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Summary: Karate Kidding!
Review: My boyfriend and I went to see this movie and were throughly tickled by it and throughout it! Actually he was the one who did most of the tickeling...I did the LOUD and high pitched giggling! Ralph Macchio is an absolute dream! He proves that SIZE DOESN'T MATTER in this film! He also is taught valuable lessons as to where to firmly touch his opponent in the times if someone is cumming onto you! He learn that the crotch is a man's most vulernable place and that often times if you want to reach him there you'll need to be on your knees! Most people would categorize this as a "chicks flick" not me...I'm going to say it's a "Dick's Flick!" because of how much I enjoyed watching it with my boyfriend! We give it 2 hard, fleshy pointers UP!!
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Summary: Over the top at times but still entertaining
Review: One of my biggest guilty pleasures from the '80s were the first two Karate Kid movies (the other two were simply and unquestionably awful). In the first film, Daniel La Russo (Ralph Macchio) and his mother had just moved to California from New Jersey. Daniel finds fitting into his new surroundings difficult and is quickly taken under the tutelage of Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita). What kid couldn't relate to Daniel's struggle to fit in?
A sequel was inevitable after the first film became a box office hit. In the sequel, the film picks up where the first left off at the karate tournament. Later, Mr. Miyagi receives word that his father is dying, forcing Mr. Miyagi to go home to pay his last respects. Daniel goes along on the trip for support. What I like about the sequel is that the film fleshes out Mr. Miyagi's character. In the first film, we learned about Daniel LaRusso, here it is Mr. Miyagi. The viewer learns why Mr. Miyagi left Japan and his feud with his former best friend Sato (Daniel Kamekoa).
I have to admit that some of the action sequences involving Daniel and Sato's nephew were ridiculously over the top. I especially thought the last fighting sequence between the two was pretty laughable. Ditto with the scene where Daniel is challenged to smash a stack of ice with his own bare hands. I won't even get into the unintentionally funny ballad "Glory of Love" by Peter Cetera.
While "The Karate Kid II" is by no means Shakespeare, I still enjoy the film for pure entertainment and nothing more. It is definitely a big guilty pleasure for me.
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Summary: PART II BETTER THAN THE FIRST
Review: Sequels usually don't live up to the legacy the first ones leave, but I have to say that Karate Kid Part II is better than the first. Karate is no longer about winning points in a tournament, but about defending your honor and way of life. The final scene is about life and death, not to see who gets 3 points first. See where Mr. Miyagi was born into the life of karate and learn about his ancestors. Find out the reason why Mr. Miyagi left his beloved homeland and first love. It's a wonderful story that has action, drama and comedy all in one. I definitely give this movie 5 bright stars!!!!!
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Summary: Does not embarrass uncle
Review: The best of the Karate Kid movies. Despite all that stuff Mr. Miyagi's always saying about not using karate to defend plastic metal trophy, in this one, Daniel doesn't, which is what makes it the most meaningful.
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Summary: Getting real...
Review: The first Karate Kid literally spoke to any kid who felt out of place and picked on. Strongly enough, it was a concept played out over and over again. But the evenhanded direction of Avildsen made it a triumph. So what do you do for a sequel? You get real. Not that the first one wasn't real. The threat to Daniels safety in the first movie was always there and fully realized. But take this student and mentor pair and send them to Okinawa, and you have a whole different ball game. The story centers more on Miagi and his journey home to see his dying father, and facing demons he left as a young man. Asian culture takes certain things much more seriously. Honor in this movie is a subject brought up constantly, and we see it from Daniels perspective; as an American who does not understand why these people do things they way they do in the name of honor. As Daniel comes to grips with this life code in the small village of Miagi's youth, he realizes that the bully who has targeted him this time does not hold back. He's ready to kill Daniel. He has no qualms about it either and feels it's justified. As Daniel swoons a beautiful Asian girl and finds he's getting in deeper with the affairs of Miagi's past, he holds his ground, and his good upbringing helps to hold his own honor in place. In the end, the climatic fight scene is what really makes the movie. The whole story builds up to that moment. The idea is that this fight is real, there is no competition, no points. This is not a tournament, this is not a spectacle. Daniel is fighting to stay alive. And it is more brutal then the rules laden tournament of the first movie. Morita and Maccio play off each other so well it's obvious these two have great chemistry. The teacher/student relationship is apparent from the first scene despite their polar opposite personalities. As in the first movie, each character gives the other what they are missing. Daniel gets a father figure/teacher, Miagi gets a son/student. This movie is just as good as the first in my opinion, just different. A different set of circumstances played similarly to the first one. It's as different as it can be while still holding the same values. I give it four stars only because of some very minor inconsistencies but overall, it is a very good film.
