Battle of the Year (2013)

Directed by

Benson Lee

Genre

drama film, musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 360 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A down-on-his-luck basketball coach is hired to assemble a team of America's best b-boy dancers to compete at an international breakdancing championship in France. The team must overcome personal conflicts and rivalries to unite and win the Battle of the Year competition.

energeticcompetitiveunderdoginspirationalupbeatfast-pacedemotionaldetermined

What happens

Battle of the Year is a 2013 American dance film directed by Benson Lee. The film stars Josh Holloway, Chris Brown, Laz Alonso, Caity Lotz, and Josh Peck. It is based upon Lee's award-winning 2007 documentary Planet B-Boy, about the b-boying competition Battle of the Year. The feature film includes cinematography by Vasco Nunes, Lee's director of photography on the original documentary. The film was released theatrically on September 20, 2013 by Sony Pictures Releasing. It received negative reviews from critics, and grossed $16 million against a budget of $20M. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• Battle B-Boy (2014)
• Playin' for Love (2013)
• Feel the Beat (2020)
• Step Up: All In (2014)
• Whiplash (2014)
• Begin Again (2013)
• ABCD: Any Body Can Dance (2013)
• The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)