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Holy trilogy of the 'Karate Kid'
By Bill Simmons
Page 2 columnist

Webster's definition for a trilogy: 'A series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme.'

Mr. Miyagi teaches Daniel-San karate and life lessons in the 'Karate Kid' saga.
Sports Guy's definition for a movie trilogy: 'A series of three dramas in which the first movie did so well, they couldn't help themselves, so they brought everyone back to make more money in an uninspired sequel, only that one did pretty well, too, so they brought everyone back again for a third movie, just to beat the dead horse completely into the ground.'

Which brings us to the Karate Kid trilogy. Sure, there was allegedly a fourth installment ('The Next Karate Kid,' featuring Hillary Swank as Mr. Miyagi's new student), but as far as I'm concerned, that movie never happened. You hear me? Just like 'Rocky V,' 'Another 48 Hours,' 'Caddyshack 2,' 'Another Midnight Run,' 'Fletch 2,' 'Made,' 'Slap Shot II: Breaking the Ice,' the final season of '90210' and everything else, 'The Next Karate Kid' never happened.

For my money, the 'Karate Kid' franchise lived and died with the immortal Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso, and it remains the most memorable Sports Movie Trilogy of all-time. And since that trilogy ran the gamut from 'superb' to 'awkward' to 'wait a second .. Cara bobol wifi dengan windows 10. this isn't really happening, is it?', we might as well recap the LaRusso Era once and for all.

Here's a closer examination of all three films, in order:

'The Karate Kid'

Quite simply, one of the 15 best sports movies of all-time. Please ignore the ludicrous Page 2 voting, which omitted 'The Karate Kid,' 'Fast Break' and 'Major League' from the Top 20 and featured a chick flick (Bull Durham) at No. 1, the dumbest, most outrageous thing in the history of Page 2, and for the love of God, I will not argue about this. Any 'Best Sports Movies' list that doesn't feature either 'Hoosiers' or 'The Natural' as the No. 1 pick shouldn't even count. Let's just pretend it never happened. OK? OK.

Back to the brilliance of 'The Karate Kid.' For one thing, there's a terrific plot: Lovable loser Daniel moves to California, feuds with a band of moped-riding karate bullies, gets his butt kicked repeatedly, turns to a Japanese maintenance man for guidance, learns karate, learns about life, falls in love, enters a tournament against the bullies, gets injured in the semifinals, rallies back to fight his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend in the Finals, improbably gets the win. The end. Does it get any better than that?

'The Karate Kid' is a terrific sports movie that was marred by two subpar sequels.
And you forget this now, but Mr. Miyagi's character was a stroke of genius at the time, a cross between Mickey from 'Rocky,' Pop from 'The Longest Yard' and Confucious. Who didn't love Mr. Miyagi? That character was so well-written, it actually won Pat Morita (best-known as Arnold from 'Happy Days') a 'Best Supporting Actor' Oscar nomination, which was the 1984 equivalent of Mr. Belding from 'Saved By The Bell' being nominated for an Oscar in 2005.

This was also Ralph Macchio's defining movie, and that sentence is funny enough in itself. But seriously, who else could have played Daniel-San? By the end of the movie, you actually believe that 1) Daniel could beat everyone from Cobra Kai in a karate tournament, and 2) he would have no problem wooing a young Elisabeth Shue (looking yummy here, even with the extra baby fat), which remains one of the all-time movie stretches.

Hey, this kid's 5-foot-7, he weighs 100 pounds, he can't defend himself, he has no money and no car, we run in different social circles, his mom has to drive him on dates, and everyone hates him. .. I think I'm in love!

Wait .. we're just getting started. The supporting cast was superb, including Morita, Shue (as Ali with an 'i,' one of those rare sports movie girlfriends who actually brings something to the table) and Martin Cove as Cobra Kai's evil sensei, John Creese, whose 'Sweep the leg' order remains one of the more secretly chilling movie scenes.

