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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Village VoiceErnest HardyVillage VoiceErnest HardyAlthough it's grotesque to see pre-teens stomping in underground warehouse-battle settings, at least Battlefield America's racial politics are interesting.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe editing in Battlefield America is super-speedy: Each shot lasts about three seconds, and then it's off.
- 50Boston GlobeBoston GlobeIf 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.
- 40New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanHouston 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.
- 40Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThere'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.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckBattlefield America manages to pack every cliché imaginable into its overstuffed and overlong 106 minutes.
- 30VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonA picture so thoroughly generic as to suggest a contraption assembled from spare parts with the aid of a how-to manual.
- Slapdashly assembled and lacking in dance thrills, the poorly promoted Battlefield America will drive away the few audiences that show up.
- 0Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovThe set-up, and indeed the entire film, reeks of yawn-inducing boilerplate plotting.