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Watch this for the dancing!
I highly recommend this movie for the dance scenes alone, people unfamilar with break dancing will simply be amazed. The highlight for me is Michael "Boogaloo Shrimp" (Turbo) Chambers' skill. The scene where he dances with a broom is outstanding, magical and a very good display of body control. Ginuwine, who is an incredible dancer in his own right, actually copied Chambers' scene in one of his recent videos. Anyway Michael Jackson brought us some unbelievable displays of dancing talent but I think Chambers is the best dancer I've ever seen.

The lines from Breakin' are cheesy, don't watch it for scenerio, watch it for the dance scenes, the music is also great and from a long gone era. Adolfo "Shabbo Doo" (Ozon) Quinones also showed some mad skillz , as did their main competitor in the movie, Bruno "Pop N' Taco" Falcon. People still use break dance-type moves in videos and concerts and what-not but one doesn't really see break dancers around these days per se and that's a bit sad, because in my mind the people doing it were great dancers!

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Body Rockin' '80s Classic!
I purchased the soundtrack when this movie came out in 1984, but I never really saw the complete movie. When it was on TV, I always seemed to catch the last half-hour. Luckily, I was able to find a new VHS copy, and I must say it's one of my favourite movies in my collection. It stars Lucinda Dickey as an up & coming dancer who befriends two breakdancers (Adolpho Quinones & Michael Chambers)who fight for the respect of the dance community to get break dancing taken as a serious art form. The soundtrack is still great after all of these years, and the story is total '80s "breakploitation". Even though it has been criticized for being total trash, and plagued with bad acting, just remember that this movie was the starting vehicle for all the actors involved. I never found the acting THAT BAD. It's a movie that will WOW you with solid jams, and hype mid-'80s fashion, plus lots of high energy breakdancing and other forms of modern dance that make the film interesting & entertaining. I was lucky to find a new VHS copy of this movie, but it would be nice if it was available on DVD in North America. In conclusion, if you really like '80s movies, then this one will not disappoint.

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when Hip-Hop was innocent .....just a good time
When this movie came out the spring of 84 me and my freinds went to the theatre and learned every move from these brillant dancers who put every thing into what they were doing, yes the acting is chessy but the dancing is top-notch and the message was postive(unlike a lot of commercial Hip-Hop culture today with it emphaisis on death, bling bling and dancing that is closer to strip club erotic dancing)about standing up for what you believe in and a slamming soundtrack. Buggalo Shrimp's dancing with a broom during Kraftwerk's Tour De France is a classic.