(And didn't you love the Cobra Kai? They were like an Aryan Karate Machine, weren't they? Why hasn't anyone opened a chain of Cobra Kai karate studios across America? If you were studying karate, wouldn't you want to study at the Cobra Kai? Couldn't they at least sell the Cobra Kai karate outfits online? Has there ever been a better roto team nickname/movie homage than Cobra Kai? I could go on all day.)

Three underrated cast members really helped the cause here:

1. Randee Heller as Mrs. LaRusso, one of my favorite Hollywood Moms of the '80s (right up there with Mrs. Keaton and Mrs. Bueller). You know, in a five-year span, Randee played Gabe Kaplan's wife in 'Fast Break,' Ken Reeves' stripper girlfriend in 'The White Shadow,' and Daniel-San's Mom in 'The Karate Kid,' and then she was never seen again .. and I guess my point is this: You don't need to work anymore with a résumé like that.

2. Billy Zabka's watershed performance as the villainous Johnny Lawrence (Daniel-San's nemesis and the head of the Cobra Kai), which launched his much-lauded career as the definitive '80s movie villain. In my opinion, he has entered that rare group of actors who only need to go by one name: Eastwood, Stallone, Hanks, Cruise, Nicholson .. and Zabka.

(Note: Some of my readers have been pining for a 'Billy Zabka DVD Collection' -- 'Karate Kid,' 'Just One of the Guys' and 'Back to School,' with director's commentary from Zabka and deleted scenes -- and frankly, there's still time. They could even call it 'Zabka!' It's a no-brainer. Like you wouldn't buy this?)

3. The Cobra Kai flunkie who screams 'Get him a bodybag .. yeahhhhhh!' during the climactic Daniel-Johnny fight scene, which emerged as one of the signature movie quotes from the '80s - right up there with 'How 'bout a Fresca, hmmmmm?', 'Dammit Maverick!', 'Looks like the University of Illinois!' and 'Two months, Bender .. you're mine for two months.'

Some other classic moments: Miyagi saving Daniel-San on Halloween night (and wiping out the Cobra Kai) .. Miyagi and Daniel-San trying to catch flies with chopsticks .. the well-filmed scene when Daniel is trying that balancing thing on the beach .. the emotional 16th birthday party, when Miyagi gives Daniel-San one of his antique cars (awwwww) .. Daniel and Ali's first date, one of those hokey, 'We're on a date and having a good time' '80s montages .. Daniel crashing Ali's country club party, then getting a plate of spaghetti on him, prompting another classic '80s device -- the 'Everyone's laughing at me, and I need to get out of here' scene.

Daniel-San and Miyagi develop a very tight bond.
And don't forget these crucial wrinkles:
  • A random appearance by Banarama's 'Cruel Summer' (an '80s classic) during the scene when Daniel gets kicked off the soccer team. Always gets me fired up.
    • Miyagi teaching Daniel-San karate by forcing him to perform household chores like painting fences, sanding floors and waxing cars. That always killed me. Daniel-San somehow learns karate from all of this, while Miyagi gets his house remodeled. Only in Hollywood.

    (Note: This sequence was especially beneficial for me and my college buddies, since we used to joke that the Irish-Catholic girls in our school were trained by Mr. Miyagi -- every time you made a move on them, they rebuffed you with either 'paint the fence,' 'wax on/wax off' or 'sand the floor.' There was one girl we actually just referred to simply as 'Miyagi.' That's right, college .. $22,000 a year at the time.)

  • Miyagi's surreal ability to 'massage' any injured part of the body and bring it back to life. I don't even have a joke here.
    • The inspiring All-Valley Karate Tournament montage (one of my favorite sports movie sequence ever), taken to the next level by that 'You're the best .. around .. nothing's ever gonna keep you down!' song. I've probably watched this sequence 455 times in my life, and if it was showing on HBO8 right now, I'd be taking a break for No. 456. I love when Daniel beats Dutch (the white-haired kid, played by Chad McQueen, who would eventually make a name for himself on Skinemax). In real life, would Daniel-San have ever beaten Dutch? Of course not. Even in the movie, they skimp over that fight because they know it's totally improbable.

