The Karate Kid (1984)
Directed by John G.
Avildsen this film stars Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki “Pat” Morita and
Elisabeth Shue. A high school kid learns karate to defend himself
from bullies at his new school and impress a girl.
The plot of this film
is pretty well constructed being slightly more than just Rocky (1976)
for kids but is still pretty clearly a big slice of 80s cheese.
Clearly the best part of the film is the scene in which the mentor
drunkenly explains his past but otherwise this is a fairly average
effort. John G. Avildsen also directed Rocky (1976) so he could
pretty much phone this one in and there is not a lot that stands out
about the execution of the film.
3/5
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