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  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • Cinedigm Entertainment Group
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • Cinedigm Entertainment Group
  • 1 h 46 m

Summary From the team that brought you "YOU GOT SERVED" comes a young Hip-Hop dance battle movie for a new generation of dance. Battlefield America takes a steady look at the underbelly of the youth battle dance culture in Long Beach, California. Sean Lewis, a young, charismatic, successful businessman finds himself in the mix with a bunch of di...

Directed By: Chris Stokes

Written By: Marques Houston, Chris Stokes

  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • Cinedigm Entertainment Group
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • Cinedigm Entertainment Group
  • 1 h 46 m

Battlefield America

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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User Score Overwhelming Dislike Based on 22 User Ratings
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Summary From the team that brought you "YOU GOT SERVED" comes a young Hip-Hop dance battle movie for a new generation of dance. Battlefield America takes a steady look at the underbelly of the youth battle dance culture in Long Beach, California. Sean Lewis, a young, charismatic, successful businessman finds himself in the mix with a bunch of di...

Directed By: Chris Stokes

Written By: Marques Houston, Chris Stokes

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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33% Negative
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60
May 29, 2012
Although it's grotesque to see pre-teens stomping in underground warehouse-battle settings, at least Battlefield America's racial politics are interesting.
By Ernest Hardy FULL REVIEW
50
May 31, 2012
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.
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40
Jun 1, 2012
Battlefield America manages to pack every cliché imaginable into its overstuffed and overlong 106 minutes.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
40
May 31, 2012
There's likely an audience for the cloying and dizzying hip-hop dance flick Battlefield America, but even the most forgiving viewers may feel like they've been underestimated - and underserved.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
40
May 31, 2012
Houston does his best with an unlikable character, and the young actors are appealing enough to keep us watching. The movie itself, however, is a mess.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
20
Jun 4, 2012
Slapdashly assembled and lacking in dance thrills, the poorly promoted Battlefield America will drive away the few audiences that show up.
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Jun 6, 2012
The set-up, and indeed the entire film, reeks of yawn-inducing boilerplate plotting.
By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW

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Overwhelming Dislike Based on 22 User Ratings
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14% Mixed
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77% Negative
17 Ratings

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Production Company Brian & Barrett Pictures
Release Date Jun 1, 2012
Duration 1 h 46 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline Where Kids Rule!
Website http://www.facebook.com/pages/Battlefield-America/259381524127958
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