    Still, a great sequence, capped off by Daniel-San's injury, Miyagi's massage trick, a chill scene when Daniel-San limps out of the locker room to fight Zabka ('He's gonna fight! Daniel LaRusso is gonna fight!'), and, of course..

    The Crane Kick. 'Nuff said. Remember my riff in the 'Hoosiers' column about the greatest ideas in sports movie history? Doesn't the Crane Kick rank right up there? Of course it does. Perfect ending, splendid movie, and one of the best 15 sports flicks ever. Don't listen to my cohorts at Page 2. They are clearly insane.

    Unfortunately, 'The Karate Kid' was a little too good, which means we had to deal with ..

    'The Karate Kid, Part II'

    While preparing for this column, I realized that I hadn't seen 'KKII' in years. That led to this exchange between me and the guy answering phones at my local Hollywood Video store:

      Me: 'Hey, I was wondering if you guys had 'Karate Kid II' in?'

      Guy: (Dead silence)

      Me: 'You know, the sequel to 'Karate Kid'?'

      Guy (a little frightened): 'Um, yeah, we do.'

      Me: 'Great, I'm coming down right now to pick it up.'

      Guy (picking up his other phone to alert local police): 'Sure.'

    (I'm telling you, you haven't really died a slow death in life until you've entered a video store and muttered the words, 'Hi, I'm the guy who called about 'Karate Kid II.' ')

    Daniel goes overseas to find trouble in 'The Karate Kid, Part II.'
    Anyway, it's just as excruciating as I remembered. Probably the highlight comes in the beginning -- which picks up right where 'KK1' left off -- when Creese breaks Zabka's second-place trophy, then tries to attack Miyagi before punching through two car windows and passing out. Thoroughly enjoyable, most notably because Zabka and his Cobra Kai cronies weaseled another paycheck out of the deal. But it's all downhill from there.

    A quick plot recap: Miyagi's father in Okinawa dies, so Miyagi decides to fly to Japan. Since Ali dumped Daniel-San, he has no friends and nothing to do all summer .. this prompts a painful scene in which Daniel-San arrives at the airport just as Miyagi is boarding his plane, leading to some 'Please, let me come with you' begging and this hair-raising quote:

    'Mr. Miyagi, you're more important than college, you're more important than anything to me.'

    (Yup .. this was the point in the trilogy in which the Daniel-Miyagi relationship could officially be described as 'a little uncomfortable.')

    So they fly to Japan together, as everyone worries that they might join the 'Mile High Club' on the flight. Turns out that Miyagi fled Okinawa after stealing his best friend's girlfriend, and the friend (Sato) challenged him to a death match or something. The old girlfriend is still around (caring for Miyagi's father), and in the WATFO's of WATFO's, she has a daughter who digs Daniel-San. Unfortunately, Sato is still around as well, accompanied by his evil nephew, best described as 'The Japanese Zabka' (the JZ).

    And we go from there. The JZ immediately starts feuding with Daniel-San; it doesn't matter if he's in America or Japan, folks, there's just something about Daniel-San that rubs people the wrong way. Sato tries to goad Miyagi into a death match, calling him a coward about 160 different times. Some property is destroyed. Daniel-San and Miyagi both find true love .. and fortunately, not with one another. There's even a grating hit song from the '80s (Peter Cetera's 'Glory of Love'). I would tell you more, but it was difficult for me to watch the movie with blood pouring from both eyes.

    Maybe the only enjoyable twist was the birth of the Ralph Macchio Face -- scene after scene of people threatening either him or Miyagi in Japanese, while Macchio squints his eyes, lurches his body forward and opens his mouth in disbelief. He's so annoying that, right around the middle of the movie, you turn against him and start openly rooting for the JZ to kill him. And hey, it almost happens.

