The Karate Kid Part II
After discovering that his father is at death's door, Mr. Miyagi sets out to Japan, to see him with Daniel. Upon arriving, Miyagi must confront an old rival. Meanwhile, Daniel encounters a new love, and some new enemies.
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- Cast:
- Ralph Macchio , Pat Morita , Nobu McCarthy , Yuji Okumoto , Tamlyn Tomita , Martin Kove , William Zabka
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Really Surprised!
Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.
If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
The location is exotic.The characters are beloved.But that is kind of where it ends. It is beautiful and has a nice appeal because of the backdrop and the characters but...The story you sort of fall asleep in the middle of, the mind starts to wander and all real focus is lost. Something about Rocking Around the Clock and Fighting for your Honor and....yeah...I give up.It is miles above the third one and the main characters can both act...the director can direct...the problem is that the writers can't write.
What's the hype of the show? I don't get it.Riddled with illogical and socially retarded reasoning, clichés and predictabilities. For starters, what's with that kick? Your opponent is doing Karate, I don't know what you're doing, but you're not ready to block anything. It's like some sort of secret finishing move from Mortal Kombat. In a fight, when you're holding your spear of baseball bat, do not yell and charge at your enemy, it clearly this doesn't work. All this talk of honour from the antagonistic team, but they're picking fights everywhere they can and tearing down a village just to get to one old man and his lil teamster. No one thought to point out how un-honourable these actions are? Everywhere the boy turns, just as he's about to get that kiss, the douchelord shows up to pick a fight. Of course where the douchelord is absent, there's a hurricane in his place.Douchelord is a coward, what to you know?! He won't run out to save a lil girl from a storm, but when his uncle disowns him for cowardice he has a tantrum and runs off into the storm, what?! Also what was that lil girl doing ringing a bell during a hurricane anyway? Shouldn't one of the adults been doing that? Oh look, the protagonist hero tripped trying to carry her through the storm, PUT HER DOWN IDIOT, SHE HAS LEGS!Cliché plot and illogical behaviour.A must see! I love a good sarcasm flick as much as the next guy and this was just mint. Absolute must see if you enjoy a vast erray of bad, 80's blockbusters with terribly ridiculous story lines and horrible acting. My wife was actually angry by the time it was over, LOL
Whatever you may have seen in your life or even whatever you will see in the future, I can predict that no movie will ever give you the same feeling as this. This is one of the most enjoyable romps I have seen. An excellent and difficult production, bolstered by great performances. Wonderful movie, and I should know, I practically grew up on it. I much enjoyed this film, mostly because of the convincing characters. Certainly the characterizations are shallow and quickly changeable, often for little or no reason. As social commentary I give it a nine; for story and acting a six. It's worth seeing for some inventive uses of cinema.
Sequel to the surprise box-office smash original(again directed by John G. Avildsen) has returning actors Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita as Daniel & Mr. Miyagi travel to Japan to visit Miyagi's dying father, and reunite with his old love, only to be confronted by his old rival, who holds a grudge, and his young student, who has his sights set on beating Daniel...Although melodramatic and manipulative, if you're going to do a sequel, this is the way, with exciting action scenes and appropriate character development, as well as good continuity(film begins where Part I ends.) Ultimately a story of redemption and triumph, film pushes the right buttons to succeed.