Review of Body Rock (1984) by Jake C — 30 Jul 2018

This was recently featured on How Did This Get Made, so I was expecting cinematic incompetence-which made the breakdancing scenes all the more surprising and welcome. It isn't so much a movie as it is a series of breakdancing sequences strung together by a worthless plot and a talentless protagonist that drags the energy down whenever they stop dancing.

Weirdly, the plot of the movie mirrors the aesthetic failure of the narrative: The dancers are the real stars, and the protagonist has to eventually learn to get out of their way to let them dominate the stage instead.