Underdog Kids

Underdog Kids (2015)

Inner city kids from a poor neighborhood go up against the undefeated Beverly Hills Junior National Karate Team.

Date of release
2015-06-07
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (19)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Family, Action
Director
Phillip Rhee

Casting

Interesting facts

Underdog Kids is an American martial arts film directed by Phillip Rhee that premiered on July 7, 2015. It is Rhee's first film in seventeen years, after retiring from the industry in 1998 with Best of the Best 4: Without Warning as his last film. Having focused on both teaching and children's programming at the time, Rhee wanted to make a film geared towards kids and family that would be similar to his previous film Best of the Best.

Development

The film was first announced on August 21, 2013.

Underdog Kids is written, produced and directed by Phillip Rhee. The original title of the film was Underdogs. The first images and posters were released on September 14, 2014, and the film released on July 7, 2015. Rhee was quoted as saying that "By working with an award winning producing and directing partner Doug Magallon and Fabienne Wen, we were able to make 'Underdog Kids' into one of those special films that will touch your heart and uplif…

Phillip went through over 600 children to find his final cast for Underdog Kids.

Simon Rhee, Phillip's brother served as the stunt consultant and James Lew was the 2nd unit director/stunt coordinator and Marc Canonizado was the choreographer on the film. Arturo Sandoval composed the soundtrack and Jim Bolt worked as the sound mixer and designer.

More images were revealed on the film's official website.

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