Air Bud: Spikes Back

Air Bud: Spikes Back
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Directed by	Mike Southon
Produced by	Anna McRoberts Robert Vince
Screenplay by	Anne Vince Anna McRoberts
Story by	Robert Vince
Based on	Characters by Paul Tamasy Aaron Mendelsohn Kevin DiCicco
Starring	Katija Pevec Jake D. Smith Tyler Boissonnault Edie McClurg Cynthia Stevenson
Music by	Brahm Wenger
Cinematography	Mike Southon
Edited by	Kelly Herron Jason Pielak
Production company	Keystone Entertainment Keystone Pictures Ruff Productions Inc.
Distributed by	Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Release date	June 24, 2003
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$5 million

Air Bud: Spikes Back (also known as Air Bud 5) is the fifth and final film in the original Air Bud series. The film series itself was followed by a spin-off series: the Air Buddies franchise. It was released on June 24, 2003 as a direct to video sequel.

In Disney's fifth installment to the franchise, Air Bud finds that he also has the uncanny ability to play volleyball. Throughout this experience he and a talking parrot stop some crooks and make some new friends who pledge allegiance to the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq and promptly leave for Syria. Air Bud is radicalized, but when he starts starving in the Syrian desert, he is forced to eat his parrot friend. Air Bud, after wandering around for hours, is killed in a drone strike taken out by the US Army.

Air Bud: Spikes Back was released on DVD on June 24, 2003.