Karate Kid: Legends

At first I didn’t think this movie needed to be made after the original karate kid trilogy and then cobrai Kai wrapped everything up nicely as I wasn’t big on the idea of them doing another film but it did a great job of getting you hyped for this and it definitely ended up being one badass movie.

Did love the way the film started with a flashback scene of Daniel and Mr Miyagi couldn’t have thought of a better way of starting it paying respect to the OG’s.

Let’s just give Ben Wong some credit here he was incredible even better than I imagined he would be his acting charisma ,and chemistry with all the characters was great and his fighting scenes were freaking cool.

Found it quite abit of a cool turn of the usual karate kid formula when Li was training Victor for his boxing tournament so it wasn’t just the same old story so I for sure appreciated that.

Mr Han was easily one of the best parts he was absolutely hilarious literally nearly in every scene and love the parts where he and Daniel trains Li Fong basically trying to be the best sensai was so funny, Han was like different character from what he was in the karate kid remake which I didn’t think they put enough effort into his character while here there much character development.

Connor way was pretty much a younger silver but without the funny malicious ways don’t get me wrong he was brutal but not too his level.

The new competition was pretty great kinda had a retro feel to it and literally felt like you was playing a game while watching it loved the effects.

Wanted this film to be at least in my top 5 of this year but even if it’s not I’m very happy with how the film tuned out.

9/10

I couldn’t even tell you why, but this movie brought me such joy and comfort

Went into this movie not watching the other movies, was really impressed with it, would defo watch the other movies at some point and if they make any more movies, they would defo be on my watchlist. The movie had great acting and it was a good length and story.

"Olives on… olives off" 😄

Perhaps the feel-good movie of the year. As an early 90s kid, I really didn't grew up with the franchise and didn't see the first Karate Kid until a few months ago. So not much nostalgic feelings for me here. I'm a fan of Jackie Chan and the gernre as a whole though.

This movie came of as a big surprise for me as I was in the mood for something sleazy and headed to the movies late afternoon. And I had sooo much fun.
The cast is super likeable - Ben Wang is a great talent. I really liked that he wasn't the super shy and insecure Asian kid in the US but had a lot of personality from the start.
Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio only have cameos, maybe long-time fans expected something more here, but they worked together so well, all of their scences were done very well.

In times, where every random Marvel flick (unfortunately) has a runtime of 2,5 hours, this film actually could have been longer. Adding just 15 minutes wouldn't have made the second half feel so rushed. Since the first half was setting the pace quite well.

I hope this film finds it's audience. Flicks like this are still needed from time to time.

If you are not from Generation X you are not going to appreciate this movie. This movie pays homage to Mr Miyagi the original Pat Morita. Definitely not a woke remake.

It was a fun movie, watched it with a friend in theaters and I had a great time. The film itself is rather basic, I mean it pretty much follows a formula and doesn't do anything that is exciting in and of itself—I wish we got more scenes with [spoiler] Connor Days since he was a rather captivating character and I really wanted to see more as to why Mia and Connor stopped going on. [/spoiler]

[spoiler] My favorite character was easily Alan, I just thought him hamfisting himself in Li Fong's adventures were funny even though he is just a calculus tutor and has no real transformation to the plot aside from maybe pitting Li and Mia back together. [/spoiler]

I love a movie in New York City too but that's about it. The highlight was easily seeing Jackie Chan and Ming-Na Wen. But really that's all I can remember. It did make me interested in boxing/martial arts and the Karate Kid movies again which is rather nice but alas.

A charming, earnest movie. It shares a handful of story beats from the original, but it's alright. It's not like The Karate Kid owns the rights to the trope where a guy meets a girl on his first day moving to the city because mom got a promotion.

There's actually less fanservice than I thought there would be, which makes me glad. Except for the pre-credits scene, which was entirely unnecessary. I really liked all the main characters; the two leads were really charming together and had great on-screen chemistry, but Ben Wang was a real star. I'm going to keep my eye out for any future projects he's in. I don't really see the need for both Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio to be in this movie, but they stole every scene they were in, so I'm not mad. The pacing in the last act was a little weird, but I'll forgive it because the final fight was worth it. Speaking of which, the action was very stylish and fun to look at.

I had a good time; I vibed with this movie.

A little of a lot of great things, but never a enough, making it feel short:
- crazy Jackie chan kung fu
- teenage love
- coming of age
- karate mind balanced training
- great powers great responsibilities
- fight duels
- finishing move
- dark villain redemption
- evil coach punishment
- Jonny Lawrence punchlines

It's not great but it's a fun watch if you saw every other movies and the Netflix Cobra Kai tv series.