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Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

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Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySam Firstenberg
Written by
  • Charles Parker
  • Allen DeBevoise
  • Jan Ventura
  • Julie Reichert
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyHanania Baer
Edited by
  • Sally Allen
  • Bert Glatstein
  • Bob Jenkis
  • Marcus Manton
  • Barry Zetlin
Music byMichael Linn
Production
company
Distributed byTri-Star Pictures[1]
Release date
  • December 19, 1984 (1984-12-19)
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Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3 million[2]
Box office$15.1 million (US/Canada)[1]

Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo is a 1984 American breakdancing musical film directed by Sam Firstenberg[3] that is a sequel to Breakin', released earlier that year. Electric Boogaloo was released seven months after its predecessor by Tri-Star Pictures. In some international locations, the film was released under the title Breakdance 2: Electric Boogaloo. Another sequel, Rappin' (also known as Breakdance 3), was produced but with an unconnected plot and different lead characters; only Ice-T appears in all three films.

The subtitle "Electric Boogaloo" has entered the popular-culture lexicon as a snowclone nickname to denote an archetypal sequel.

Plot

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The three main dancers from Breakin', Kelly "Special K" Bennett, Orlando "Ozone" Barco and Tony "Turbo" Ainley, struggle to stop the demolition of a community recreation center by a developer who wants to build a shopping mall.

Cast

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  • Lucinda Dickey as Kelly "Special K" Bennett
  • Adolfo "Shabba Doo" Quiñones as Orlando "Ozone" Barco
  • Michael "Boogaloo Shrimp" Chambers as Tony "Turbo" Ainley
  • Susie Coelho (listed as Susie Bono) as Rhonda
  • Harry Caesar as Byron
  • Sabrina Garcia as Lucia
  • Peter MacLean as Mr. Douglas
  • Lu Leonard as Head Nurse
  • Ken Offson as Randall
  • John Christy Ewing as Mr. Bennett, Kelly's Father
  • Jo de Winter as Mrs. Bennett, Kelly's Mother
  • Herb Mitchell as Stanley
  • Sandy Lipton as Mrs. Snyder
  • Vidal Rodriguez as Coco
  • Ice-T as Rapper "Ice-T"
  • Cooley Jackson/Jaxson as Featured Street Dancer TKO
  • John LaMotta as a Policeman
  • Steve "Sugarfoot" Notario as Strobe
  • Kimberly McCullough as Kimberly
  • Martika (listed as Marta Marrero) as Kid
  • Tyler Birch

Reception

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As with its predecessor, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo received mostly negative critical reviews.[4][5] New York Press film critic Armond White considered it to be "superb"[6] and Roger Ebert awarded the film a three-star rating.[7] On review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 29% positive rating based on seven reviews.[8]

Box office

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The film grossed $2,921,030 in its first five days starting December 21, 1984, playing at 717 theaters in the United States and Canada.[9] It grossed a total of $15.1 million,[1] less than half that of its predecessor but more than three times its budget.

Soundtrack

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As with Breakin', much of the film's soundtrack was provided by the duo of Ollie & Jerry. The title track, "Electric Boogaloo", reached #45 on the Billboard R&B chart.[10]

  1. "Electric Boogaloo" – Ollie & Jerry
  2. "Radiotron" – Firefox
  3. "Din Daa Daa" – George Kranz
  4. "When I.C.U." – Ollie & Jerry
  5. "Gotta Have the Money" – Steve Donn
  6. "Believe in the Beat" – Carol Lynn Townes
  7. "Set It Out" – Midway
  8. "I Don't Wanna Come Down" – Mark Scott
  9. "Stylin' Profilin'" – Firefox
  10. "Oye Mamacita" – Rags & Riches

Charts

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Chart performance for Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Chart (1985) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[11] 51
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 34
US Billboard 200[13] 52
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[14] 25

Home video

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On April 15, 2003, MGM Home Entertainment released Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo on DVD format. On April 21, 2015, Shout! Factory released the film, along with Breakin', as a double feature Blu-ray.

