None of these things are wrong per se, and up until the last minute, Terry doesn’t present himself as anything but a regular sensei. In The Karate Kid Part III, Terry teaches Daniel to sweep legs, and scolds him for believing kata is enough to win a championship. Therefore, a dojo that teaches exclusively kata and blocking techniques is just as doomed to failure as a place where students only learn to punch and kick. After all, not only karate but martial arts, in general, are just as much about form and balance as they are about actual fighting. ![]() When interpreted through technical lenses alone, the Miyagi-Do/Cobra Kai divide has always been kind of silly. Miyagi’s pupil to study under him so that he can… teach him new fighting moves? His plan is to hire karate champion Mike Barnes ( Sean Kanan) to beat LaRusso at the next tournament. After learning of his friend’s defeat at the All Valley Championship and the subsequent demise of his dojo, Terry takes a break from dumping toxic waste on third-world countries and dedicates himself to getting back at Daniel LaRusso. Avildsen and writer Robert Mark Kamen bring back Cobra Kai and Sensei John Kreese for a befuddling revenge plot led by Terry Silver, Kreese’s rich army mate from Vietnam. In their goodbye to the franchise, director John G. If there is a lesson to be learned from The Karate Kid Part III it's that millionaires have way too much free time on their hands. So, instead of waxing cars, Julie gets to babysit a trio of insufferable little boys and learn a very special waltz kata. Miyagi discovers that the methods he used on Daniel ( Ralph Macchio) won’t work on Julie, after all, she is a girl. To add insult to injury, when the training finally begins, Mr. He only decides to teach her karate after realizing that her father had already given her a few lessons before his death. His English sounds more broken, and instead of bonding naturally with Julie due to a series of circumstantial events, he simply Mary Poppins his way into her life because her grandmother needs a rest. Miyagi into an even more stereotypical Asian-wise master than he already was. But The Next Karate Kid takes itself too seriously to take the deep dive into absurdity it needed to make its villains work, and the audience is left wondering why doesn’t the school administration just chime in. The security squad led by Colonel Dugan, however, is the kind of organization that could only reach such levels of power in a world operating by YA laws, in which parents, adults in general, and governmental institutions outside the limits of the school campus are scarce or nonexistent. Miyagi having his role in the fight against fascism in World War II officially recognized in the first scenes of the movie and the rise of a proto-fascist organization in Julie’s high school that cleverly has an absolutist version of the Yin-yang symbol as its emblem. The result is a thematically messy movie, with unnatural dialogues and much more racism and sexism than any of the three previous films.ĭirector Christopher Cain and writer Mark Lee try to create a parallel between Mr. Miyagi ( Pat Morita) in his attempt to teach the secrets of karate to Julie Pierce ( Hilary Swank), the rebellious granddaughter of a deceased army mate. And this is where The Next Karate Kid’s merits stop. The first attempt to give the franchise a new face is also the only Karate Kid movie or TV show to have a female lead. RELATED: 'The Karate Kid's Greatest Scene Is the One Where Johnny Plans Daniel’s Murder While He’s Eating Lunch With His Mom Here’s a list of all five Karate Kid movies, ranked from worst to best. Could Colonel Dugan ( Michael Ironside) make a comeback in Cobra Kai Season 5? Who knows! But is The Next Karate Kid just as bad as fans remember it? And is The Karate Kid Part III any better? Now, these questions are easier to answer. After all, the next film on the list of Cobra Kai’s throwbacks, 1994’s The Next Karate Kid, isn’t nearly as beloved as its predecessors, but it would be weird if the show brushed off this part of its past. ![]() But it also leaves viewers wondering what lies ahead. It’s a comeback that fans have been waiting for, especially considering the series’ nearly flawless history of bringing back actors from the franchise’s original movies to reprise their roles. Coming to Netflix on December 31, Season 4 of the Karate Kid sequel show will have Thomas Ian Griffith once more playing millionaire entrepreneur, Terry Silver, Kreese’s long-time friend and the real antagonist of The Karate Kid Part III. After Chozen Toguchi ( Yuji Okumoto), John Kreese ( Martin Kove), and the boys from Johnny Lawrence’s ( William Zabka) old gang, another classic Karate Kid villain is set to appear in Cobra Kai.
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