Memorable, crazy movie

Let's be realistic.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Dante (Laz Alonso) hires a former basketball coach Jason Blake (Josh Holloway) to get his B-Boys players into shape to finally win the next Battle of the Year in France. The USA B-Boys players haven't won the event in 15-years. Because of Blake's success in basketball Dante feels Blake is the one to produce a winning team. Blake feels not up to it having lost his wife and kid in a car accident and currently is rather lost, but he takes the job along as he can do it his way so fires the current team. Dante is not pleased. B-Boys is Break dancing and I had no idea there are major tournaments around the world bringing the best from Germany, France, the USA and Korea among many, many others to compete. Anyway you are in for a lot of excitement, energy and flat out unbelievable breakdancing performances many have never seen. Stacy (Caity Lotz) is hired as the Choreographer. And I thought most credit had to go to her, but this didn't happen. Also I thought that Blake and Stacy would become an item. Didn't happen. Maybe in the book it worked out that way but not in here. (There was a book?)One would have thought there were some scenes with Stacy putting the players thru various routines. Didn't happen. BummerThere are ups and downs, of course, a lot having to do with the training schedules and rivalries. Blake says that it's not talent, or chemistry that makes a team a team. He says it's each member pressing each other to do better that gets him the team he wants. Will that happen with these players who have rivalries and attitudes?Notable: Josh Peck as Franklyn and Blake picks him as assistant coach and he has a very believable and calming influence on Blake. (7/10)Violence: Yes, brief. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Humor: Yes. Language: No. Rating: B

I'm so annoyed Im writing my first review on IMDb I thought this movie was gonna be good because Chris Brown was in it. Boy was I wrong. Horrible Choice of soundtrack sounds like elevator music. Wow.!!!! Terrible. ...Next time take a look at movies like "you got served" before actually making such a movie. Sway and Terrence were just like unimportant. the choreography was just mediocre ! Wow. I really thought this was gonna be fun, I guess I'm never getting my money back. very disappointing. The music should be better next time it sounded like one of those music u hear on elevators. wow Im not surprised the ratings were low because I'm so disappointed

In my opinion this movie was completely awesome! From the dancing to the acting to the music! it was great! From the reviews I've read most people are hating on it which is stupid!! All the roles were great and the choreography's were awesome. I don't understand what was so bad about this movie, sure, it wasn't like Step Up but that doesn't make it a horrible movie. Chris Brown wasn't horrible either. STOP HATING ON EVERY LITTLE THING because it wasn't a "disappointment" like some of you guys are saying. (maybe someone else is a "disappointment") IT WASN'T A WASTE OF MY TIME neither was it of my money. So guys watch the movie for yourself and don't go by what other people think because it's not true! GREAT MOVIE B- Boying all the way!

There are three key factors to every dance movie: the dancers, the choreography, and the music. They don't all have to be fantastic to make a great movie. If two of them are exception the third isn't as important. In this movie the dancers seemed like they had potential, but didn't show any results. The choreography seemed good at first, but ended up being more of a flop. So, the last hope was the music. Yeah, it failed. Overall this movie had great potential to be great, but it was SO focused on the STORY and NOT the DANCING that it basically ruined the whole experience. I have some suggestions for the future. DON'T throw out your ace without a really good follow up. Not only did you lose your ace, but you lost the game. Seriously? Did you think that would excite people? It was like watching failure over and over again. Its simple people enjoy hope. You just crushed it like in so many ways in this film I lost count and didn't even give a glimmer of it till like the very end and by then it was so dead there was no resurrecting it. Don't focus on the story. This is a DANCE movie. Put in some really nice dance scenes. Not just these super-fast back and forth snippets of WHAT? Also, the music. It's supposed to drive the scene. Not be background noise. DRIVE a scene. Music has the power to move people's hearts. Use it to your advantage. Especially in all out dance scenes. You waiting WAY too long to switch songs and mix it up. The worst I have to say was that orchestrated song. Not because of the genre, but because you didn't fully put it to use. You really didn't draw it out then rev it up like BAM in your face. It was more like oh, elevator music. Oh the elevator music got a little louder how nice. I hope if you do work on another dance movie it'll go a little more smoothly than this one. Good luck.