Battle of the Year
Breakdance drama, starring Lost's Josh Holloway and singer Chris Brown, following an American crew of B-boys looking to overcome their egos and reclaim the Battle of the Year International Championship title.
Battle of the Year is the Olympics of break dancing, an international tournament held every year in France. The Americans haven't won in 15 years, but LA Hip Hop mogul and former B-Boy Dante (Laz Alonso) wants to put the country that started the sport back on top. He enlists Blake (Holloway), a reluctant basketball coach, to guide his team. Armed with the theory that the right coach can make any team champions, they assemble a dream team of all the best B-boys across the country.
From the makers of Planet B-Boy, a documentary on the annual championship.
- Director:
- Benson Lee ('Planet B-Boy')
- Writer:
- Chris ParkerBrin Hill
- Cast:
- Josh PeckJosh HollowayChris BrownLaz AlonsoCaity LotzTerrence JenkinsWeronika RosatiLuis Rosado
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressSo fatally frontloaded with endless training montages, awfully written, indifferently acted drama, sports-film platitudes and jaw-dropping product placements that only the hardiest of viewers will make it through to the payoff.
Total Film
pressWhat could've been a fun '80s throwback ends up more frustrating that it's worth.
Time Out
pressBastardizing his own 2007 doc, "Planet B-Boy," Benson Lee throws street cred to the breeze with this unspeakably rote Hollywood mockery of its deft nonfiction predecessor, with clueless bigotry as shrill as the squeak of new kicks on a stage floor.
The New York Times
pressThe miracle of the new 3-D dance film "Battle of the Year" is how it can be so relentlessly boring while there is so much frenetic activity on screen.
The Dissolve
pressIt isn’t good by any stretch of the imagination, but B-movie lovers who like their dance movies flashy, fun, and spectacularly dumb shouldn’t mind.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThe young dancers' undeniable skill and athleticism is squandered in this formulaic, overly familiar dance movie.
Variety
pressSo fatally frontloaded with endless training montages, awfully written, indifferently acted drama, sports-film platitudes and jaw-dropping product placements that only the hardiest of viewers will make it through to the payoff.
Total Film
pressWhat could've been a fun '80s throwback ends up more frustrating that it's worth.
Time Out
pressBastardizing his own 2007 doc, "Planet B-Boy," Benson Lee throws street cred to the breeze with this unspeakably rote Hollywood mockery of its deft nonfiction predecessor, with clueless bigotry as shrill as the squeak of new kicks on a stage floor.
The New York Times
pressThe miracle of the new 3-D dance film "Battle of the Year" is how it can be so relentlessly boring while there is so much frenetic activity on screen.
The Dissolve
pressIt isn’t good by any stretch of the imagination, but B-movie lovers who like their dance movies flashy, fun, and spectacularly dumb shouldn’t mind.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThe young dancers' undeniable skill and athleticism is squandered in this formulaic, overly familiar dance movie.
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