The Next Karate Kid
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Movie Reviews of The Next Karate Kid
Movie Review: Who Says The Good Guy Has To Be A Guy?
Summary: 4 Stars
My kids were very happy to find this one at Wal-Mart for $5.50 and so was I. I LOVED this one, mainly because of the girl factor. A young Hilary Swank makes a great karate kid!Movie Review: 4 Stars
This is 10 times better than Karate Kid III, and worth watching if only to see Hilary Swank. She's adorable in this movie.Movie Review: I really like it
Summary: 4 Stars
My grandson really enjoyed this movie. The movie was in great condition, like new in fact, at an incredible price.
Movie Review: I Wish I had Courage Like You!
Summary: 3 Stars
Can anyone who has seen The Next Karate Kid please explain to me the nature of the film's villains? The look like a professional security force, they act like a WWF tag-team, they tromp around school like they've got full diplomatic immunity...they even have a drill sergeant. In high school. I just don't get it.
Anyway, these guys don't like young Julie Pierce, so they terrorize her repeatedly - and they even come dangerously close to what we, nowadays, would call "rape." All Julie wants is to be left alone with her beloved crippled hawk (Kes?), godammit! Julie's well-intentioned grandmother is at the end of her granny-rope, so she enlists the aid of old family friend Mr. Miyagi. Given that this is now the fourth time we've met Mr. Miyagi, and we've never once seen him interact with a teenage girl, the viewer is left to wonder if this arrangement is such a grand idea. But wouldn't you know it? The brusque and bouncy Julie slowly warms up to the adorable Mr. Miyagi, and yadda yadda, etc.
To quote one of the wise sages who comment at the IMDb, The Next Karate Kid is "the pits." Hilary Swank must cringe whenever she sees the flick pop up on cable; indeed, she's the one thing that makes The Next Karate Kid worth seeing. Not because she gives a particularly excellent performance (although she's better than the material deserves), but because this is such a GOOFY movie. For no good reason the flick takes a 20-minute detour into a freakin' monastery, for cryin' out loud! Plus this is a film in which Mr. Miyagi goes shopping for a PROM DRESS! Gee, anyone think we're just blatantly pandering to the "other" demographic at this point? Then just wait till the Hi - larious scene in which Mr. Miyagi walks in on Julie while she's changing...and he almost sees her boobies! Never thought I'd say it but...where's Daniel-san these days? Surely he could still be in need of some wise advice.
Anyway, Julie gets a date, grows some confidence, and kicks the ass of head bully #1. Also there's Michael Ironside as an evil high school sergeant who is apparently invisible to cops. Miyagi helps kick his butt at the end.
Movie Review: Christopher Cain's The Next Karate Kid/The Karate Kid IV
Summary: 3 Stars
This was just as good, if not better, than The Karate Kid Part III. This is about Mr. Miyagi(Pat Morita) who flys out to Boston to visit his old friend's wife Louisa(Constance Towers). Louisa dosen't get along with her grandaughter Julie Pierce(Hilary Swank), so she deciedes to take a break from Julie and puts Mr. Miyagi in charge. At school, a boy named Ned(Michael Cavalieri) from a group named the Alpha Elite, harasses Julie, while she befriends Eric McGowan(Chris Conrad) who joined the Alpha Elite, which is lead by Col. Dugan(Michael Ironside). Then one day, Julie is caught trying to feed a hawk on the school roof and is suspended for two weeks. While she is suspended, Mr. Miyagi and Julie go somewhere to visit Miyagi's old friends. There, Mr. Miyagi teaches Julie some of the same things that he taught Daniel. When they return, Eric asks Julie to the prom. Meanwhile, Ned is mad at Eric for quiting the Alpha Elite. After the dance, Ned taunts Eric and ruins his car. Eric and the Alpha Elite get into a fight. Then Julie comes and trys to stop Ned from teasing her once and for all.....