Battle of the Year is a 2013 American 3D dance film directed by Benson Lee. The film was released on September 20, 2013 through Screen Gems and stars Josh Holloway, Chris Brown, Laz Alonso, Caity Lotz, and Josh Peck.
Battle of the Year is based upon Lee’s award-winning 2008 documentary Planet B-Boy, about the b-boying competition of the same name. The feature film includes cinematography by Vasco Nunes, Lee’s director of photography on the original documentary.
Plot
Dante Graham enlists Jason Blake to coach the United States’ b-boy team to compete in the Battle of the Year, as the US has not won in 15 years. Blake puts together a team of the best b-boys across America à la Dream Team. After overcoming their differences and learning to work as a team, the Dream Team makes it to the semi-finals, beats the reigning champion French team and finds themselves against the favorites, the Koreans. Ultimately, they lose by one point. Blake resolves to resume training as soon as possible to win next year.
Cast
Josh Holloway as Jason Blake
Chris Brown as Rooster
Josh Peck as Franklyn
Laz Alonso as Dante Graham
Caity Lotz as Stacy
Jon “Do Knock” Cruz as Do Knock
Ivan “Flipz” Velez as Flipz
Richard Carmelo Soto as Abbstarr
Terrence J as Himself
Sway Calloway as Himself
Anis Cheurfa as Anis
Weronika Rosati as Jolene
Alex Martin as Punk
Dominic Sandoval as Grifter
Steve Terada as Sight
Victor Kim as Aces
Jesse “Casper” Brown as Rebel
David “Kid David” Shreibman as Kid
Luis “Luigi” Rosado as Bambino
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