Planet B-Boy is a fantastic film about the underbelly of the international breakdancing scene. Like in any other artform, what's been exploited and what is known to the public is the crap...the passionless, marketed, undermining crap. When you dig deeper into the underground and figure out what the artform is truly about, you leave refreshed and invigorated and Planet B-Boy does just that.
I thought the director did an excellent job in bringing to the surface the intensity and passion of the b-boys. The film wasn't perfect. I think it gets a little too personal and sways from the details of the breakdancing movement, but I do appreciate what Benson Lee was trying to get at with the pressures these teens deal with in trying to prove the credibility of their passion to their parents and their respective societies. I especially love how Lee ventures all around the world to show the different countries and their diverse personalities in how they prepare for what is the World Cup of breakdancing.
A must-see for everyone who has an appreciation for a unique underground artform.