The Next Karate Kid
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Movie Reviews of The Next Karate Kid
Movie Review: Abit too contrived for my taste.
Summary: 2 Stars
Not a very good movie at all. The acting was average , the script was contrived and so was the plot. It was a boring movie. Sorry but i think it's time to stop with the wipe on wipe off bit.Movie Review: don't go for it
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this for my son's collection. That's about all it's worth. Weak action scenes and history although it does break out of the typical model for KK movies.Movie Review: Here we go again! Just not acceptable!
Summary: 1 Stars
Caught this the other night on Cable...
Now I don't want to seem like I am always bashing the Karate kid franchise but they honestly "milked that cow" til it was dry. I am surprised they didn't come with a part 5 with Miyagi's nephew or next door neighbor in need of "discipline" because he was getting beat up by the "Crips" or "bloods" gangbangers or something...then again that would make an interesting NEW story hmmmmm?
This "Next Karate Kid" was really boring (I don't understand how some viewers are giving 3 stars and have the word "boring" in the same summary.
Hilary Swank looks really young with her bangs an all(I don't know if this was her first movie but you can tell that she was an "authentic" actress in training)She did pretty good..in a silly role.
Pat Morita as always does a exellent job...with what he has in terms of script. But the movie just seemed like De ja vu. Tons
of the dialogue and scenarios were just too much the SAME thing as the first Karate Kid. I don't know too many high school tough guys who go around picking on pretty girls...most of the time they are "Picking" them up.
The "tough teens" were too old to be highschool students.
They did NOT need this version girl or guy.
I kept repeating to myself "god this is stupid",
I forced myself to watch the rest because I like to finish
what I start. Stupid ending...I waited it out for nothing.
This could have been one of those "Disney TV movie of the week"
things but no, for the sake of Pat Morita's career they pushed it in the theaters. They tried to appeal to the new "90's" generation but no one cared.
Please no more Karate kid sequels or spin-offs.
This movie is already being used for "landfill fodder".
Movie Review: Squish just like grape
Summary: 1 Stars
Teen Wolf II. Revenge of the Nerds II. Speed II. Dumb and Dumberer. Friday the 13th VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan. Rocky V. What do all these movies have in common with The Next Karate Kid? They're all sequels that should have never been made. The first indication that this movie was a bad idea is that Macchio passed on it.
Hilary Swank plays Julie-san, a girl bullied in her high school. She's got anger issues, family issues, and the team of tough-guy jocks called the Alpha Elite does not help the situation at all. Despite the unlikely scenario of a high school boy's club that practices martial arts and enforces discipline/rules throughout the school, the odds of them picking on a single girl are even more unlikely. The odds of a girl beating up the leader of that group gets into the preposterous territory.
Aside from those obvious flaws, this movie is simply not that good. Nobody really wants to see Karate Kid I all over again with Hillary Swank playing the part of Ralph Macchio. Nothing against Swank, but she was simply an actress learning her way at this point, and this ridiculous, recycled role did nothing to help her out. And the addition of monks who bowl with their eyes closed surely didn't help.
It's a wretched sequel. Pat Morita and Hillary Swank may be good actors, but the idea to make this movie is as bad as playing with fireworks in an arid forest.
Movie Review: Terrible movie, but I love it
Summary: 1 Stars
Taken seriously, this movie sucks. The story is forced, the characters are ridiculously over the top, and any scene with the monks is just bad. It's almost painful to watch this movie. Some of the lines are laughable. When Julie (Swank) challenges the bully to fight, she says, "If I'm ever going to respect myself, I need to do this." Um, okey dokey. There are several lines which are just as bad. The villain characters are laughably unbelievable, especially Col. Dugan. Why would any school have a team of bullies like the Alpha Elite? Nothing makes sense in this movie. The bowling part with the monks hurts to watch. Swank looks pretty hot at times, manly in others.