Beat Street

1984

Action / Drama / Music

14
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 83% · 7 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 83% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 4728 4.7K

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Plot summary

An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.

Director

Stan Lathan Photo
Stan Lathan

Top cast

Kadeem Hardison Photo
Kadeem Hardison as High School Student
Tonya Pinkins Photo
Tonya Pinkins as Angela
Jon Chardiet Photo
Jon Chardiet as Ramon
Ralph Cole Jr. Photo
Ralph Cole Jr. as Dancer
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
906.17 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 45 min
Seeds 1
1.7 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 45 min
Seeds 11

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by vvanpo 5 / 10

Snapshot of Old School Hip-hop

The Harry Belafonte-produced "Beat Street" captured a slice of hip-hop back when it was dancing, graffiti, DJing and rapping not just rapping. The story line is hokey but the music performances and dancing are great. Afrika Bambaataa, Kool Herc, Kool Moe Dee and Melle Mel are among the artists that make an appearance. A decent way to check out hip-hop before NWA spoiled it all.
Reviewed by DunnDeeDaGreat 7 / 10

Great hip hop flick

When released in 1984, Beat Street was one of the best hip hop themed films released at the time. The movie gets a 10 just for combining all of the elements of hip hop which are the mc,dj, graff and b-boy. The soundtrack is one of the best I've ever heard.
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