Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

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{{Infobox film

| name = Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

| image = breakin2.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Sam Firstenberg

| writer = {{plainlist|

Charles Parker
Allen DeBevoise
Jan Ventura
Julie Reichert}}

| producer = {{plainlist|

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| starring = {{plainlist|

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| music = Michael Linn

| cinematography = Hanania Baer

| editing = {{plainlist|

Sally Allen
Bert Glatstein
Bob Jenkis
Marcus Manton
Barry Zetlin}}

| studio = The Cannon Group

| distributor = Tri-Star Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1984|12|19}}{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=breakin2.htm|access-date=February 21, 2016|title=Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=Amazon.com}}

| runtime = 94 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $3 million{{Cite web|url=https://www.lataco.com/boyle-heights-breakin-2-electric-boogaloo-locations/|title = How Boyle Heights Became a Dance Battleground for Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo|date = April 13, 2021}}

| gross = $15.1 million (US/Canada)

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Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo is a 1984 American breakdancing musical film directed by Sam Firstenberg{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/69619/breakin-2-electric-boogaloo|title=Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo|work=TCM database|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=February 21, 2016}} that is a sequel to 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.

Cast

Lucinda Dickey as Kelly "Special K" Bennett
Adolfo "Shabba Doo" Quiñones as Orlando "Ozone" Barco
Michael "Boogaloo Shrimp" Chambers as Tony "Turbo" Ainley
Susie Coelho (listed as Susie Bono) as Rhonda
Harry Caesar as Byron
Sabrina Garcia as Lucia
Peter MacLean as Mr. Douglas
Lu Leonard as Head Nurse
Ken Offson as Randall
John Christy Ewing as Mr. Bennett, Kelly's Father
Jo de Winter as Mrs. Bennett, Kelly's Mother
Herb Mitchell as Stanley
Sandy Lipton as Mrs. Snyder
Vidal Rodriguez as Coco
Ice-T as Rapper "Ice-T"
Cooley Jackson/Jaxson as Featured Street Dancer TKO
John LaMotta as a Policeman
Steve "Sugarfoot" Notario as Strobe
Kimberly McCullough as Kimberly
Martika (listed as Marta Marrero) as Kid
Tyler Birch

Reception

As with its predecessor, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo received mostly negative critical reviews.{{cite news|title=Review: Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo|work=Variety|author=Variety Staff|date=December 31, 1983|url= https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117789510?refcatid=31 |access-date=March 27, 2012 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E01E7DF1038F93AA25751C1A962948260|last=Maslin |first=Janet |author-link=Janet Maslin |work=The New York Times|title=Breakin 2 Electric Boogaloo (1984) Screen: 'Breakin' 2'|date=December 19, 1984|access-date=March 27, 2011}} New York Press film critic Armond White considered it to be "superb"{{cite news|title= Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo |author-link=Armond White|author=White, Armond|work=New York Press|date=August 4, 2010|archive-date=January 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107113527/http://nypress.com/ready-set-jump|url=http://nypress.com/ready-set-jump/|access-date=July 31, 2013}} and Roger Ebert awarded the film a three-star rating.{{cite news|title= Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo|work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=January 1, 1984 |author-link=Roger Ebert |last=Ebert |first=Roger |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/breakin-2-electric-boogaloo-1984 |access-date=March 22, 2021 }} On review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 29% positive rating based on seven reviews.{{cite web |title=Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/electric_boogaloo_breakin_2/ |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=29 December 2020 }}

=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.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1984W51/occasion/us_christmas_weekend/?ref_=bo_wey_table_4|title=Domestic 1984 Weekend 51|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=May 23, 2020}} It grossed a total of $15.1 million, 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.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/312518/ollie-jerry/chart?f=367|magazine=Billboard|title=Electric Boogaloo|date=January 26, 1985}}{{Dead link|date=June 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

"Electric Boogaloo" – Ollie & Jerry
"Radiotron" – Firefox
"Din Daa Daa" – George Kranz
"When I.C.U." – Ollie & Jerry
"Gotta Have the Money" – Steve Donn
"Believe in the Beat" – Carol Lynn Townes
"Set It Out" – Midway
"I Don't Wanna Come Down" – Mark Scott
"Stylin' Profilin'" – Firefox
"Oye Mamacita" – Rags & Riches

=Charts=

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Home video

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.

