Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)

User Rating:

3.9/10   

Director:

Sam Firstenberg

Writers:

Charles Parker (characters) &
Allen DeBevoise (characters) ...

Release Date:

21 December 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Musical

Tagline:

If you can't beat the system...break it!

Plot:

A developer tries to bulldoze a community recreation center. The local breakdancers try to stop it. |

Plot Keywords:

Cult Comedy | Breakdance | Cult Favorite | Breakdancing | Sequel To Cult Comedy

Cast

Lucinda Dickey	...	Kelly
Adolfo Quinones	...	Ozone (as Adolfo 'Shabba-Doo' Quinones)
Michael Chambers	...	Turbo (as Michael 'Boogaloo Shrimp' Chambers)
Susie Coelho	...	Rhonda (as Susie Bono)
Harry Caesar	...	Byron
Jo De Winter	...	Mrs. Bennett
John Christy Ewing	...	Mr. Bennett
Steve Notario	...	Strobe / Electro-Rockers Dancer (as Steve 'Sugarfoot' Notario)
Sabrina García	...	Lucia
Lu Leonard	...	Head Nurse
Ken Olfson	...	Randall
Peter MacLean	...	Mr. Douglas
Herb Mitchell	...	Stanley
Sandy Lipton	...	Mrs. Snyder
William Cort	...	Howard Howard

Also Known As:

Breakin' 2 is Electric Boogaloo (USA) (promotional title)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (TVC)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:G | Sweden:Btl | USA:PG

Company:

Cannon Films

Trivia:

Movie was inspired by the events. The Radio-Tron was a youth center located in the MacArthur Park area and faced demolition. Youth director, Carmelo Alvarez, rallied the youth and community to march to Los Angeles City Hall in the effort to save the Radio-Tron.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Turbo's girlfriend visits him in the hospital, she comes out of the locker and closes it behind her. In the next shot, the locker door is wide open.

Quotes:

Rhonda: I want you to stay away from that girl!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Incredible Melting Man (#8.4)" (1996)

Soundtrack:

Do Your Thang

The "HARD-BOILED" of breakdance movies!!!

This is the film dreams are made of. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo is non-stop entertainment with maximum jammage. I love this movie, it seems that cheesiness knows no bounds. Every ten minutes there is a relentless dance sequence that reminds me of a John Woo action sequence, it is both well choreographed and ridiculously crazy. The story is so standard and formulaic there is almost no need to worry about what the hell is going on except for another boogaloo around the corner. The performances by the actors are just stomach-churningly hilarious and whenever Shabba-Do randomly zips up his pants you can't help but roll on the floor in hysterics. As the films progress it slowly loses it's grip on reality which is shown in a dancing on the ceiling breakdown, a crazy hospital number, and the character's willingness to die for a community center! Costume changes are made every 5 minutes or so and boy are there a lot of costumes, I find it very hard to believe that some point in time this was considered cool. Or was it? Anyways if you are looking for the most relentless cheese this side of King Solomon's Mines (1985) then get down with the boogaloo, Electric Boogaloo that is.