The Karate Kid (1984)

6.5	Listal rating
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Directed by

John G. Avildsen

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Daniel Larusso

Mr. Kesuke Miyagi

Ali Mills

John Kreese

Lucille Larusso

Johnny Lawrence

Bobby Brown

Tommy

Written by

Robert Mark Kamen

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This Movie is the "Best! Around..."

6 years, 6 months ago at Nov 6 14:07

jasoncarulli

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This movie is the epitome of the totally awesome 80s. From the classic quotable lines to the hip soundtrack, this movie showcases an entire generation including my need to relive Ralph Macchio's character during my youth. To this day, I have yet to hear a better, more inspirational theme song, "Your the Best!".

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3 months ago at Feb 16 18:40

DuckNation

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Again this is another movie i watched a lot as a kid. But back then i had just seen it to many times and really i just started to not like the movie. After years of not seeing it i gave it a another watched and now i remember why this is a good movie.

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2 years, 9 months ago at Aug 20 6:43

dappa1975

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love it due to nostalgia I guess - sunday afternoon viewing - much prefer the new one with Jackie Chan.

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Description: When a New Jersey teenager relocates to sunny southern California, he finds trouble in the form of bullies and a friend in the form of Mr. Miyagi, the local ... Full Descriptionhandyman who teaches him karate. In John G. Avildsen's THE KARATE KID, Daniel (Ralph Macchio) and his mother (Randee Heller) move from New Jersey to Sout When a New Jersey teenager relocates to sunny southern California, he finds trouble in the form of bullies and a friend in the form of Mr. Miyagi, the local ... Full Descriptionhandyman who teaches him karate.

In John G. Avildsen's THE KARATE KID, Daniel (Ralph Macchio) and his mother (Randee Heller) move from New Jersey to Southern California, where he's not too keen about his new home--until he meets Ali (Elizabeth Shue), an attractive girl who seems to like him. But trouble looms when Ali's ex-boyfriend (William Zabka) and his gang of ruffians start tormenting Daniel. One day, as Daniel is suffering a beating at the hands of these louts, Mr. Miyagi (Noriyuki "Pat" Morita), an elderly Japanese handyman, comes to his rescue. To Daniel's amazement, Miyagi manages to take down the whole group all by himself using karate. Daniel begs to learn this ancient martial art, and soon Miyagi begins the boy's training, teaching Daniel that there is more to karate than fighting. Through a series of lessons, the wise mentor instills a sense of honor and nobility in his young pupil while preparing him for the ultimate karate showdown. However, as Daniel studies the discipline and art of karate, his enemies are learning a dirtier kind of fighting from Kreese (Martin Kove), a cold-blooded ex-marine. Ultimately, the boys will fight to the finish in the All Valley Karate Championship in a rousing and triumphant finale. Morita is a gem as the elderly father figure Miyagi, giving the character warmth, wisdom, and comic charm. Macchio's underdog character inspired an entire generation to run out and join the nearest karate school while chanting "wax on, wax off."

Although Ralph Macchio portrays a teenager in THE KARATE KID, he was 23 when the film was released. The film features Elizabeth Shue's first major screen role. Pat Morita uses his real Japanese first name, Noriyuki, in the credits. Morita was a real-life WWII California Japanese Internment Camp survivor. Chad McQueen, who plays Dutch, is Steve McQueen's son. Morita starred in the delightfully low-key TALK TO TAKA (2000), a short film put together by AtomFilms for $100,000.

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Release date : 22 June 1984
UPC: 043396040694

Martial Arts (28), Drama (27), Action (26), 1984 (15), Family (15), Sports (13), 1980s (11), Teen (11), Karate (10), (8), Coming Of Age (8), High School (7), Philosophy (6), Bullies (5), Series (5), Moving (4), Training (4), Comedy (4), 80s (3), Bully (3)

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