"Karate Kid: Legends" really want to tell her audience that it is two branches of the same tree. In the universe, this applies to Kung-Fu teaching Mr. Jani of Jackki Chan and karate practiced by Mr. Miyagi on the road Morita. In reality, however, this may also apply to "Karate Child: Legends" is the story of two films contrary to each other. The first film is a fantastic reconstruction of the "Karate Child" formula and tropes, with the title becoming a teacher, not to be a student.

It helps Ben Wang be a really good guidance. He portrays his character, Lee Fong, as a relative and charismatic impetus with a painful past that you cannot help but take root. And yet, he is not completely helpless, because for the first time the protagonist of the "Karate Child" title already has the knowledge of military skills at the beginning of the story. Does this make it a unique character in the franchise. It gives him greater self-esteem, allowing him to form a fascinating relationship with mentor-moles with the local owner of a common pizza Victor (Oshoshua Acksecson). As a continuation of "Karate Child" in 2010, the film makes a fun continuation of the story of G -Din Hahn, which is the funniest part of the film thanks to his eccentric ways of Badas's shifts and the military skills (as Jackkeepi Chan could do).

The big problem lies in the second film within "Legends", which is when it unites the two branches of "Karate Child" property and brings the world of "Karate Child" in 2010 into that of the original film in 1984 with the introduction of Daniel Laruso on Ralph McCio. The meeting of Mr -Shan and Daniel was by far the biggest sales point in film marketing, but that is what is most hurt by the film (most (mostit and the serious lack of Dr. Parker of Jaden Smith).

The problem with Daniel's appearance in "Karate Kid: Legends" is that he feels meaningless. Karate Kids fans have spent the last six years looking at the character to overcome personal problems, finally overcome his rivalry with Nyoni Lawrence (William Tab) and helped the defeat of Terry Srebrell (Thomas Ian Griffith) once and for everyone in the "Cobra Kai" series. By comparison, his role in "legends" is essentially more than celebrated Kimo.

Moreover, if you completely removed Daniel, "Karate Kid: Legends" would be a much tougher narrative and a completely better movie.

The reason is simple. We really really see Daniel about two-thirds in the duration of the film, at that moment he joins only as a co-teacher in the lead of the great karate tournament at the end of the film. Even then, Daniel has a zero connection to LI and not much in terms of wisdom. (That task falls to g -ni Jan.) Indeed, At every step in "Karate Child: Legends", Daniel is out From his Kung-Fu colleague when it comes to action scenes, charisma and character depth. The film is not trying to explore Daniel's life outside of it, helping to learn Karate, much less what happens with him personally at this point in time. Mr. Jan, on the other hand, has a significant relationship with Li, as well as his nephew and Shifu. He immediately admits that the necessary tournament in the film's martial arts is not just an economic opportunity to help Lee's friends, but it is also something to do to overcome his feelings of guilt and sadness over his brother's tragic death.

If you watched "Cobra Kai", then Daniel's unwillingness to train and the joy he receives from the spread of Miyagi's teachings are found as superfluous and hollow, as he has already spent all this in all six seasons on the Netflix show (Which "karate child: legends" barely even admits). But even if you haven't seen that gem in the series, then Daniel still doesn't have to do anything from the movie.

So, Daniel has no previous relationship with Lee, and "Karate Kid: Legends" make little effort to create a relationship with Sandy-Student among them, making both Daniel and Mr. Hahn together in the same film. Except for some fun moments when the two are arguing about the best technique (which Karate Kid fans have seen a lot already in "Cobra Kai"), the film just doesn't get anything to give Lee two teachers.

The first act of "Kara Kid: Legends", where we see to learn a former boxer some moves on Kung-Fu and becomes a teacher, instead of staying a student, is engaged and inventive. Even when we are forced to deal with another karate tournament, Lee's backstation with his brother makes his journey attractive (not to mention, it's just fun to see Mr. Han is an eccentric kung-fu Badas). But did we really have to connect the two halves of the "Karate Child" universe together? Absolutely not. Except A comprehensive godfather at the very end of the movie (No doubt the funniest scene in the whole movie), there are no real ties to "Cobra Kai" or even recognition of how the 1984 "Karate Child" franchise is developing.

If the only connective tissue is that Daniel has spent a short one -week trip to Newouper at some accident, without affecting anything else, why fans of the two halves of the carate kid franchise? McCio is a good actor and proved during "Cobra Kai" that there may be more about the image of Daniel Laruso, except for his past as a former substrate. Unfortunately, we see nothing of it in "Karate Kid: Legends".

"Karate Kid: Legends" now play in theaters.