Turn It Loose — a movie about b-boying

Reviews

Check out some of the reviews and comments for TURN IT LOOSE!

“Over the last few years, we’ve seen some insane, extreme dancing in everything from “You Got Served” to “Stomp the Yard” to the “Step Up” films and “America’s Best Dance Crew.” But you ain’t never seen anything like this before…a hot new documentary about the world’s greatest breakdancing b-boys.”
Larry Carrol -  MTV Moviesblog

“Alastair Siddons’s Turn It Loose, about the break-dancing championships in Soweto, has terrific production values and photography, following the competing B-boys into such places as Senegal, Brazil, Japan and Algeria.”
Jason Salomons – The Guardian

“We’ve seen plenty of breakdancing and b-boys in movies and even a few b-boy documentaries before (like Planet B-Boy and Inside the Circle), but we haven’t ever seen anything like this.”
Alex Billington – www.firstshowing.net

“As with Spellbound or …Teen Spirit, your enjoyment of Turn It Loose is by no means predicated on whether or not you like, or indeed know much about the subject. It’s appeal lies, principally, in the characters themselves, but there’s also a fascinating socio-political subtext to the film that develops as Siddons and his crew travel to the contestants’ home countries.”…“It’s interesting, perhaps, to wonder where the funding for this film came from. The tournament itself is sponsored by Red Bull, and it’s entirely possible they’ve invested money in the film; but, encouragingly, they exercise no editorial control here.”
Michael Booner – Uncut

“Just as this documentary will make you think again about any preconceptions you may have about b-boys – the often touted image of them as brash, sub-rappers couldn’t be further from the truth, on the strength of this – it will also challenge your expectations of this sort of music/dance ‘knock-out’ documentary, as there is a lot more to this than the ‘extended music video’ you might expect.”…“Just as watching each ‘battle’ forms two halves of a whole, Siddons achieves an enviable level of balance, both in terms of the stories being told and the way that he tells them.”…“Importantly, this is a film for everyone to enjoy – not just fans and other b-boys. Siddons shows you the moves, but doesn’t get into technicalities, making this entertainingly accessible. This is a documentary to seek out on the largest screen you can, where the slick editing and equally slick moves can be appreciated in all their glory.”
Amber Wilkinson – Eye for film