![]() There also is the brilliant rich girl who chooses to hang out on the street and dance instead of heading to Princeton (now THAT'S a good idea). The 'kids' are about to lose their clubhouse, so they decide to put on a show to raise the funds to fix it up and keep the city from giving it to evil developers. As for the plot, believe it or not, is a re-tread of an old Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland film. And, they repeatedly use the word 'whack'-need I say more?! Because the film is essentially just dancing, little was left for decent dialog (it often is VERY bad and the characters are mere caricatures). To make it worse, their clothing consists of one fashion travesty after another. Sometimes the dances are incredible (such as the athleticism of the break dancing)-but much of it is just stupid. Mostly, it's one dance number after another after another. "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo" is a film with very, very little plot. See the hospital dance scene and the Combat Dance portions and you'll understand. Well, I am certainly NOT going to tell her about this film-otherwise she'll never let me forget about this! It features the worst clothing, highly infectious and repetitive music (while not bad at first, it makes your brain melt a bit after a while) and the most inane qualities in a film of the era. Reviewed by MartinHafer 2 / 10 I am NEVER mentioning this film to my kids! But it is kind of fun.in a totally mindless way!Ī while back, my youngest daughter was telling me how awful she thought fashions were back in the 1980s. The outrageous 80's clothes and hairstyles give this film a certain gnarly period charm. In addition, rapper Ice-T growls out a couple of songs. Moreover, Lucinda Dickey, Adolfo "Shabba-Doo" Quinones, and Michael "Boogaloo Shrimp" Chambers make for very likeable and appealing leads. ![]() Delightfully inane highlights include a frantic dance off between rival break dancing gangs, a hysterical dance sequence set in a hospital, and one guy dancing all over the walls and the ceiling. ![]() ![]() Reviewed by Woodyanders 8 / 10 So much giddy and goofy 80's funĪ group of determined and resourceful break dancers band together to stop an evil greedy developer (an admirably sincere performance by Peter MacLean) from demolishing a local community center in East Los Angeles.ĭirector Sam Firstenberg brings an infectiously cheerful vitality to the silly shopworn premise: The abundance of tremendous joy and vibrancy evident from start to finish is impossible to either resist or dislike, plus it's an absolute hoot to see cops, nurses, doctors, little kids, and even construction workers poppin' and lockin' for all it's worth. ![]()
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