"Struggle of the Year" touches on how the other world has embraced b-boy culture, but just how they're not viewed as reducing edge or cool in the United States.
That frets the Sean Combs-like impresario, Dante (Laz Alonso): "How long before hip-hop isn't cool?".
He has to safeguard his dance, fashion trend and songs empire by placing American b-boys back on best. He employs an old dance colleague, W.B. (for "Wonder Bread"), now a grieving, alcoholic ex-basketball coach (Josh Holloway of "Lost"). W.B. needs to get himself up to speed up on the existing state of dance, then sponsor and coach a "dream group" of the very best of America's best to handle the remainder of the globe, which has actually passed America by and long controlled the yearly b-boy Olympics called "BOTY," the Battle of the Year.
That team contains various conceited, chip-on-their-shoulder showoffs, since that's exactly what it requires to prosper. Real star dancers such as Do Knock and Flipz are combined with others, including vocalist Chris Brown.
And helping coach is Jewish hip-hop authority "Franklyn with a y," played by Josh Peck.
Benson Lee, supervisor of the conclusive docudrama on the globally sensation, "Planet B-Boy," co-wrote and directed this, and immodestly has personalities enjoy that movie and sing its praises. Holloway could not also prompt at a real dance past, so the flick fabricates that by having his coach operate his guys via drills (in split-screen sequences).
Peck, once of TV's "Drake & Josh," one-time star of "The Wackness," has a little, assisting job but is offered leading invoicing. In this situation, that implies his every situation consists of coiffed and overly made-up close-ups. It's laughable.
Tabloid favorite Brown more than holds his own with this staff, obviously not even needing a dance double. The dance situations-- especially those involving groups from Germany, France and Korea-- take the b-boy transfer to the following degree.
And there are a lot of simple, undemanding laughs, the very best lines coming from Peck's assistant coach.
"You resemble a gazelle out there," he praises his boss. "A gazelle with arthritis." Which, while it does not explain the movie, does hit this genre right in the bull's eye. Then, the elegance of "Step Up" and all its weary imitators is that the viewers they're shooting for has no concept that there getting been 20 or 30 flicks exactly like this one that came prior to it.
He has to safeguard his music, fashion and dance empire by putting American b-boys back on best. He hires an aged dancing pal, W.B. (for "Wonder Bread"), now a grieving, sprituous ex-basketball coach (Josh Holloway of "Lost"). W.B. has to get himself up to speed on the existing state of dance, after that recruit and coach a "dream group" of the ideal of America's finest to take on the remainder of the globe, which has passed America by and long dominated the yearly b-boy Olympics known as "BOTY," the Battle of the Year.
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