Battlefield America
The next generation of dancers competes in the ultimate showdown in this stylish tale of an underdog dance troupe with everything to prove. Sean Lewis is an ambitious young businessman from Long Beach, California. Upon encountering the Bad Boys, a young team of dancers with big ambition but little talent, Sean recognizes their potential and recruits a professional dance teacher to whip them into shape. Later, as all the Bad Boys' hard practice begins to pay off in the run up to a major competition, Sean strikes up a romance with Sarah, the pretty manager of the community center that's the heart of the local dance scene.
Director: Chris Stokes
Starring: Tristen M. Carter, Kida Burns, Zach Belandres, Lynn Whitfield, Marques Houston
Although it's grotesque to see pre-teens stomping in underground warehouse-battle settings, at least Battlefield America's racial politics are interesting.
The editing in Battlefield America is super-speedy: Each shot lasts about three seconds, and then it's off.
If you're looking for a tough, streetwise film about urban kids who get together to enter a national hip-hop dance competition, Battlefield America is not your movie.
There's likely an audience for the cloying and dizzying hip-hop dance flick Battlefield America, but even the most forgiving viewers may feel like they've been underestimated - and underserved.
Battlefield America manages to pack every cliché imaginable into its overstuffed and overlong 106 minutes.
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