Zoro, the city's hottest and most elusive graffiti writer. The actual story of the movie concerns the tension between Zoro's passion for his art and his personal life, particularly his ... See full summary »
Director:
Charlie Ahearn
Stars:
'Lee' George Quinones,
Lady Pink,
Fab 5 Freddy
A documentary that exposes the rich growing subculture of hip-hop that was developing in New York City in the late '70s and early '80s, specifically focusing on graffiti art and breakdancing.
A troubled yet gifted young street dancer can help a famed dancer/choreographer to redeem himself, while winning the heart of a beautiful dancer, but will his violent past, personal demons, and the chip on his shoulder let him?
Jason, a Bruce Lee fan, sees his karate instructor/dad beaten by martial art thugs. They move to Seattle where, after humiliations, he trains with Bruce Lee's ghost so he can defend himself and others against thugs.
Director:
Corey Yuen
Stars:
Kurt McKinney,
Jean-Claude Van Damme,
J.W. Fails
The story of a woman's love for two young men. Antwerp, 1940. Lieve marries Adriaan, a Flemish idealist who is drawn towards Germany by the occupation to the Eastern Front. She shelters the... See full summary »
Director:
André Delvaux
Stars:
Marie-Christine Barrault,
Rutger Hauer,
Roger Van Hool
A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the ... See full summary »
Director:
Eriq La Salle
Stars:
Don Cheadle,
James Earl Jones,
Michael Beach
Two African-Americans and two Puerto-Ricans (though one pretends to be Italian) go out on the town on a Friday night. They will be forced to get to know each other, and even worst, learn to... See full summary »
Michael Chambers (Boogaloo Shrimp), and Bruno Falcon (Pop 'N' Taco), are credited as teaching Michael Jackson how to Moonwalk and Pop-Lock. Chambers showed him, "The Moonwalk", and Falcon showed him, "Pop-Locking", however, Jackson already knew, "The Robot", as evident in the Jackson5 music video, "Dancing Machine" (1974) See more »
Goofs
When Franco walks up to the Main Judge, he's holding his cigar away from his chest and in the next shot when he tells Franco to "Go Away" its up to his face. See more »
Quotes
Franco:
And who might you be?
Ozone:
Orlando. Choreographer. Dancer!
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Breakin may have been made for one sole purpose to cash in on the break dancing phase but it's still a great film. Yeah the plot 's a bit contrived but who cares the soundtrack and dancing are great and that's all that matters.
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Breakin may have been made for one sole purpose to cash in on the break dancing phase but it's still a great film. Yeah the plot 's a bit contrived but who cares the soundtrack and dancing are great and that's all that matters.