Ludicrous piece of 80s kitsch that attempted – (along with
its instant sequel) – to cash in on the break dance craze that seeped almost
everywhere for a while there. It is
directed by Joel Silberg, who doesn’t seem like he has any special feeling for
street culture, but nevertheless – on the strength of this credit – went on to
make other dance-related crap like Rappin’
(1985), Catch the Heat (1987) and Lambada (1990). Lucinda Dickey plays a jazz dancer named
Kelly who hooks up with two aspiring break dancers to form a troupe for
competitions. Their first order of
business is to christen her with a much cooler and more appropriate name;
“Special K.” There is some impressive
dancing in the film, but not enough to make it anything more than a guilty
pleasure, especially for former 80s kids, of course. Watch carefully for early appearances by Ice
T rapping in a club and Jean-Claude Van Damme in a singlet dancing horribly at
the beach. The film’s sole non-guilty
pleasure might be Christopher McDonald in one of the earliest of his patented
corporate-weasel roles. Followed months
later by the hilariously-titled Breakin’
2: Electric Boogaloo.
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