Rappin'

1985

Drama / Music / Musical

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 32% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 32% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 4.4/10 10 689 689

Plot summary

An ex-con and break-dancer helps save a neighborhood from a greedy developer while trying to win a rap contest.

Director

Joel Silberg Photo
Joel Silberg

Top cast

Kadeem Hardison Photo
Kadeem Hardison as Moon
Tasia Valenza Photo
Tasia Valenza as Dixie
Harry Goz Photo
Harry Goz as Thorndike
Ice-T Photo
Ice-T as Ice-T
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
853.48 MB
1280*690
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 2
1.55 GB
1920*1036
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by evening1 5 / 10

Exuberant

Reviewed by John Book 5 / 10

Hollywood's failed attempt at accepting another "culture"

With the success of "Beat Street" and "Breakin'", Hollywood felt it was the right time to exploit the world of rap music. Keep in mind that this was 1985, and the music was still being promoted by the music. No videos, no shiny record covers, just the music and the people. With that in mind, someone felt it was pretty good to make a film about a few people struggling for a better life, and doing it by having each character rap during key moments in the movie. I don't know what they were thinking, maybe a "West Side Story" for the breakdancers? While this movie could (and should) be exposed as weak, there's a small part inside of you that you eat up like cake. Sure it's cheesy, but at the same time their hearts were in the right place, just not doing it correctly. Mario Van Peebles tries to rap, but the high/lowlight has got to be the ending of the movie, when the entire cast is given a few lines to rap, including the "cowboy" character. And you thought Eminem was the first white wonder.
Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 3 / 10

too much cringe

John Hood (Mario Van Peebles) is released from prison. He goes home to his grandma and younger brother. He reconnects with his best friend Ice (Eriq La Salle). The evil landlord Wilson is trying to evict the multi-ethnic downtrodden neighborhood. Hood and his friends work to fight against the villainous land-developer. He falls for rival Duane's girlfriend, Dixie (Tasia Valenza).If this is a disconnected sequel to Breakin', then this is a complete failure. I would love to have Breakin' 3 with the original crew. As a new story on its own, this is still a failure. If they want a movie about rapping, make Ice-T the protagonist. He's the only connecting tissue and he deserves a chance. His acting couldn't be any worst. Mario has always been a hustler and a try hard. He tries hard to be a rapper but he's far from one. I couldn't believe the first rap is about food. Eriq La Salle is stiff and cold. He can be that way in ER because that's the character. In this, he's just stiff and he's not a real rapper either. Duane is a ridiculously villain. He's white bread trying to be hard and it comes off like a cartoon. I do like the town council rap for its hokey sincerity but the closing credits rap is just cringeworthy. I want to like this but too much of this is cringeworthy.
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