    After Sato and Miyagi bury the hatchet (after an improbable hurricane scene), everyone in the village gathers for a conciliatory ceremony .. which gets rudely interrupted when the JZ hijacks Daniel-San's girlfriend with a knife, forcing Daniel-San to fight him to the death. As Miyagi says, 'Daniel-San .. this not tournament, this for real.' Thanks for clarifying that.

    Well, you can guess how it turns out: With Daniel-San on the verge of losing, everyone starts shaking those little Japanese two-sided drum thingies (shouldn't they hand these out at baseball games?). Inspired, he knocks the JZ unconscious with an absurd barrage of two-handed punches, saves his Japanese girlfriend and guarantees himself a happy ending. Also, the movie ends happily. Just a dreadful film. And not even in a good way. It should have ended here.

    And yet, inexplicably, for whatever reason, it spawned another sequel ..

    'The Karate Kid, Part III'

    Good God .. where do we begin? Back in the '90s, you had a 75.638% chance of catching 'KKIII' on one of the three HBO channels at any time. I'll never forget the spring when I was vacationing in the Caribbean -- our hotel TV had six channels, including a Spanish HBO. Needless to say, one morning, 'KKIII' was showing with Spanish dubbing. You couldn't get away from it if you tried.

    'The Karate Kid, Part III' is a huge hit .. on the Unintentional Comedy Scale.
    Fortunately, if there was a Hall of Fame for 'Enjoyably Bad Movies,' 'KKIII' would probably have its own wing. Ralph Macchio returns as the college-age Daniel, which would have been fine except for the fact that he weighs about 200 pounds, he's at least 35 years old, and he has suddenly and inexplicably developed a Charles Barkley-sized rear end. Just the sight of him wearing jeans is enough to crack up an entire room. I've seen it happen.

    Since it wouldn't be a Karate Kid movie unless someone was trying to ruin Daniel-San's life, they created a plot centering around the millionaire friend of Creese, who fell on hard times after Zabka lost the All-Valley Karate Championship. Blaming Daniel-San, The Rich Guy (played in career-ending fashion by Thomas Ian Griffith) develops an elaborate plan to deceive Daniel and Mr. Miyagi, hoping to eventually destroy both of them. Honestly, I wish he had.

    Some lingering questions and thoughts from 95 delightfully unappealing minutes ..

  • Why did The Rich Guy devote weeks of his life to destroying Daniel-San and Mr. Miyagi? Didn't he have anything more important on his plate than bringing down a teenage karate champion? Was he saying to himself, 'You know, I feel pretty good about my stock holdings this month. .. I think I'll take some time off and browbeat an 18-year-old kid'? We might never know.
  • Once The Rich Guy started training Daniel-San, why didn't Daniel realize that his new sensei was evil, especially when his training regimen consisted of instructions like 'Punch these wooden boards with your bare hands until they start bleeding'?
    • Why in God's name was Daniel-San still hanging out with Mr. Miyagi? How come he couldn't make any friends that were within 45 years of his own age? In one scene, he kicks off a date by bringing the girl over to meet Mr. Miyagi, essentially saying, 'Hey, instead of going out, let's go meet my 85-year-old Japanese buddy, Mr. Miyagi. He's weird, he talks in grunts and his first name is 'Mister.' You'll love this guy!'

    What was he thinking? Seriously, what was he thinking? Was there a bigger loser in the history of Hollywood lead characters than Daniel-San? And does this explain why so many people went out of their way to antagonize him? Do you realize that, in the span of 12 months, this kid was terrorized by three different groups of people in two different countries. What were the odds? Couldn't this kid catch a break? Was he really that bad?

