Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo is a 1984 American breakdancingmusical film directed by Sam Firstenberg[3] that is a sequel Breakin', released earlier that year. Electric Boogaloo was released seven months after its predecessor by Tri-Star Pictures. In some international locations, the film was released under the title Breakdance 2: Electric Boogaloo. Another sequel, Rappin' (also known as Breakdance 3), was produced but with an unconnected plot and different lead characters; only Ice-T appears in all three films.
The subtitle "Electric Boogaloo" has entered the popular-culture lexicon as a snowclone nickname to denote an archetypal sequel.
Plot
The three main dancers from Breakin', Kelly "Special K" Bennett, Orlando "Ozone" Barco and Tony "Turbo" Ainley, struggle to stop the demolition of a community recreation center by a developer who wants to build a shopping mall.
As with its predecessor, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo received mostly negative critical reviews.[4][5]New York Press film critic Armond White considered it to be "superb"[6] and Roger Ebert awarded the film a three-star rating.[7] On review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 29% positive rating based on seven reviews.[8]
Box office
The film grossed $2,921,030 in its first five days starting December 21, 1984, playing at 717 theaters in the United States and Canada.[9] It grossed a total of $15.1 million,[1] less than half that of its predecessor but more than three times its budget
Soundtrack
As with Breakin', much of the film's soundtrack was provided by the duo of Ollie & Jerry. The title track, "Electric Boogaloo", reached #45 on the Billboard R&B chart.[10]
On April 15, 2003, MGM Home Entertainment released Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo on DVD format. On April 21, 2015, Shout! Factory released the film, along with Breakin', as a double feature Blu-ray.
As early as 2012, right-wing activists in the United States began using the term "boogaloo" (or simply "boog") as a dog whistle to describe a rebellion against the American government, implying a desire for a "sequel" to the first American Revolution, which came to widespread attention in late 2019.[23][24][25] Those subscribing to this ideology are part of the boogaloo movement, who are often called "boogaloo boys" or "chuds".[26][27][28]
↑ Nashawaty, Chris (December 22, 2007). "The 25 Worst Sequels Ever Made". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 1, 2017. No one ever sets out to make a bad movie. But it happens. A lot. Especially when there's a 2, a III, or an Electric Boogaloo in the title. Hollywood's mania for sequels is a relatively new development.
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