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The Karate Kid
1984 · Action · Drama
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First it was teacher to student. Then it was father to son. Now, it's man to man.
Despondent over the closing of his karate school, Cobra Kai teacher John Kreese joins a ruthless businessman and martial artist to get revenge on Daniel and Mr. Miyagi.
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Filipe Manuel Neto
July 11, 2022
**The weakest of them all in the Karate Kid franchise.** After an excellent initial film and a sufficiently honorable sequel, this film comes to us… and there is no way to hide that the quality of the material presented is substantially lower and that the film works badly. The biggest problem with this film is the script, quite weak, poorly written and full of holes in which the lack of logic and credibility are clos…
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GenerationofSwine
January 12, 2023
I totally forgot about this one until someone at work made an obscure reference about it... and suddenly I was faced with memories I'd rather forget. Honestly, when you remember The Next Karate kid and not Part III, it should tell you something. Anyway, he was right, it did have Robyn Lively in it and I think this is one of her early roles... and this and Teen Witch are kind of a shame because she can do a good job,…
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CinemaSerf
May 29, 2025
Was I the only one who simply wasn’t engaged with this series? Building on the success of their very own equivalent of the 1970s “Grasshopper” (David Carradine) doing karate rather than kung fu, the now slightly loved-up “Daniel” (Ralph Macchio) finds himself embroiled in quite a nasty plot by his erstwhile nemesis “Kreese” (Martin Kove) to avenge himself on the lad and his mentor “Miyagi” (Pat Morita) by goading him…
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