    (I'm brimming with rhetorical questions. This movie dumbfounds me. Is that a word? Can you be dumbfounded? And while we're here, why is it so damned hard to find a good bonsai tree? And why can the simple phrase 'Ay! Must stay focus!' feel so inspirational and life-altering? All right, where was I?)

    Apparently, the writers for 'KKIII' had a meeting where this exchange happened:
      Writer No. 1: 'I think we should have The Rich Guy recruit a bully from out of town to help terrorize Daniel-San.'

      Writer No. 2: 'Yeah, we'll name him Mike Barnes .. he could be a renowned teenage karate champ with a mean streak.'

      Writer No. 1: 'That's just what I was thinking! Like an over-the-top Zabka!'

      Writer No. 2: 'Yes! And in the Finals, Daniel-San somehow beats him.'

      Writer No. 1: 'Perfect! The audience will never see it coming!'

  • When Daniel-San finds out that The Rich Guy has been working for Creese all along, they confront him at the Cobra Kai studio, pushing him around a little, then crossing their arms and laughing like cartoon villains at him ('HAH HAHA HAH HAH!') before Miyagi saves the day. You can't even measure this scene on the Unintentional Comedy Scale. It's impossible. I can't believe everyone was filming that day with a straight face.
    • That reminds me, when you're watching this movie with buddies and pulling the 'Mystery Science Theater' routine, remember this tip: Every time Daniel-San and Mr. Miyagi have a scene together, crack jokes in the Miyagi voice like, 'Daniel-San, take off your shirt, Miyagi show you special massage trick.'

    (Guaranteed laughs for the entire room. It gets contagious. Pretty soon, everyone will be narrating things like 'You know, Daniel-San, you built a little like Miyagi's first wife.' Never gets old. I'm tellin' you, everyone will think you're a comedic genius. Just trust me on this.)

    Finally, why didn't the 'KKIII' writers think up a better ending? They should have gone with a WWF-style twist for the final 20 minutes: First, The Rich Guy buys off Miyagi, only Daniel-San doesn't know about it. Before the finals of the All-Valley Tournament, The Rich Guy shows up with John Creese and his new girlfriend .. Elisabeth Shue, who's all over him as a stunned Daniel-San looks on (making the Ralph Macchio Face).

    Then, just when Daniel-San starts winning the final match, Miyagi comes flying in and hits him the head with a bonsai tree, causing him to lose the title and selling him out in the process. And the movie wraps up with Miyagi, Creese, the Rich Guy and Shue celebrating over Daniel-San's battered body as the crowd collectively laughs at him, followed by Daniel-San going into the shower and hanging himself. The end. A fitting finale to the trilogy.

    Nope. Never happened. The actual movie ends with Daniel-San retaining his title against Barnes, then raising Miyagi's hand in the air as Creese and The Rich Guy try desperately to look outraged. Just a goofy ending to an utterly goofy movie.

    And just like that, the most memorable Sports Movie Trilogy of all-time was finally over. Maybe we never found out what happened to Daniel LaRusso when he grew up, but I can tell you this: If they ever made a 'Return of the Karate Kid' movie -- with a grown-up LaRusso opening a karate studio to compete with Cobra Kai, then getting picked on by his own students and eventually pulling Miyagi out of a nursing home to help him survive -- I would be the first person in line.

    Come back, Daniel-San. We miss you.

    Bill Simmons is a columnist for Page 2 and ESPN The Magazine.


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    The Karate Kid Part III
    Directed byJohn G. Avildsen
    Produced byJerry Weintraub
    Written byRobert Mark Kamen
    Based onCharacters created
    by Robert Mark Kamen
    Starring
    Music byBill Conti
    CinematographySteve Yaconelli
    Edited by
    Production
    company
    Distributed byColumbia Pictures[1]
    Release date
    Running time
    		111 minutes[1]
    CountryUnited States
    LanguageEnglish
    Box office$38.9 million[2]

    The Karate Kid Part III is a 1989 American martial artsdrama film and the second sequel to The Karate Kid (1984). The film stars Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Robyn Lively, and Thomas Ian Griffith in his film debut. As was the case with the first two films in the series, it was directed by John G. Avildsen and written by Robert Mark Kamen, with stunts choreographed by Pat E. Johnson and the music composed by Bill Conti. In the film, the returning John Kreese, with the help of his best friend Terry Silver, attempts to gain revenge on Daniel and Mr. Miyagi which involves hiring a ruthless martial artist and harming their relationship.

