Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo is an American 1984 film directed by Sam Firstenberg. It is a sequel to the 1984 breakdancing film Breakin'. Electric Boogaloo was released seven months after its predecessor by TriStar 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 made but had an unconnected plot and different lead characters – only Ice-T features in all three films.

Plot
Breakin' 2 features three characters from Breakin' – Kelly (Lucinda Dickey), Orlando "Ozone" Barco (Adolfo Quinones), and Tony "Turbo" Ainley (Michael Chambers) – who struggle to stop the demolition of a community recreation center by a developer who wants to build a shopping mall. Viktor Manoel, Ice-T, and Martika also appear as dancers.

Cast

 * Lucinda Dickey as Kelly / Special K
 * Adolfo "Shabba Doo" Quiñones as Orlando "Ozone" Barco
 * Michael "Boogaloo Shrimp" Chambers as Tony "Turbo" Ainley
 * Susie Bono as Rhonda
 * Sabrina Garcia as Lucia
 * Ice-T as Rapper
 * Cooley Jackson/Jaxson as Featured Street Dancer TKO
 * John LaMotta as a Policeman
 * Steve "Sugarfoot" Notario as Strobe
 * Tyler Birch

Critical reception
Though most critics rated the film poorly, New York Press film critic Armond White considered it to be "superb" and Roger Ebert gave the film a three-star rating. Rotten Tomatoes currently gives it a rating of 29% based on 7 reviews.

Soundtrack
Like its predecessor, much of the film's soundtrack was provided by Ollie & Jerry, comprising the duo Ollie E. Brown and Jerry Knight. The title track, "Electric Boogaloo", reached number 45 on the R&B charts.


 * 1) "Electric Boogaloo" – Ollie & Jerry
 * 2) "Radiotron" – Firefox
 * 3) "Din Daa Daa" – George Kranz
 * 4) "When I.C.U." – Ollie & Jerry
 * 5) "Gotta Have the Money" – Steve Donn
 * 6) "Believe in the Beat" – Carol Lynn Townes
 * 7) "Set it out" – Midway
 * 8) "I Don't Wanna Come Down" – Mark Scott
 * 9) "Stylin' Profilin'" – Firefox
 * 10) "Oye Mamacita" – Rags & Riches

Home video releases
On April 15, 2003, MGM Home Entertainment released Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo as a bare-bones DVD. 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, has entered the pop-culture lexicon as a snowclone pejorative nickname to denote an archetypical sequel. The usual connotation is of either a ridiculous sequel title, or of the follow-up to an obscure or eclectic movie (or other work). The band Five Iron Frenzy titled one of their albums Five Iron Frenzy 2: Electric Boogaloo. The band Minus the Bear features the song Get Me Naked 2: The 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". Other news articles and media have used the Electric Boogaloo subtitle, and it has also become an Internet meme.

A documentary about the Cannon Group was released in 2014 called Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films of which Breakin' and Breakin' 2 were featured.

On December 9, 2019 a New England Patriots advanced scout documentary crew was accused by a Cincinnati Bengals security guard of illegally filming the sidelines of an opposing team. The ensuing sports scandal was thereby named "Spygate 2: Electric Boogaloo"

In 2019–20, "boogaloo" became common among the far-right militia movement as a term for a second American Civil War, i.e. "Civil War 2: Electric Boogaloo". The term originated on 4chan's /pol/ forum and became common around the time of the 2020 VCDL Lobby Day.