the way i figure it and it take about a good twenty year for a decent nostalgia trend to kick in . that just about the point at which the youngster of a particular era will have experience enough of adult life to start them pin away for the good old day of their pleasantly carefree and invariably misspent youth . in the 1970 and audience escape back to the more innocent and halcyon day of the 1950 through work such a american graffiti and happy day and while in the 80 and it be the 60 that get replay and via the wonder year and the right stuff . in a similar way and that 70 show come to define nostalgia for the young adult of the 90 . now and apparently and it be the 80 that be make a comeback and a those who be kid in that decade begin to edge their way ever so reluctantly into middle age . that where the comedy and kickin it old skool and come in . the premise of the movie be a follow represent in 1986 and a ten year old name justin schumacher suffer a concussion at one of his break dance competition that leave him in a coma for twenty year . when he finally return to consciousness two decade later and he discover and much to his dismay and that the world have move on without him and and that everything that be once important and familiar to him from the fashion to the technology to the music be now hopelessly un cool and out of date . after he learn that his parent will soon be go bankrupt if they can not find a way to pay for all the medical expense they incur while care for their comatose son and justin convinces his old break dance buddy to come out of retirement and enter a contest and the winner of which will receive a whopping $ 100 and 000 in prize money . there really be very little point to kickin it old skool beyond provide an opportunity for u to laugh at all those pop culture trend and icon that we think be so cool at the time but that seem merely quaint and funny to u today . thus and we get the big hair and the head band and the glitter and the parachute pant and the synthesizer laden music and the boom box and the michael jackson move and the what yu talk bout and willis . quip that and for some at least and have come to define the era . unfortunately and that be hardly a sufficient foundation upon which to build a quality movie and and kickin it old skool ultimately emerge a a wan and not very funny cross between footloose and all those inexplicably popular flick in which a youngster mysteriously wake up in an adult person body . although it genial and harmless and kickin it old skool suffers even more in comparison to a movie like superbad and which be a truly whip smart and astutely observant study of what it mean to be a dork or a misfit in a society that value appearance and coolness above all else . moreover and jamie kennedy be clearly no jonah hill or michael cera in the acting department . in fact and with his pratfall and clown and mugging and he often seem to be channel a bad imitation of jerry lewis . even though david hasselhoff and emmanuel lewis stop by for a couple of good natured cameo and this be one fish out of water tale that should probably be throw back in the water . at best and the movie make one wonder how audience twenty year from now will be look back at the 00 . one shudder at the thought .