    Plot[edit]

    Cobra Kai sensei John Kreese is now broke and destitute after losing all of his students. He visits his Vietnam War comrade, Terry Silver, a wealthy businessman who founded the Cobra Kai and now owns a toxic-waste disposal business. Silver vows to personally help him get revenge on Daniel and Mr. Miyagi and re-establish the Cobra Kai, sending Kreese on vacation to Tahiti to rest and recuperate.

    Upon returning to Los Angeles, Daniel and Miyagi discover that the South Seas apartment complex is being converted into condominiums, leaving Miyagi unemployed and Daniel homeless. They also learn that Daniel's mother, Lucille, is in New Jersey taking care of her ill uncle. Miyagi invites Daniel to stay at his house, and Daniel uses his college funds to help finance Miyagi's dream of opening a bonsai shop. As thanks, Miyagi makes him a partner at the business. When Daniel visits a pottery store across the street, he meets Jessica Andrews; though Daniel has a brief crush on her, she tells him that she has a boyfriend back home in Columbus, Ohio, but they still remain friends.

    Silver hires 'Dynamite' Mike Barnes, a vicious karate prospect nicknamed 'Karate's Badboy', to challenge Daniel at the upcoming All Valley Karate Tournament. Silver sneaks into Miyagi's house to gather information and overhears Daniel telling Miyagi that he will not defend his title at the tournament. Barnes and some cohorts attempt to coerce Daniel to enter the tournament, but Daniel refuses, and Barnes departs in a rage. The next morning, as Daniel and Miyagi are practicing kata, Silver interrupts and lies about John Kreese suffering a fatal heart attack after losing his students, and begs forgiveness for Kreese's behavior. Barnes and his friends return to make Daniel sign up for the tournament; when Daniel again refuses, a fight ensues until Miyagi arrives and fends off the three men. After driving Jessica home, Daniel and Miyagi return to find their stock of bonsai trees missing and a tournament application hanging in place.

    To replace the missing trees, Daniel and Jessica decide to dig up and sell a valuable bonsai tree that Miyagi brought from Okinawa, and planted halfway down a cliff. As they retrieve it, Barnes and his henchmen appear and retract their climbing ropes, leaving Daniel no choice but to sign up for the tournament. After pulling them back up, Barnes breaks the tree. Daniel returns to the shop with Miyagi's damaged bonsai, which Miyagi attempts to mend. Miyagi tells Daniel that he sold his truck to buy a new stock of trees, and refuses to train him for the tournament.

    Silver offers to 'train' Daniel for the tournament at the Cobra Kai dojo with a series of brutal, violent, offensive techniques. He derides Miyagi's kata forms and pressures Daniel to destroy a wooden practice dummy, causing him several injuries in the process. Throughout his training, Daniel's frustration alienates him from Miyagi. While Daniel and Jessica are at a nightclub, Silver bribes a random man into provoking a fight with Daniel, who responds by punching the man and breaking his nose. Shocked by his aggressive behavior, Daniel apologizes and makes amends with Jessica and Miyagi.

    Daniel visits Silver to inform him that he will not compete at the tournament, but Silver reveals his true agenda to Daniel as Barnes enters the dojo. Daniel attempts to leave, but Kreese pops out from behind the cardboard cut-out and blocks him, revealing himself to be alive all along. After Barnes viciously attacks Daniel, Miyagi intervenes by easily defeating Kreese, Silver, and Barnes. Miyagi finally agrees to train Daniel. They replant the healed bonsai and begin training.

