Sidekicks (1992) on Netflix
PG19921h 41mActionAdventureComedy
Barry Gabrewski, an asthmatic Houston teenager, escapes bullies by daydreaming of fighting beside his martial arts hero. Turned away by a dojo, he trains under Mr. Lee, his teacher's uncle.
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- IMDb5.3/1011,074 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes26%
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Plot summary
Barry Gabrewski is an asthmatic teenager in Houston, Texas, living with his widowed father, Jerry. Class bully Randy Cellini and his gym instructor, Horn, make school hard, and Barry retreats into daydreams in which he fights alongside his martial arts hero. He wants to learn karate, but Kelly Stone, a dojo master, rejects him as too weak. Mr. Lee, the sly uncle of Barry's favorite teacher, Noreen Chan and the owner of the Frying Dragon restaurant, takes Barry on as a student instead. Lee's training builds the boy's endurance and eases his asthma, and he shapes drills around Barry's hero worship, making the tasks seem more dangerous than they are.
Cast
- John Buchananas Randy Cellini
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Sidekicks (1992)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Sidekicks was the pet project of Houston furniture outlet owner Jim "Mattress Mac" McIngvale, who invested 8 million dollars in producing the film in partnership with Chuck Norris and his "Kick Drugs out of Schools" campaign.
- Chuck Norris, who had appeared in many local television commercials for Jim "Mattress Mac" McIngvale, suggested the idea of creating Sidekicks, and McIngvale agreed to finance and produce it.
- The Frying Dragon restaurant location used in Sidekicks, at 8926 Gulf Fwy in Houston, Texas, has since been demolished.
