The Karate Kid Part III
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Movie Reviews of The Karate Kid Part III
Movie Review: Everybody was kung fu fighting
Summary: 2 Stars
Well this was just bad. I guess they felt as they had done a second movie, someone said we should just put a period on the sentance and make another. But this was just bad, wrapping up all elements of the first and second into too neat a bundle.
Daniel (who is probably about 40 by the time this movie was made) and Miaghi have returned from Okinawa to California having settled the business in Miaghi's hometown. While they were gone, Kreese, the evil sensai from the Cobra Kai dojo has hit rock bottem. After being disgraced at the tournament by the loss as well as his sore loser behavior, Kreese has lost his shirt. Cobra Kai has closed due to lack of enrollment, and he's bankrupt. Out of the blue, he meets up with an old buddy (from his days in Nam, no less) who looks like a young, thin Steven Segal who not only takes him in but agrees to plot revenge against Daniel and Miaghi. (I won't repeat his notable quotables, as they were just too corny.)
Daniel is once again the target of bullies, this time Kreese's renegad students who are causing havok among the town. They don't feel any qualms about beating up girls and kids that are smaller than them. What tough guys. When Daniel asks Miaghi to train him again, Miaghi refuses because he wants Daniel to not aspire to title and reward, but to be a true artist. In an uncharacteristic move, Steven Segal offers to train Daniel to become a killing machine, and Daniel accepts it. Once the plot against him is reveiled, Miaghi trains Daniel to win the tournament.
The whole plotting and revenge was a little too hoakey for me. By the time this movie got made there were a lot of action-revenge type movies out there (ex. Jean Claude Van Damme's and Steven Segal's movie careers), but as we felt we knew Daniel pretty well by then it was disappointing to see him give into evils and temptations. There was the proverbial happy ending, but they had done the Rocky story so many times in these movies that you expected nothing but a happy ending. If you feel you want to see Daniel triumph over the bullies yet again, then watch this because good will always triumph over evil somehow.
Movie Review: Cheesey
Summary: 2 Stars
If you really loved KK1 and KK2, you might like this one. If you didn't like them all that much, you will be horrified by this one.
Look, I can accept a few cheesey lines and some over-acting, but the whole thing was a little lame. Some loser-looking multi-billionaire who was in vietnam spends ALL of his time with his seemingly love interest buddy Reese harass some kid (Daniel) just because he wants to sign up more karate students? And they're over-the-top insane with it to the point of hysterical laughing, etc. And kata wins the tournament? Sheesh.
And I didn't understand the girl's part in the story. Not a love interest, not really involved with him at all.
On the plus side, it managed to keep my interest for the whole movie. Not because i loved it, but because it was okay and I loved the first one. Thought I'd see how it would end.
So bizarre they went from an interesting (and far more complex) storyline in the 2nd movie to this one.
Movie Review: The Bonsai Kid
Summary: 2 Stars
The third series of Karate Kid is the least favorite among the series(including Karete Girl one). The plot itself is not bad.
Miyagi sensei in ambiguous manner warns against recent show-like atmosphere of the tournament itself and power-stressed styles. But it could have been much better presented in this film. Opening is really terrible. It ruins the whole plot. It's like rotten episode of 007 or Mitsukuni Mito the deputy-Shogun samurai drama. The previous series indicated some nice strategy so that Daniel-san could defeat the opponent in the end. But this one has none. It is quite unconvincing that Daniel san could win the Kobura-kai kids with latest Karate technics. I do not believe Kata alone can defeat the opponent.
Miyagi-san's love for Bonsai is very understandable but it took time for the movie too much.
Recommended only for die-hards.
Movie Review: Not that great
Summary: 2 Stars
The Karate Kid part 3 fails on many levels. The first movie had an innocence to it. Ater that movie, the innocence was lost. Ralph Macchio looks too old for this film. He's a talented actor but when you're 30 something , there's only so much that make-up can hide. The obsession that the old sensai from Karate Kid part 1 and the millionaire had with Daniel's title was disturbing. I also doubt that he went to Vietnam because he looked like he was in his late 20's. They should have switched roles...the milloinaire could pass for the karate kid and Ralph Macchio (with a little makeup) could have passed for a middle aged Vietnam vet. The plot is predictable as well...if you're paying attention, you'll have an idea of what's going to happen. I'd take a pass on buying this film. The Karate Kid part 1 is much more worthwhile. It's simple, poetic, and inspiring.
Movie Review: Watchable if you turn off your brain
Summary: 2 Stars
The Cobra Kai master John Kreese (Martin Kove) wants revenge on Daniel (Ralph Macchio) and Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita). So he comes up with a ridiculous scheme with his Cobra Kai buddy Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith) to separate Daniel from Mr. Miyagi's teachings. While the 2 buddies hire Mike Barnes (Sean Kanan) to take the title from Danial.
The plot is just cartoonish and the film doesn't have the charm and beauty of the first film. While if you saw one Karate Kid movie you've seen them all, that even goes for the remake. However the movie is mildly entertaining if you turn off your brain and don't take the movie seriously. The one thing I always liked about this silly 3rd film is that Griffith and Kove are actually fun together despite giving over the top performances.