Review of Wild Style (1982) by Shawnte M — 01 Aug 2008

I love the energy and spirit of this, the first hip hop movie. It has no real plot to speak of (a guy tags trains and eventually is brought in to tag a park which is used to stage a hip hop concert), and the production values are all but nonexistent, but again, the vibe of the movie is just so engaging to me.

And it helps when you have people like Busy Bee, whose charisma and humor are very inviting. And of course I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the great Fab 5 Freddy, who is not only all over this movie (and is clearly high as a kite in just about every scene), but is also hilariously all over the DVD commentary track.

There are those who compare this flick to the documentary Style Wars (and also claim that it's miles better than this, which I don't agree with), but I'll stick to Wild Style.