Legacy

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The subtitle "Electric Boogaloo", originally a reference to a funk-oriented dance style of the same name, entered the popular-culture lexicon in the 2000s as a snowclone used to denote an archetypal sequel.[15] The usual connotation is that of a ridiculous sequel title or of a title of a follow-up to an obscure or eclectic film or other work.[16][17] The rock band Five Iron Frenzy titled their fourth album Five Iron Frenzy 2: Electric Boogaloo and the mathgrind band The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza titled their sophomore album Danza II: Electric Boogaloo.[18] The band Minus the Bear features the song "Get Me Naked 2: Electric Boogaloo" on the album Highly Refined Pirates. An episode of the television show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia was titled "Chardee MacDennis 2: Electric Boogaloo".[19] Other news articles and media have used the "Electric Boogaloo" subtitle, and it has also become an Internet meme.[18] A documentary about the Cannon Group was released in 2014 titled Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films, in which Breakin' and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo were featured.[20] In the film Kicking and Screaming, Grover's promiscuous partners after a breakup with a girl named Jane are collectively called "Jane 2: Electric Boogaloo."[21] The third volume of the Pokémon graphic novel series Pokémon: The Electric Tale of Pikachu by Toshihiro Ono is known in English as Pokémon: Electric Pikachu Boogaloo.[22]

As early as 2012, right-wing activists in the United States began using the term "boogaloo" (or simply "boog") as a dog whistle to describe a rebellion against the American government, implying a desire for a "sequel" to the first American Revolution, which came to widespread attention in late 2019.[23][24][25] Those subscribing to this ideology are part of the boogaloo movement, who are often called "boogaloo boys" or "chuds".[26][27][28]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo". Box Office Mojo. Amazon.com. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  2. ^ "How Boyle Heights Became a Dance Battleground for Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo". April 13, 2021.
  3. ^ "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  4. ^ Variety Staff (December 31, 1983). "Review: Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo". Variety. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
  5. ^ Maslin, Janet (December 19, 1984). "Breakin 2 Electric Boogaloo (1984) Screen: 'Breakin' 2'". The New York Times. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
  6. ^ White, Armond (August 4, 2010). "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo". New York Press. Archived from the original on January 7, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  7. ^ Ebert, Roger (January 1, 1984). "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  8. ^ "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  9. ^ "Domestic 1984 Weekend 51". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  10. ^ "Electric Boogaloo". Billboard. January 26, 1985.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 283. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  12. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  13. ^ "Soundtrack Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  14. ^ "Soundtrack Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  15. ^ Zimmer, Ben (August 9, 2007). "Phrasal Patterns 2: Electric Boogaloo". OUPblog. Oxford University Press. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  16. ^ Nashawaty, Chris (December 22, 2007). "The 25 Worst Sequels Ever Made". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 1, 2017. No one ever sets out to make a bad movie. But it happens. A lot. Especially when there's a 2, a III, or an Electric Boogaloo in the title. Hollywood's mania for sequels is a relatively new development.
  17. ^ Harvey, Dennis (January 29, 2004). "Review: 'You Got Served'". Variety. Retrieved May 9, 2007.
  18. ^ a b Patches, Matt (December 22, 2014). "How 'Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo' Became a Movie and Then a Meme". Grantland. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  19. ^ Fowler, Matt (January 6, 2016). "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: "Chardee MacDennis 2: Electric Boogaloo" Review". ign.com. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  20. ^ Foundas, Scott (September 9, 2014). "Toronto Film Review: 'Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films'". variety.com. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  21. ^ Kicking and Screaming (1995) - IMDb, retrieved April 6, 2023
  22. ^ "Pokémon Comics". Viz Communications. Archived from the original on May 10, 2000. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  23. ^ Miller, Cassie (June 5, 2020). "The 'Boogaloo' Started as a Racist Meme". Hatewatch. Southern Poverty Law Center. Archived from the original on June 20, 2020. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  24. ^ Zadrozny, Brandy (February 19, 2020). "What is the 'boogaloo'? How online calls for a violent uprising are hitting the mainstream". NBC News. Archived from the original on April 22, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  25. ^ Woodward, Alex (May 30, 2020). "Why far-right protesters are wearing Hawaiian print". The Independent. Archived from the original on June 1, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  26. ^ "The Boogaloo: Extremists' New Slang Term for A Coming Civil War". Anti-Defamation League. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  27. ^ "Cyber Swarming, Memetic Warfare and Viral Insurgency: How Domestic Militants Organize on Memes to Incite Violent Insurrection and Terror Against Government and Law Enforcement". Network Contagion Research Institute. p. 2. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  28. ^ "What is the 'boogaloo'? How online calls for a violent uprising are hitting the mainstream". NBC News. February 19, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
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