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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767861465
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767861469
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: July 10, 2001
Running Time: 113 minutes
Sales Rank: 17137
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: June 30, 1989
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Rating:  - American Icon
Terry Silver, president of DynaTox Industries, should be considered a beacon of hope for today's youth.
Honorable mentioned should be made for Mr. Silver's sidekick, "Snake."
Rating: - Karate Kid
Karate Kid Rocks - but theme not quite followed through on. So was a bit dissapointing. But great to see the team together.
Rating: - Not Perfect, But...
3 1/2 would probably be more accurate. I think the biggest problem with this movie is not so much the content, as its bad timing. In the excellent Part 1, Daniel had to fight in a tournament to show he could stand up for himself. In the impressive Part 2, the stakes were raised, and Daniel had to fight for his life as well as the life of his friend. Part 3 has the difficult (if not impossible) burden of trying to create a plausible fear in Daniel over fighting in a tournament again after having fought a life and death battle. This movie would have probably done much better if it had been placed between 1 and 2. Moving on, the psychotic, but defanged Kreese goes back to his abandoned dojo and decides his situation is bleak enough to consider some new life. (Despite his psychotic cruelty in Part 1, we are permitted a moment of sympathy for him.) His friend Terry Silver promises revenge on Daniel and Myagi. While Kreese was psychotic, Silver is more of a smiling politician everready to backstab Daniel after winning his trust. Silver's plan is to hire this, for the lack of a better term (jerk) Mike Barnes to bully Daniel into a new tournament so Barnes can beat him publicly. (Kind of weak after the strong plots in parts I and II.) Barnes is REALLY the WEAK LINK in this movie. Unlike Part I's Johnny, Barnes has no redeeming moments to make him human. Unlike Part II's Chozen, Mike Barnes carries no charm. I may also add that we can speculate that Chozen (who Daniel beat in life and death) would have destroyed ... Read More
Rating:  - A serious review, without sarcasm. This movie is an old favorite.
When reading several of the 5 star reviews, somehow I got the feeling I was being conned into thinking this movie was the best ever, or the "reviewer" was being sarcastic. Since I can't give it 3.5 stars, I rounded it up to 4.
Realistically, all the KK movies were playing to a younger audience. In my opinion young teens would enjoy them the most. But it doesn't change the fact that the first 3 KK movies were excellent for what they were. The 1st was original and unique. The same formula worked in the first 3, but part 3 was my favorite for many reasons.
I first heard about KK3 because my boss's son, Sean Kanan (born Sean Perelman) played Mike Barnes, "Karate's bad-boy" in this installment. I enjoyed the first 2 movies, so I borrowed Part 3 from my boss's brother (Sean's uncle). I was pleasantly surprised with the entire movie. It was very different and real... in the emotional presentation and conflict. Same formula as the first 2. The story was very well crafted and similar to 1 and 2, but different enough that it stands on its own.
The acting could have been a bit less cartoonish in some parts from the two dimentional bad guys, but it was the relationship between Miyagi and Daniel, and Daniel and his new female friend, which held the movie together.
The new girl in the movie wasn't a love interest. She was only there as a friend, which I really appreciated. They didn't force anything between the two of them. That is something rare in modern ... Read More
Rating:  - Use this DVD as a coaster
This is possibly one of the worst films ever made. There's not even the "so bad it's good" pleasure to count on. It's simply a grotesque mishandling of every truth laid down in the first (and quite wonderful) film. It's an ugly movie that basically has our hero Daniel being hounded by an ex-military buddy of Kreese's. They hatch a stupid scheme to get Daniel back for the loss of Kreese's students and school. Daniel is periodically attacked by warped students of the ex-buddy's (his name escapes me, so bad was this thing) who want him to defend his title in the tournament. After much abuse, he agrees, to the chagrin of Mr. Miyagi.
They throw in a pseudo love interest (that goes nowhere), Kreese's character, which was very interesting in the first film, has been debased to scary B-movie proportions, and poor Mr. Miyagi is the only one who comes off with any dignity whatsoever. The villain (ex-military buddy) is so boring it isn't even funny (not to mention the actor who plays him is awful).
This could have been an interesting film - it has some good potential plot points, such as Daniel turning against the truths laid down by Miyagi and shacking up with the villain. But it squanders them all - more like annihilates them in a nuclear fashion. This could have been a noble film, maybe to the point of having Kreese's character redeemed. Instead it's just a stupid, sordid, complete waste of time - I'd call it a C-film that wants to be a hammy B-film.
Terrible. Use this DVD as a coaster, but ... Read More
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