Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo is a 1984 film directed by Sam Firstenberg. It is a sequel to the 1984 breakdancing film, Breakin'. Electric Boogaloo was released nine months after its predecessor by TriStar Pictures and by Cannon Films a few months later. In some international locations the film was released under the title Breakdance 2: Electric Boogaloo. Another sequel, Rappin' (also known as Breakdance 3) was made but had an unconnected plot and different lead characters - only Ice-T features in all three movies.
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Plot
Breakin' 2 features three characters from Breakin' - Kelly (Lucinda Dickey), Ozone (Adolfo Quinones), and Turbo (Michael Chambers) - who struggle to stop the demolition of a community recreation center by a developer who wants to build a shopping mall. Viktor Manoel, Ice-T, and Martika (who was little known then) also appear as dancers.
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Cast
- Lucinda Dickey as Kelly / Special K
- Adolfo Quiñones as Orlando/Ozone
- Michael Chambers as Tony/Turbo
- Susie Bono (Susie Coelho) as Rhonda
- Sabrina Garcia as Lucia
- Ice-T as Rapper
- Cooley Jackson as Featured Street Dancer TKO
- John LaMotta as a Policeman
- Steve "Sugarfoot" Notario as Strobe
"Electric Boogaloo"
The subtitle "Electric Boogaloo", originally a reference to a funk-oriented dance style of the same name, has entered the pop-culture lexicon as a snowclone pejorative nickname to denote an archetypical sequel. The usual connotation is of either a ridiculous sequel title, or of the follow-up to an obscure or eclectic movie (or other work).
Critical reception
Though most critics rated the film poorly, New York Press film critic Armond White considered it to be "superb" and Roger Ebert gave the film a three-star rating.
Soundtrack
Like its predecessor, much of the film's soundtrack was provided by Ollie & Jerry, comprising the duo Ollie E. Brown and Jerry Knight. The title track, "Electric Boogaloo", reached number 45 on the R&B charts.
- "Electric Boogaloo" - Ollie & Jerry
- "Radiotron" - Firefox
- "Din Daa Daa" - George Kranz
- "When I.C.U." - Ollie & Jerry
- "Gotta Have the Money" - Steve Donn
- "Believe in the Beat" - Carol Lynn Townes
- "Set it out" - Midway
- "I Don't Wanna Come Down" - Mark Scott
- "Stylin' Profilin'" - Firefox
- "Oye Mamacita" - Rags & Riches
Home video releases
On April 15, 2003, MGM Home Entertainment released Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo as a bare bones DVD. On April 21, 2015, Shout Factory released the film, along with Breakin', as a double feature Blu-ray.
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