| Sidekicks (1993) Cast:Chuck Norris,Beau Bridges,Mako,Jonathan Brandis,Joe Piscopo It's the Karate Kid part 23! A boy constantly has dreams of being Norris's sidekick and is bullied in school for being such a dork until the kid is trained in the martial arts and gets to fight side by side with Norris hence the title. Of course the results are as predictable as one would expect. Chuck Norris has now been making movies for kids, and well with all things considered it isn't all that bad, but of course it's not as good as one of his best R rated actioners such as The Delta Force and Code Of Silence yet I would have to rank this as Chuck Norris' best actioner he made in the 90's which isn't saying much at all.. The acting in this flick is surprisingly is good (Although Piscopo offers an embarrassing performance) and the martial arts matches although done with slapstick is entertaining enough in a brain-dead way, not exactly in the vein of such classics as Citizen Kane but one wouldn't expect it to be with a movie with Chuck Norris in the cast either. D.Aaron Norris **1/2 |