Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Sam Firstenberg

Writers:

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

Release Date:

21 December 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Musical

Tagline:

25 Years On and Still the Breakdance Classic

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)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

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

Company:

Cannon Films

Trivia:

To film a scene where dancers breakdance on walls, the makers borrowed the rotating room from _Nightmare On Elm Street, A (1984)_. To show thanks, a picture of Freddy's glove is hanging on the wall.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the scene where Turbo dances all around the room, there is a hole in the ceiling (close to the skylight) through which one can see the movement as they spin the room around to create the illusion.

Quotes:

Ozone: Girls are whack, man!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Clerks: The Last Episode Ever (#1.6)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

Action

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.