Legacy

The subtitle "Electric Boogaloo", originally a reference to a funk-oriented dance style of the same name, entered the popular-culture lexicon in the 2000s as a snowclone used to denote an archetypal sequel.{{cite web|url=https://blog.oup.com/2007/08/patterns/|title=Phrasal Patterns 2: Electric Boogaloo | first=Ben | last=Zimmer | work=OUPblog | publisher=Oxford University Press | date=August 9, 2007|access-date=June 1, 2017}} The usual connotation is that of a ridiculous sequel title or of a title of a follow-up to an obscure or eclectic film or other work.{{cite magazine | url=https://ew.com/article/2007/12/22/worst-movie-sequels-ever/ |title=The 25 Worst Sequels Ever Made | first=Chris | last=Nashawaty | date=December 22, 2007 | access-date=June 1, 2017 | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | quote=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. }}{{cite web|title=Review: 'You Got Served'|author=Harvey, Dennis|date=January 29, 2004|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117922966.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|work=Variety|access-date=May 9, 2007}} The rock band Five Iron Frenzy titled their fourth album Five Iron Frenzy 2: Electric Boogaloo and the mathgrind band The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza titled their sophomore album Danza II: Electric Boogaloo. The band Minus the Bear features the song "Get Me Naked 2: Electric Boogaloo" on the album Highly Refined Pirates. An episode of the television show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia was titled "Chardee MacDennis 2: Electric Boogaloo".{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2016/01/07/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-chardee-macdennis-2-electric-boogaloo-review-2|title=It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: "Chardee MacDennis 2: Electric Boogaloo" Review|first=Matt|last=Fowler|date=January 6, 2016|website=ign.com|access-date=June 1, 2017}} Other news articles and media have used the "Electric Boogaloo" subtitle, and it has also become an Internet meme.{{cite web|url=http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/how-breakin-2-electric-boogaloo-became-a-movie-and-then-a-meme/|title=How 'Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo' Became a Movie and Then a Meme|first=Matt|last=Patches|date=December 22, 2014|work=Grantland|access-date=June 1, 2017}} A documentary about the Cannon Group was released in 2014 titled Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films, in which Breakin' and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo were featured.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/festivals/toronto-film-review-electric-boogaloo-the-wild-untold-story-of-cannon-films-1201301271/|title=Toronto Film Review: 'Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films'|first=Scott|last=Foundas|date=September 9, 2014|website=variety.com|access-date=June 1, 2017}} In the film Kicking and Screaming, Grover's promiscuous partners after a breakup with a girl named Jane are collectively called "Jane 2: Electric Boogaloo."{{Citation |title=Kicking and Screaming (1995) - IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113537/ |access-date=2023-04-06 |language=en-US}} The third volume of the Pokémon graphic novel series Pokémon: The Electric Tale of Pikachu by Toshihiro Ono is known in English as Pokémon: Electric Pikachu Boogaloo.{{cite web|url=http://www.vizkids.com/pokemon/products_comics.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000510032557/http://www.vizkids.com/pokemon/products_comics.shtml|title=Pokémon Comics|publisher=Viz Communications|archive-date=2000-05-10|accessdate=2023-06-27}}

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.{{Cite web|last=Miller|first=Cassie|date=June 5, 2020|title=The 'Boogaloo' Started as a Racist Meme|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/06/05/boogaloo-started-racist-meme|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620153143/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/06/05/boogaloo-started-racist-meme|archive-date=June 20, 2020|access-date=June 21, 2020|website=Hatewatch|publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=What is the 'boogaloo'? How online calls for a violent uprising are hitting the mainstream|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/what-boogaloo-how-online-calls-violent-uprising-are-getting-organized-n1138461|last=Zadrozny|first=Brandy |author-link=Brandy Zadrozny|date=February 19, 2020|website=NBC News|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422182905/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/what-boogaloo-how-online-calls-violent-uprising-are-getting-organized-n1138461|archive-date=April 22, 2020|access-date=May 30, 2020}}{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/far-right-hawaiian-print-shirts-why-protesters-boogaloo-racist-a9539776.html | title=Why far-right protesters are wearing Hawaiian print | first=Alex | last=Woodward | date=May 30, 2020 | access-date=June 1, 2020 | newspaper=The Independent | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601055031/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/far-right-hawaiian-print-shirts-why-protesters-boogaloo-racist-a9539776.html | archive-date=June 1, 2020 | url-status=live }} Those subscribing to this ideology are part of the boogaloo movement, who are often called "boogaloo boys" or "chuds".{{cite web|url=https://www.adl.org/blog/the-boogaloo-extremists-new-slang-term-for-a-coming-civil-war/|title=The Boogaloo: Extremists' New Slang Term for A Coming Civil War|work=Anti-Defamation League|access-date=April 30, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://ncri.io/reports/cyber-swarming-memetic-warfare-and-viral-insurgency-how-domestic-militants-organize-on-memes-to-incite-violent-insurrection-and-terror-against-government-and-law-enforcement/|title=Cyber Swarming, Memetic Warfare and Viral Insurgency: How Domestic Militants Organize on Memes to Incite Violent Insurrection and Terror Against Government and Law Enforcement|page=2|work=Network Contagion Research Institute|access-date=April 30, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/what-boogaloo-how-online-calls-violent-uprising-are-getting-organized-n1138461|title=What is the 'boogaloo'? How online calls for a violent uprising are hitting the mainstream|date=February 19, 2020|work=NBC News|access-date=April 30, 2020}}