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Movie Info

Sean Lewis is a young, successful businessman in Long Beach, Calif. He becomes involved with the Bad Boys, a group of disheveled misfits who want to dance but have trouble busting a move. Realizing he's in above his head trying to teach these youths to dance, Sean brings in a professional instructor, who helps give the Bad Boys skill and confidence. Meanwhile, Sean finds himself falling in love with Sara, the director of the community center where the young dancers practice their moves.

Rating:

PG-13 (Some Drug Material|Thematic Elements|Some Language)
Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Chris Stokes
Producer:

Sharif Ahmed, Marques Houston, Jerome Jones, J. Christopher Owen, Chris Stokes, Zeus Zamani
Writer:

Marques Houston, Chris Stokes
Release Date (Theaters):

Jun 1, 2012 wide
Release Date (Streaming):

Nov 18, 2016
Runtime:

1h 46m

Cast & Crew

Marques Houston
Sean Lewis

Mekia Cox
Sarah Miller

Christopher Michael Jones
Hank 'The Shockwave' Adams

Lynn Whitfield
Ms. Parker

Tristen M. Carter
Eric Smith

Chandler Kinney
Chantel

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News & Interviews for Battlefield America

Critics Consensus: Snow White and the Huntsman Isn’t the Fairest of Them All

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Critic Reviews for Battlefield America

All Critics (13) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (12)

This hip-hoppy dance-off melodrama is about as funky as an Amish funeral.

June 8, 2012 | Rating: 0/5 | Full Review…

Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
A pic so thoroughly generic as to suggest a contraption assembled from spare parts with the aid of a how-to manual.

June 8, 2012

Joe Leydon
Variety
The teams seem to be competing for little more than bragging rights and one of those giant "Toddlers & Tiaras" trophies.

June 1, 2012 | Full Review…

Alonso Duralde
TheWrap
Even the most forgiving viewers may feel like they've been underestimated - and underserved.

May 31, 2012 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…

Gary Goldstein
Los Angeles Times
If you're looking for a tough, streetwise film about urban kids who get together to enter a national hip-hop dance competition, "Battlefield America" is not your movie.

May 31, 2012 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Jeffrey Gantz
Boston Globe
Earnest emotions can't quite trump an awkward approach in Chris Stokes' followup to 2004's "You Got Served."

May 31, 2012 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
This is one battle where everyone involved loses.

September 2, 2020 | Rating: 1.5/4.0 | Full Review…

Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com
The dance sequences are energetic and the kids are charming enough, but the generic script is underdog formula throughout.

October 15, 2012 | Full Review…

Todd Jorgenson
Cinemalogue
Watching stage-parented poseurs play at being punks, mugging for the camera and talking sass to every adult, is not most people's idea of time well spent at the movies.

June 8, 2012 | Rating: 1/4

Roger Moore
Tribune News Service
Slapdashly assembled and lacking in dance thrills.

June 5, 2012 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…

Vadim Rizov
Boxoffice Magazine
'Cringe-inducing' doesn't even begin to describe it.

May 30, 2012 | Rating: 0.5/4 | Full Review…

Dustin Putman
TheFilmFile.com