Breakin'

1984
PG
1h 27m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

7.5K

YOUR RATING

Michael Chambers, Lucinda Dickey, and Adolfo Quinones in Breakin' (1984)

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A struggling young jazz dancer meets up with two break-dancers. Together they become the sensation of the street crowds.A struggling young jazz dancer meets up with two break-dancers. Together they become the sensation of the street crowds.A struggling young jazz dancer meets up with two break-dancers. Together they become the sensation of the street crowds.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

7.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Ozone
(as Adolfo 'Shabba-Doo' Quinones)

Michael Chambers

Turbo
(as Michael 'Boogaloo Shrimp' Chambers)

Ben Lokey

Franco

Christopher McDonald

James

Phineas Newborn III

Adam

Bruno Falcon

Electro Rock 1
(as Bruno 'Pop N' Taco' Falcon)

Popin Pete

Electro Rock 2
(as Timothy 'Poppin' Pete' Solomon)

Ana Sánchez

Electro Rock 3
(as Ana 'Lollipop' Sanchez)

Ice-T

Rap Talker
(as Ice T)

Peter Bromilow

Judge

Eleanor Zee

Judge

Scott Cooper

Judge

Eb Lottimer

Judge's Assistant

Teresa Kelly

Vicky
(as T.C. Laughlin)

Ric Mancino

Joe the Cook
(as Ric Mancini)

Lyla Grahm

Caroline Divine

Bea Silvern

Jennifer Sweet

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Storyline

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Trivia
In the first "street dancing" scene, in which Kelly accompanies Ozone and Turbo to the beach, the audience watching the dancing is comprised of surfers and beach bums. A man in a black singlet claps with the music. It's Jean-Claude Van Damme in his first on-screen appearance. According to Van Damme, he tried hard to draw attention to himself by jumping in the air and doing flips, but they were not included in the film.

Goofs
In the second dance battle scene in the club, Ice-T can clearly be seen rapping/talking into the microphone in the background yet we do not hear him at all. All that can be heard is music and the main characters dialog.

Quotes
Turbo: You owe me seven dollars man.
Franco: For what?
Turbo: For teaching you how to dance sucker.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Breakin'/Firestarter/Hardbodies/Sugar Cane Alley (1984)

Soundtracks
Tibetan Jam
Written by Chris The Glove Taylor (as Chris "The Glove" Taylor)
Rap by Ice-T (as Ice T)
Produced by Chris The Glove Taylor (as Chris "The Glove" Taylor)

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Review

Featured review

6/10

an absolute classic

this film, really is bad. if you're not a light hearted person, this film will make you feel awkward, in the way that you are annoyed about wasting an hour and a half, as it's not as good as i enjoyed it.

Why i liked it: it's poor quality of film was quite humorous. it had some funny dance moves. it had well good dancing, i really like break dancing, which is why i got this film.

however, please don't mistake this for something good, it isn't. What the hell was the story, to me, this film was a load of random scenes of break dancing, and funny dialogue. i also want to know where this is set, some sort of magic land where everything is settled with dance. can you imagine someone attacking you in the street, by dancing in a comical fashion?

me and my brother had cardboard laid out in the garden for about a month after we saw this, but you may act differently.