it wouldn't make sense for a deep romance to exist between the characters tho there is something like a shared respect and a possibility of a romantic relationship but it just isn't there, SO DANCE is where both of those characters put their passion. And I LOVE that. It's about the dance and art in the movie 1st.
Great skills, fun to watch, decent story, and Lucinda Dickey is a skilled BABE from heaven! Awesome movie, and I'm glad she got to star in it and have fun as a dancer who came to Hollywood to make it, it was her dream come true.
I love that she thinks only people care about Ozone and Turbo, they were great as typical breakdancers, but let's face it, it's ALWAYS about the underdog and outsiders and we're always on their side because we've all been there b4. Kudos to Lucinda Dickey for taking on the role, which from all accounts Shabba Doo made it hard for her, and most poeple wouldn't sign up for a part 2 AND 3, which Lucinda Dickey had done.
I wish they would've made a Breakin 3 cuz who knows how it would've been.
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Childhood movie. Thanx