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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