Sidekicks 4K 1992

In each of us there is a combination of good and evil. It's understandable now. But in my childhood everything was different...

Both crocodile Gena, who remained kind even after so many mischiefs of old woman Shapoklyak, and ninja turtles, who solved all problems with their fists, were perceived the same way. They were the main characters and were positioned as unconditional good. The rest was evil...

The influx of karate in the beginning of the 90s in Russia, the wide publicity about it, the movies where people who won karate went on to become winners, it all blew our minds as kids. And we reveled in those kinds of movies because we wanted to see ourselves in them and saw our dreams.

The early '90s. We kids were walking around the yards all by ourselves and we often had to fight to prove our point. Of course we were often punched by the stronger ones, but in our dreams we were the strongest and bravest.

And of course everyone liked a girl, but this girl did not pay attention to us... Women like strong in every way. But we unconsciously wanted to be strong, because in the movies strong positive heroes had all the dreams come true.

Looking at the movie now, you see it very differently. It's strange to see how the beautiful teacher is still single, but she gives a lot of attention to the bespectacled programmer of unsportsmanlike appearance. As if by magic, a master teacher appears, who naturally has secret knowledge, rubs in a miracle ointment and makes him drink an unbearably stinky but magical remedy to improve his health. How a master teacher turns a frail boy into a tough fighter in a few months. How movie and world championship karate star Chuck Norris agreed to be part of a team of complete strangers. How Chuck Norris's main adversary Stone (he once defeated Chuck) just made it to the finals with ease, and in the finals he resists the beating completely. How did the judges allow the bricks to be set on fire, because it's known that once they burn, the bricks are much easier to break.

But that's now. And when I was a kid, it all seemed extraordinary. Even now the film, which lasts 1h 40min, watched in the same breath.