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LOS ANGELES, CALIF. – April 26, 2010 - A group of exceptional kids will fight to save a friend in the 
fast-paced martial arts hit Power Kids, arriving on Blu-ray Disc and DVD June 8 from 
Magnolia Home Entertainment under the Magnet Releasing label.  When a group of close-knit Muay Thai-trained children learn that one of their friends is in desperate need of a heart transplant, nothing will stop them from getting the available heart – not even terrorists who have taken control of the hospital where the donated heart must be retrieved. 

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. – April 26, 2010 - A group of exceptional kids will fight to save a friend in the 
fast-paced martial arts hit Power Kids, arriving on Blu-ray Disc and DVD June 8 from 
Magnolia Home Entertainment under the Magnet Releasing label.  When a group of close-knit Muay Thai-trained children learn that one of their friends is in desperate need of a heart transplant, nothing will stop them from getting the available heart – not even terrorists who have taken control of the hospital where the donated heart must be retrieved.  Facing dire circumstances for themselves, their friend and their country, the undaunted kids must put their training to the test and become heroes.  With friendship, courage and hearts bigger than their small size would suggest, the “Power Kids” will do what it takes to emerge victorious.  Produced by Ong-Bak director Prachya Pinkaew (The Protector, Chocolate) and featuring action choreography by Panna Rittikrai (co-director of Ong-Bak 2 and director of Born to Fight), 
Power Kids was an official selection at the 2009 Fantasia Festival.  The Power Kids Blu-ray Disc and DVD include a behind the scenes footage and making-of.  They will be available for the suggested retail price of $29.98 and $26.98, respectively.


Synopsis
Pint-sized Wun and his older brother live at a Muay Thai school with a few other students.  Suffering from a failing heart, Wun is hospitalized and in desperate need of a transplant.  A viable heart becomes available, but the donated organ is locked up in a hospital that has been overtaken by a lethal terrorist faction.  With only four hours to perform the surgery, Wun’s brother and best friends, armed with Thai boxing skills and determination, race to the hospital to take on the terrorists and save his life.

Special Features

• Behind the Scenes Footage
• Making of Power Kids


About Magnolia Home Entertainment
Magnolia Home Entertainment is the home video division of Magnolia Pictures. Launched in November 2005, the company releases a diversified slate of films both under Magnolia Home Entertainment and the Magnet label, including James Marsh’s Academy Award® winning Man on Wire, Academy Award® nominated documentary Food, Inc., Academy Award® nominated documentary No End in Sight, Academy Award® nominated documentary, Jesus Camp, Alex Gibney’s Academy Award® nominated documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Steven Soderbergh’s Bubble, Roger Donaldson’s The World’s Fastest Indian and Bong Joon-Ho’s The Host. Magnolia Home Entertainment is part of a vertically-integrated group of media properties co-owned by Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban that includes distributor Magnolia Pictures, the Landmark Theatres chain, production companies HDNet Films and 2929 Productions, and high-definition cable networks HDNet and HDNet Movies. For more information visit http://www.magpictures.com.