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. Bummer
There 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
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. Bummer
There 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