    At the tournament, Barnes reaches the final round to challenge Daniel. Silver and Kreese instruct Barnes to inflict serious damage on Daniel, keep the score a tie, and finally beat him in the sudden death round. Barnes gets the upper hand during the fight while taunting Daniel relentlessly. When the initial round concludes, Daniel wants to quit, but Miyagi urges him to continue on. In the sudden death round, Daniel performs the kata; as a confused Barnes lunges toward him, Daniel flips him to the ground and strikes him to win the tournament. Barnes viciously pounds the ground in frustration and Silver walks away in disgrace while the crowd throws their Cobra Kai shirts back at him. Daniel and Miyagi embrace each other in celebration.

    Cast[edit]

    • Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso
    • Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita as Mr. Miyagi
    • Robyn Lively as Jessica Andrews
    • Thomas Ian Griffith as Terry Silver
    • Martin Kove as John Kreese
    • Sean Kanan as Mike Barnes
    • Jonathan Avildsen as Snake
    • Randee Heller as Lucille LaRusso
    • Pat E. Johnson as Referee
    • Rick Hurst as Announcer
    • Frances Bay as Mrs. Milo
    • Joseph V. Perry as Uncle Louie
    • Jan Tříska as Milos
    • Glenn Medeiros as Himself
    • Gabriel Jarret as Rudy

    Reception[edit]

    The film maintains an approval rating of 16% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 32 reviews. The film's consensus reads: 'Inspiration is in short supply in this third Karate Kid film, which recycles the basic narrative from its predecessors but adds scenery-chewing performances and a surprising amount of violence'.[3] It did significantly less business than the first two films, grossing $39 million at the box office.[citation needed] It was dismissed by critics, including Roger Ebert, who praised the first two films.[4][5][6][7] His colleague, Gene Siskel, also did not recommend the movie, though he commended the performance of Thomas Ian Griffith, which he thought was nearly enough to save it.[8] Criticism often mentioned the rehashing of elements in the former two movies, including a tournament against Cobra Kai and a romance side-story.[9]

    At the 1989 Golden Raspberry Awards, this entry received five nominations but did not win any of them.[citation needed] They are for Worst Picture (Jerry Weintraub; lost to Star Trek V: The Final Frontier), Worst Screenplay (Robert Mark Kamen; lost to Harlem Nights by Eddie Murphy), Worst Director (John G. Avildsen; lost to William Shatner for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier), Worst Actor (Ralph Macchio; lost to William Shatner in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier), and Worst Supporting Actor (Pat Morita; lost to Christopher Atkins in Listen to Me).[citation needed]

    In 2015, director John G. Avildsen himself called the film 'a poor imitation of the first one' and 'a horrible movie'.[10]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ abc'The Karate Kid Part III'. AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
    2. ^'The Karate Kid Movies at the Box Office'. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
    3. ^'The Karate Kid Part III (1989)'. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
    4. ^James, Caryn (1989-06-30). 'The Karate Kid Part III (1989)'. The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
    5. ^'The Karate Kid Collection DVD Reviews'. JoBlo. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
    6. ^Almar Haflidason. 'Films - review - The Karate Kid Part III DVD'. BBC. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
    7. ^Ebert, Roger (1989-06-30). 'The Karate Kid Part III Movie Review (1989) Roger Ebert'. Rogerebert.suntimes.com. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
    8. ^'Siskelandebert.org Is For Sale'. siskelandebert.org.
    9. ^Thomas, Kevin (1989-06-30). 'Movie Review: An Anemic Outing for 'Karate Kid Part III''. The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
    10. ^'Karate Kid Q&A W/Director John G Avildsen & Cast Part 2'. YouTube. H Dellamorte. Event occurs at 21:32. Retrieved 4 March 2017.

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