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UNDERDOG KIDS Review: ‘Best Of The Best’ – Kids Edition!

It took almost 20 years to Phillip Rhee to return to cinema, and he did it directing, starring and even writing the script of this low budget Karate Kid exploitation, that brings back the uplifting spirit of the first “Best of the Best”, turning the same formula into a movie mostly oriented for kids. Here, we have a bunch of no good for nothing kids that trains martial arts in a community center, that with the help of “Phillip Rhee” as new coach, will find the way to overcome themselves. There’s also a cheap version of the “Cobra Kais”, called “The Scorpions” (nothing to do with the legendary rock band) that play their part as bad guys of the story, but their presence is not that important to the plot, which is focused in the development of the kids in order to get better through the practice of martial arts, […]

BEST OF THE BEST Star Phillip Rhee: 'We're Going To Reboot The Whole Franchise'

Lee B. Golden III

Specific fans of actor and martial artist Phillip Rhee may know him from a pre-Best Of The Best list of films like LA Streetfighters and Furious. However, it was through the aforementioned 1989 Bob Radler-directed martial arts tournamant drama in which he rose to fame along with brother, fellow actor and martial artist Simon Rhee, eventually leading to a theatrical sequel in 1992 before two more home releases 1995 and 1998. That was seventeen years ago, and it’s only recently that the Rhee brothers are now reinvigorating their base with the latest martial arts family drama, Underdog Kids, which arrives on Digital HD this Friday before a July 7 DVD and Blu-Ray release through Anchor Bay. That said, the former Rhee recently spoke to The Action Elite‘s own David J. Moore about the new film in which Rhee‘s return to the screen also debuts him as a director. The film […]