The longevity of Johnon's sports film Avilsen in 1984 Karate Kid is one of the more confusing phenomena of my generation. The original flick followed a child in Jerseyu Jerseyers named Daniel Larosa (Ralph McCio) in a new home in Damp All-Redda, California, where he is immediately targeted by a team of karate-enthusiast. They attend a dojo called Cobra Kai, which is treated as a mythical brutal school for potential assassinators, when in reality, was an average building on Blvd. Lankersim. in northern Hollywood. To defend, Daniel falls with a local karate tens Narijoshi Miyagi (Morita's Road)Who teaches the more careful, thinking version of karate. The film ends with Daniel having his bully, Johnoni Lawrence (William Tab).

The film was made for just $ 8 million, but was an explosive hit, reaching over $ 130 million in box office. Avilsen seems to have repeated the formula "Triumphs of Triumphs" by his "Rocky", eight years earlier, only with a teenager in the role title. "Karate Child" unexpectedly caused two sequels with Machio and Morita, as well as an animated series in 1988. There was Spinoff in 1994, "The Next Karate Child" starring Morita and Hillary Swank. In 2010, "Karate Kid" was remedied with Jaden Smith and Jackkeepi Chan, although that film was more kung-Fun. The original film was revived as unexpectedly popular YouTubered series called "Cobra Kai" In 2018. The tooth and McCio returned, and the show eventually moved to Netflix.

And now we have the sixth film "Karate Kid", "Karate Child: Legends" by Johnon Entwistl and, Boy Haudi, has a lot on its plate. Although only 94 minutes long, "Karate Kid: Legends" manages to insert two separate films into one, both starring a new karate child, Lee Jong (Ben Wang). "Legends" is like a restart and its sequel, playing episodic. The first of those two films is pretty good. Second ... We'll get to that.

There is not much mythology for "Karate Child", but "legends" quickly explains in the prologue as a Master of Japanese carats like Mr. Miyagi should affect Mr. Jan (Jan), Chinese instructor for Kung Fu. It seems that one of Miyagi's ancestors took a drunken journey by sailing to China, where he and local military skills instructors mixed their styles, creating an unbeatable form of karate-fu. Lee teaches Miyagi Kung-Fu from his uncle, Mr. Hahn, very much to his mother's joke, featured by much insufficiently used Ming-on Wen. In the end we will learn through retrospectives that Lee's older brother was also a competitor to Kung-Fu, but that he was stabbed by a rival's death after a match. This will make his mother move to New York under the provision he never fights again.

Here we start the movie #1 in which it is acclimatized in the Newouort. He meets a friendly pizza -named MIA (Sadi Stanley) friendly officer and she agrees to show him through the city in exchange for lessons for Mandarin. Ben Wang is a blinding guidance, capable of communicating his pain and self-efficient qualities without losing a general sense of heroism of the Starwar film. He was previously in the "American born Chinese" and will soon appear in a "long walk". If there is justice in Hollywood, Wang will become huge.

Lee meets with MIA's father, beautiful, down to the ground, a warm, sponsored former boxer named Victor (Former powerful duck Oshoshua Acksexone). However, it is kind, Victor is in large with some local loan sharks, and will be able to get out of debt only if he can win the upcoming boxing game. Lee has won some of the debt collectors, and Victor asks him to become his instructor to fight. What follows is a smart, script with a script of traditional dynamics of sports film, with the older, a middle -aged man, and the teenager is an expert. Of course, Lee and MIA will come closer as the instructions continue.

Interestingly, the relationship between Lee and Victor, as Victor must treat him as an ERSC professor and son. Lee is not technically fighting if he learns someone else how to box (kung-fu style), so he doesn't really break his mother's rules.

Victor's great struggle is halfway through the film. I will not discover the outcome of the fight, but I will say that the movie #1 comes to the sudden end, and the movie #2 suddenly begins. The editing and walking of the film changes immediately, and is it inserted into a new role. Mr. Hahn comes to Newouble, and the training can start over. There seems to be an upcoming MMA tournament called the 5 districts, and Lee reveals that he is dealing with it, he must compete. Mom will learn to be okay with this, and Victor and Mia are disappearing from the film. Mr -Jan subsequently appears in Daniel Laroka (still teaching karate in the Dojo of G -Din Miyagi in the valley), and the two older instructors unite to train. Oh, yes, Lee's rival is a wicked bully named Connor (Aramis Ktt), who simply seems to be the son of Victor's loan and MIA's ex -boyfriend.

It is wonderful to see that the poor, exhausted, get contrasting instructions from Daniel and Jan, and "Karate Kid: Legends" use a clever that uses its setting in Yorkuork; For example, there is a training moment, in which I must make a dramatic move under the Metro -Tourism in Yorkyork. But where did this second film come from? Suddenly, there are animated titles and a strange music aesthetic video. It is like the screenwriters had two ideas for one story, but they can be included in some feature, so they decided to make two 47 minutes of movies instead.

Both films embedded in "Karate Kid: Legends" are standard satisfactory. Wong is capable of wearing the film (s), even when standing opposite the legend like Jackkeepi Chan and Veteran as Ralph McCio. Acksexon is an impressive warm as an attractive burn, reading as a particularly difficult kindergarten teacher. Sadie Stanley and Ming-on Wen, unfortunately, are not allowed to express a lot of personality, serving more as conspiracy officials than fully realized characters. Regardless, the two "last fights" play perfectly well, and can feel inspired and thrilled by any of them.

But why are there two? "Karate Child: Legends" is both an original film and heritage sequel. A new story follows, connects previous chapters in a 40-year franchise, re-introduced a few old characters and represents two separate air conditioners, each with their own set of personal deposits. That it works at all is a kind of miracle, especially since we have finished in 94 minutes.

Bifurcation of "Karate Child: Legends" feels merciful kind of non -essential. It is a bloated, early summer party that is more interested in characterization and well-worn, telling stories of sports films than is big, "important" mythical making. You should not be a fan of Karate Kid with deep learning to enjoy it, as Entwistl and his screenwriter, Rob Libber, are careful to give you the functional backstew you need. There is only one short arrival for Hardcore "Karate Kid" fans, and is clearly broadcast, unimportant of an existing Estionus to the series. Although the structure is completely strange, this can be a better approach to the inheritance of a more traditional form that insists on imports. It's okay, Hollywood, for the films to be light and pleasant.

/Movie rating: 7 out of 10

"Karate Kid: Legends" opens in theaters on 30.05.2025.