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Summary: Makes the first Karate Kid seem like a documentary
Review: The first Karate Kid movie was, let's face it, completely unbelievable. But still it was an enjoyable fairy tale for kids as well as adults and the relationship between Pat Morita and Ralph Macchio went along way toward bringing charm to the story. This movie, however, takes the apprenticeship to ludicrous extremes, continuing to emphasize its already dubious premise that a martial art is something that can be quickly and easily mastered. Somehow "the kid" and Miyagi end up in Japan, getting involved in local hi-jinks, and even more unbelievable tournament than in the first film, and some old rival of Miyagi's who practically stalks him like a serial killer. To this day, I can still hear him uttering that infamous threatening line: "Three Days, Miyagi, THREE DAYS!!!" Where's Jerry Zucker and the Airplane crew when you need them?
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Summary: Perfect totally perfect !
Review: The first was good as well as this one in this film Daniel must travel too China with Mr Myagi .Anyhoo this movie is good .
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Summary: Better than the first.
Review: The karate Kid Part 2 was alot better than the first. Ralph macchio and pat Morita give excellent performances once agin. Daniel and Miyagi are awesome characters. I think it's cool how they were able to make a series where two people such far apart in ages can be such great friends. Anyway in Karate kid 2 Daniel and Miyagi travel to Okinawa after Miyagi gets word that his father has become very ill. To make matters worse Miyagi has problem with sato his former best friend. Really, Sato has a problem with Miyagi over an old girlfriend. Daniel ends up having a problem of his own with Sato's nephew Chozen. The last fight aganist Daniel and Chozen in the festival of the dead was awesome.
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Summary: Better than the first.
Review: The karate Kid Part 2 was alot better than the first. Ralph macchio and pat Morita give excellent performances once agin. Daniel and Miyagi are awesome characters. I think it's cool how they were able to make a series where two people such far apart in ages can be such great friends. Anyway in Karate kid 2 Daniel and Miyagi travel to Okinawa after Miyagi gets word that his father has become very ill. To make matters worse Miyagi has problem with sato his former best friend. Really, Sato has a problem with Miyagi over an old girlfriend. Daniel ends up having a problem of his own with Sato's nephew Chozen. The last fight aganist Daniel and Chozen in the festival of the dead was awesome.
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Summary: A Very Solid Sequel!!
Review: The Karate Kid Part II is a great movie. In my opinion, it isn't as great as the first one, but it has a wonderful element in it that makes it a great movie. There is some incredible drama in this movie. The movie takes Mr. Miyagi and Daniel LaRusso to Okinawa where Mr. Miyagi faces three challenges: The death of his father, Falling in love with his old sweetheart, and Sato, his old friend who has vowed revenge on Miyagi. I think some of the greatest drama I've seen takes place in this movie. In the first movie Daniel turns to Miyagi for help in everything, but in this movie there is a scene right after Miyagi's father dies where Daniel is comforting Miyagi explaining what he went through when his father died. I think that is wonderful drama. If you liked the first Karate Kid, then I would say that you will like the second one also. It has a similar feel only with a totally different setting. Still very good.
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