If you like modern dance, then ‘B-Girl’ is likely to be right up your street. There is no denying the relevance of dance to a modern, youthful audience, as could be witnessed by young George Sampson’s success in ‘Britain’s Got Talent 2008 Finale’.

However, there is something remarkably attractive about the American slant on street dance moves. They are usually exceptionally athletic and you find yourself watching avidly, mouth agog, as the various break moves incorporate elbow-hops, head-slides, spins and turns carried out at such high speed that you marvel at how far a human can stretch his or her physicality.

This film is no different and, although I did start to question the integrity of Jules ‘Lady Jules’ Urich (I did wonder if she was part of the Urich American acting dynasty, who plays lead character ‘Angel’), as much of her set-pieces were shot as head and shoulders only and, when you did see her head, it was always the back…hmmm, questionable technique indeed. Yet, there are flashes of dynamic brilliance in a movie that is otherwise shorn of any genuine intrigue. It is the archetypal winner-knocked-down-weakened-but-returned-into-winner-again story and is a popular coda for this class of B/C-movie, so there is little point in searching for any depth.

However, the cast, none of which is worth mentioning for their ‘acting talent’, consists of some of the most technically gifted and judiciously choreographed dancers of the latest currency. If you want to discover ‘top rock’, ‘down rock’ and the countless styles of ‘freeze’, then this may be the title to help you hit the dance floor, otherwise forget it, because the movie is anaesthetically numb and aesthetically tedious.