B-Girl
is the latest movie to fit this description. The film follows a very
talented break-dancer by the name of Angel (Julie Ulrich, AKA "Lady
Jules"), who has made a name for herself in Brooklyn. One
night, Angel and her bff, Rosie, are attacked out the back of a New
York city club. Rosie is tragically killed, but Angel is only injured.
After the attack, Angel's Mum decides to move them to Los Angeles for a
fresh start. Angel spends most of the
movie moping around, complaining that she wants to move back to
Brooklyn, despite the fact her attacker is still at large, and probably
wanting to finish what he started. Eventually, Angel finds her place
amongst a trope of five B-Boys who are looking for a sixth member so
they can compete in a break-dancing competition. A
romance, that doesn't really add much to the plot, is also thrown in
for good measure (the chemistry is minimal, and the love story
particularly unenjoyable) and that's about it. Seriously. That's the
whole plot. If you like break
dancing, watch this movie. Because that's about all you're going to get
out of it. There may not be much of a plot, but there's plenty of
dancing. In fact, some dance scenes are so long they become tedious
unless you actually understand what you're watching (i.e. are actually
a break dancer yourself). There's only so many times you can watch someone spin around on the floor on their head before you start to lose interest. DVD EXTRAS
The DVD and Blu-Ray delivers more than expected in
the special features department. There are B-Boy profiles, a bloopers
reel and a featurette on Lady Jules entitled "Behind the B-Girl" in
which she explains how she got into break dancing. There
is also a featurette on Wesley Jonathan who plays Carlos (the love
interest) who explains why he found B-Girl interesting and different
from other dance flicks. They have
also included a feature called "The Battle" which shows how they
choreographed the final dance-off. The dance auditions for the movie
are included as well. Plenty of behind the scenes info for the real dance enthusiast, but not particularly interesting for the rest of us.
Conclusion:
Movie 40% Extras: 70%
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