The Next Karate Kid
The life of a young teenager girl named Julie, who has been suffered from the loss of her parents, who have been murders, the thing that makes her rage, has been changed completely, when a great courageous karate master Mr. Miyagi, who teaches her the martial arts and helps her to get rid of her fears and rage.
22 May 1932, Hawaii, USA
10 November 1971, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
26 September 1969, Roanoke, Virginia, USA
30 January 1943, Everett, Massachusetts, USA
20 May 1933, Whitefish, Montana, USA
30 June 1970, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
11 May 1930, Hollywood, California, USA
7 September 1924, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
30 July 1974, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
4 June 1961, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
June 14, 2013
This desperate attempt to keep the franchise alive and kicking resorts to a backhanded kind of political correctness: introducing a surly teenage girl karate expert who goes around talking about "kicking butt."
May 22, 2013
Swank and Morita make a personable pair, enough so that we don't miss Macchio. The monks exude a benevolent presence in a film less trivial than it could have been.
December 15, 2010
Violent sequel doesn't benefit from gender change.
June 14, 2013
A few pre-prom dance lessons are the only significant departure from the tried and tested chop-socky formula, although Michael Ironside is good value as Swank's sinister gym teacher.
May 22, 2013
Only the reasonably-appealing performances of Morita and newcomer Swank keep it all from becoming even more of a loser.
August 07, 2014
An irrelevant foot note in the "Karate Kid" series that can be overlooked if only for being so vanilla.
September 07, 2011
Not that girls will go see this or boys will care.
May 22, 2013
The overt message of any Karate Kid movie: Don't fight unless you absolutely have to. The implicit message: You'll always have to. Let the smitings begin!
June 14, 2013
Amid its familiar banalities and formula twists, The Next Karate Kid comes up with one new idea for dealing with difficult American teen-agers: ship 'em off to a Buddhist monastery for two weeks!
May 22, 2013
While the message that a girl can defend herself against the boys threatening her is a good one, it's lost in a movie where the bullies look like Mussolini's bodyguards and where Julie waits for her boyfriend and Miyagi to come to her defense.
March 26, 2009
The franchise is still kicking -- but not very high.
June 14, 2013
The Next Karate Kid is harmless as children's entertainment, but for 104 very long minutes, there isn't a recognizable human being in sight.
