Koala Kid

Koala Kid (also known as Outback or The Outback) is a 2012 South Korean–American computer-animated action comedy film directed by Kyung Ho Lee. It was released in South Korea on January 12, 2012. The movie takes place in Australia. The English dub cast consists of Rob Schneider, Bret McKenzie, Frank Welker, Yvonne Strahovski, Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, and Chris Edgerly.

Koala Kid
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKyung Ho Lee
Produced byDaniel Chuba
Mark A.Z. Dippé
Ash R. Shah
Joshua Sohn
Alex J. Yoo
Written byScott Clevenger
Chris Denk
Timothy Wayne Peternel
StarringRob Schneider
Bret McKenzie
Frank Welker
Yvonne Strahovski
Alan Cumming
Tim Curry
Chris Edgerly
Narrated byRob Schneider
Music byMichael Yezerski
Edited byTom Sanders
Production
company
Animation Picture Co.
Digiart Productions
Lotte Entertainment
Anarchy Post (Audio Post Production)
Distributed byBlue Sky Media (Europe)
Zon Audiovisuais (Portugal)
Release date
  • 12 January 2012 (2012-01-12)
Running time
85 min
CountrySouth Korea
United States
LanguageKorean
English
Budget$5,300,000 (estimated)
Box office$8,106,158 (estimated)

Plot

A white koala named Johnny is teased about his color so he joins a traveling circus with the help of Hamish, a Tasmanian Devil, and Higgens, a monkey photographer. He is disappointed that he is part of the freak show instead of the main acts in the big tent. The top act is "Wild Bushman" who takes all the audience from the freak show. Johnny checks out the act and ends up part of the act by accident and saved by The Wild Bushman.

While traveling to a new location, their wagon train car becomes unattached and crashes in the desert of "The Outback". On their quest to go to the next location of the traveling circus, "Precipice Lake", they come upon a billabong. They witness from their cliff location that a pack of dingos Blacktooth, Loki, and Cutter as well as their thylacine ally Hex are chasing a bilby, but is rescued by a kangaroo named Mac, a wombat army, and Miranda, a vine-swinging female koala talented at throwing a boomerang. A vulture named Boris reveals that a giant crocodile named Bog intends on taking over the billabong. When their rescue goes wrong and the dingos threaten to take over, the rock Johnny is on breaks free and he slides down the cliff and ends up rolling on top of a boulder that chases the dingos away. Hamish introduces the now-famous white koala as "Koala Kid". Miranda is not impressed, but Johnny watches her from a tree as she practices. When noticed, Miranda breaks the branch he is on with her boomerang and complains about him watching in secret. He tries to lie his way out of that accusation but ends up suggesting he is an expert at the boomerang and proven wrong when offered to try it himself.

Hamish's plan is to take photos of Johnny doing heroic stuff and make him famous as Koala Kid so when they get back to the circus, they can get in the main act rather than the freak show and earn Hamish more money. Bog is not impressed with his gang getting chased by a koala so orders them to capture Koala Kid. In the chase, Miranda's younger sister Charlotte gets covered with cosmetic powder and mistaken for the Koala Kid resulting in her getting kidnapped. The billabong residents plan to rescue Charlotte but must cross the dangerous "Bungle Bungles" on their way to Precipice Lake. This convinces Hamish to go along with Johnny's conscience and join in the team to rescue Charlotte.

During the trip, Johnny accidentally saves the day a few times but Miranda is still not impressed. Johnny and Miranda fall into a sinkhole and tell the rest of them go on ahead. They are being hunted by a giant goanna named Bull with a thorn in its foot. Johnny saves Miranda but soon realizes the lizard is suffering and pulls out the thorn. Bull becomes friends with Johnny and the two koalas ride it out of the caves. Just as Miranda starts to take a liking to Johnny, Boris the vulture reveals that Johnny is just a freak show act and the "Koala Kid" thing is just a lie. Miranda tells him to leave. but finds out that the gang will need to bring a koala to Bog instead of the real Koala Kid and Charlotte will have to do. Miranda offers to take her place. Charlotte goes to find Johnny while the kangaroo and the wombat army manage to distract and capture all the gang, but the vulture.

Charlotte finds Johnny along with Hamish, Higgens and a prophetic peg-leg named Quint wombat and they decide to finally help Johnny get what he really wants, Miranda. Johnny calls Bull and rides off and saves Miranda. Bog shows up and gives chase so they head to the circus hoping the Wild Bushman will be able to tame Bog. Bog proves too powerful until Johnny uses the boomerang to bring down the big top on top of Bog (and himself).

Johnny, Miranda and Bull become the main attraction and the bad guys get sold as pets. Johnny asks Miranda if she likes her new life and she is not so sure. Plan B is they ride off into the sunset together.

Cast

Reception

The film has grossed Q4.6 million at the Guatemalan box office.[1]

References
  1. "Weekly box office 19/05/2014 - 25/05/2014". english.entgroup.cn. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
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