No one can guess that when a weird kid from New Jersey moved to California with his mom, we are still talking about it forty years later. But that’s what happened Karate kids, The 1984 hit movie starring Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita. The inspiring sports story spawned two sequels over the next five years, and in the next five years, it was a sequel. Then things chilled on Dojo for nearly 15 years until Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, son of the mentorship with Jackie Chan, resumed the franchise.
The 2010 remake was a bunch of biggest blows, but it didn’t happen immediately. Instead, fans have to wait for nearly a decade for the show Cobra Kai, This continues the original film’s story in a completely new form. The show is a hit on Netflix and, finally, in 2022, Sony Photos announced it is bringing Karate boy Back to the big screen, it’s not just Jackie Chan, but Ralph Macchio.
Karate Boy: Legend This weekend in the theater, this is a movie that hopefully brings everything fans love together Karate kids, All include a package. But? How is it compared to other movies in the franchise? This is our ranking so you can find out which one is the best.
6. The next karate kid (1994)
No matter how bad you are or remember The next karate kid Believe in us. Worse. The ultimate Oscar winner Hilary Swank is an awkward high school student, and Mr. Miyagi tries to teach karate. It’s just that the dynamics of older men and younger women have been awkward, the villain is evil, there’s no obvious reason, and you’ll never buy any of them. This is a pimple Karate boy The entire franchise should be deleted from the earth.
5. Karate Boy: Legend (2025)
It’s really disappointing. There are many things that are wrong Karate Boy: Legend You can read everything in my comments. But for the purpose of this article, the biggest thing is that it does not understand what makes Karate boy Great. This is about the franchise of the weak. About friendship. About effort and guidance. legend Think it’s about the franchise of Cool Wars, and everything else is seated. There are good moments and good intentions throughout the process, but mainly swing and missed.
4. Karate Boy Part 3 (1989)
Part 3 It’s a movie that’s just real Karate boy fan. That said, as a general movie, this is not very good. But if you like characters and franchise, that’s so fun. It only happened a year after the events of the first movie, but real-time five make things a little weird. Shameful teacher John Kove (Martin Kove) gets his super rich best friend Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith) to avenge Mr. Miyagi and Daniel for his humiliation of him and Cobra Kai. It’s just that, it’s obvious that they deserve it, because no one else returns in a meaningful way, they have to hire “bad boys in karate” Mike Kanan to fight for them. It’s stupid, meaningless, but it’s not concealed Karate boyso we like it.
3. Karate boy (2010)
When I first saw a remake in 2010 Karate boyI don’t care much about it. I remember it because I didn’t revisit it until this week. But once I do, I change the tune a little. It’s a very, very faithful remake of the original film, with almost every story being beaten. Things happen differently, only because the son and mother here (Jaden Smith and Taraji P. Henson) move to Japan instead of California, and Jaden’s character Tre is a few years younger than Daniel in the first film. But, other than that, this is a flying movie because it is based on something at its core and it works very well.
2. Karate Boy Part Two (1986)
Mainly wrong Karate Boy Part Two Yes, this is not the first one. That’s it. Beyond that, it does everything you want from the sequel. In the film, Mr. Miyagi and Mr. Daniel go to Miyagi’s home in Okinawa, Japan and are attracted by the long-standing local hatred. So it changes settings in a logical but interesting way. Introduce bigger bets for the character. Loosely borrowing the structure of the original film, but it evolved slightly. It’s full of excellent new characters, both good and bad. It even gets messy in Peter Cetera’s The Glory of Love.
1. Karate boy (1984)
Do you have any questions about putting the original at the top of here? Of course not. original Karate boy Not only is it fun, emotional and exciting, but it’s more epic than you might remember. Daniel Larusso does make a daunting and formative journey throughout the film, not only helping Morita’s Oscar nomination performance as Miyagi, but also bringing evil Johnny, Martin Kove, his evil sensai kreese and Elisabeth Shue Shue Shue Shue as the Love Evelive as ail ali oveliep. It’s just one of the most enjoyable (not to mention the quoted) movies of the entire decade.
but also… Cobra Kai
I can’t do it Karate boy At least there are no props in the ranking Cobra Kai. Of course, a six-season TV show will have an advantage in any two-hour movie, so it is not fair to fight them against each other. I’ve also introduced this miracle in detail. Cobra KaiThis is a 65-episode sequel that tells the story of a beloved nostalgic franchise. So yes, it’s better than the sum of all these movies, because that should be. It has more time. It understands Karate boy In a way that some other movies don’t have. It makes every movie better in every movie. But it’s not a movie, so it doesn’t count here.
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