Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Rexanne It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

charlessmith702210 I guess when "Beat Street" made a national appearance, "Flashdance" came at the same time. The problem with "Flashdance" is that there was only one break dancing scene and the rest was jazz dance and ballet. That was one of the reasons why "Beat Street" was better. The only movie that could rival "Beat Street" seems to be "Footloose", because both movies focused on how dance had been used by people to express their utmost feelings.The break-dance scenes in "Beat Street" come just before the middle and at the end of the flick. And I loved all of them. Almost all of the break tricks were featured in the break jam scenes: the jackhammer, the flares, the head spins, the suicide sit, the crazy legs, the mortal, the forward flip, the figure four---almost everything.Like "The Warriors", "Beat Street" does have violence related to the gang life in the hip hop world...but in a much less violent way than the former. The only major fight scene in "Beat Street" was when graffiti artist Ramon (which in the movie was abbreviated as "Ramo") is chased by a rival gang member on the New York City subway tracks.....fighting each other on the third rail and both dying by electrocution on that rail. Well, although that chase scene ended tragically, it was better that they died that way than having blood exploding from a gang gunshot.Most of the gang stuff in the flick was graffiti related to the hip-hop culture, and rap music. A lot of rap music appeared in the flick, because hip-hop members used rap music as a diversion to the negative aspects of gang life. Even the theme song of the movie, which closed the curtain to the flick, was not just an homage to hip-hop culture--it also was an homage to the death of Ramon.By the way, during the dance scene called 'Tango, Tango', I guess the female drummer in the pit orchestra conducted by actress Rae Dawn Chong was Sheila E. making a cameo appearance.

YouKnowMyName68 Beat street was/is a movie that impacted kids all across America. Showing to the world what the culture of hip hop and where it originated from. I was in my early, early teens when this film debut and I was residing in San Francisco, California. And it just made everyone understand and take to it. All four elements are represented somehow. I still think today even back then that the story is very weak. That I do not appreciate. I understand Harry Belafonte produced (or directed?) the film. I think he and others were capitalizing on the emerging movement or youth culture that is the birthplace in New York, specifically the South Bronx, of this phenomenon called hip hop. Hip hop is about taking initiative and doing it yourself, like its cousin punk rock, an ethos, if you will. Which is why I stopped listening to contemporary music of today, especially rap. I do not recognize hip hop when it is mentioned or when it comes out of somebody's mouth. I would not call it hip hop it is something entirely removed from what it truly, originally meant. I don't listen to m&m, 50cents, and gangsta rap. I just don't. Because the moment rap went into other subjects(such as gangsta, another term and genre too tedious for me to even comment on) I got bored and it no longer became fun. Booty shaking music or lullaby music is what I call it. And it is dull. True hip hop is about doing what you feel and going against the grain because your into something that you feel about. Rap music, especially contemporary one of today, is just hella funny to me and boring. I hear the lamest, wackest beats blaring on car stereos and I am relieved from this by my Ipod. Rap music is boring. Not amazing. I'm talking about the music today. Nothing to get excited about. That's why when I see Beat street, although it is just a hazy hint of what hip hop is about you can see the energy from the music, art, dance, and language resonating with each other. Like with the dancing, the music videos that I see and the music that goes with it is very, very, very funny to me. usher, missy eliot, justin timberflake, I've heard a woman say they are the greatest dancers and I choked. What??????????????? But, I just laugh to myself. There is so much more I would love to share but I will stop here. Beat street is one of my favorites not because of the story but because it captures the actual people who practition the arts: Rock Steady Crew, New York City Breakers, Africa Bambaataa and Soul Sonic Force and all the artists. Tougher than leather was a film that was a failure because it did not originate from the source and did not know what it was trying to be. And let me say just this, big ups to Run DMC and Jam master Jay, but they were not responsible for the wearing of adidas kicks. Naw, man, they had nothing' to do with it. I started because of Rock Steady Crew and The New York City Breakers. Rest in peace, Dondi, Caine, Buck 4, Kuriaki, Sane, Shy 147, and big respect to the innovators and pioneers and people just doing their own thing. New York the capital of Hip Hop! Yeah, Doze, I remember that and I had the RSC album, too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

danstevon Without doubt Beat Street is the best film about the breakin scene. Everything about it is spot on,the clothes (puma),the music and most importantly the dancing! The storyline is basic,but hey whats there to tell a story about? The whole point of the film is to show what kids of that moment in time were doing,what mattered to them. It shows that teenagers in general are good,all that mattered to these everyday kids was music,dancing and friendship. Having watched the DVD recently i was plesantly surprised how well it had stood the test of time! The clothes didn't look dated (possibly because Puma is now having a massive comeback),the music still sounds fresh,and the dancing is still captivating to watch. A film anyone 10-25 years of age should see as part of their youth culture.

Arnoldo Valdez Cinematically, this film stinks. So does a lot of the acting. But Idon't care. If there is a strong representation of what the 80's werelike(For a lot of us in the innercity anyways) and what hip-hop, Zulunation, and break dancing were really like.Great music, greatdancing! It almost seems like a documentary of a time now pastwhen hip-hop was a way of life. It's also interesting to see NewYork looking like ground zero from a nuclear attack. Some viewersmay be too young to remember that It was a poor, run down cityduring the 70's and 80's. This is the best of all the hip-hop/breakdancing movies that came out around that period. Of course the80's are considered a joke now with all the bad tv shows andmovies, but those of us who lived through it will always rememberit fondly for a time when music, dancing, and graffiti were fresh, yo!