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Released Year: 1994
Runtime: 107 minutes
Directors: Christopher Cain
Casts: Hilary Swank, Michael Ironside, Walton Goggins, Arsenio 'Sonny' Trinidad, Seth Sakai, Pat Morita, Jim Ishida, Chris Conrad, Michael Cavalieri, Rodney Kageyama, Constance Towers, Eugene Boles, Keena Keel, Thomas Downey, Tom O'Brien
Ratings: 
(4 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5)
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(4 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5)Loading...Reviews
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Variety -
Leisurely and overly familiar pic should appeal to young teen girls, but won't be breaking any B.O. bricks with its bare hands.
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Baltimore Sun -
This film feels like a desperate attempt to squeeze a few last bucks out of what was once a very obliging cash cow.
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Washington Post -
The fourth film in the series, the newest installment has a new director, Chris Cain, and a female Kid, Hilary Swank, but otherwise it reprises the formula established by John G. Avildsen in 1984: A troubled teen conquers self-doubt and the local bullies with the help of an enigmatic karate teacher.
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Los Angeles Times -
If this installment is just slightly less laborious than Karate Kid II or III, it's not from Mark Lee's surprise-free script or Christopher Cain's placid direction, but because young Swank really might be a find. Early on, she's such a convincingly testy teen that parents may flinch, but she does seem to blossom before your eyes.
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TV Guide Magazine -
Overlong and utterly predictable, The Next Karate Kid offers little excitement, even in its culminating fight sequence.
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The Next Karate Kid (1994)
During a commemoration for Japanese soldiers fighting in the US Army during World War II, Mr. Miyagi meets the widow of his commanding officer. He gets to know her granddaughter Julie, an angry teenager who is still feeling the pain of losing both her parents in an accident and is having problems with her grandmother and her fellow pupils. Mr. Miyagi decides to teach her karate to get her through her pain and issues and back on the right path.
The Next Karate Kid (1994)
(4 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5)Loading...
Information
Released Year: 1994
Runtime: 107 minutes
Directors: Christopher Cain
Casts: Hilary Swank, Michael Ironside, Walton Goggins, Arsenio 'Sonny' Trinidad, Seth Sakai, Pat Morita, Jim Ishida, Chris Conrad, Michael Cavalieri, Rodney Kageyama, Constance Towers, Eugene Boles, Keena Keel, Thomas Downey, Tom O'Brien
Storyline
During a commemoration for Japanese soldiers fighting in the US Army during World War II, Mr. Miyagi meets the widow of his commanding officer. He gets to know her granddaughter Julie, an angry teenager who is still feeling the pain of losing both her parents in an accident and is having problems with her grandmother and her fellow pupils. Mr. Miyagi decides to teach her karate to get her through her pain and issues and back on the right path.
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Reviews
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Variety -
Leisurely and overly familiar pic should appeal to young teen girls, but won't be breaking any B.O. bricks with its bare hands.
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Baltimore Sun -
This film feels like a desperate attempt to squeeze a few last bucks out of what was once a very obliging cash cow.
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Washington Post -
The fourth film in the series, the newest installment has a new director, Chris Cain, and a female Kid, Hilary Swank, but otherwise it reprises the formula established by John G. Avildsen in 1984: A troubled teen conquers self-doubt and the local bullies with the help of an enigmatic karate teacher.
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Los Angeles Times -
If this installment is just slightly less laborious than Karate Kid II or III, it's not from Mark Lee's surprise-free script or Christopher Cain's placid direction, but because young Swank really might be a find. Early on, she's such a convincingly testy teen that parents may flinch, but she does seem to blossom before your eyes.
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TV Guide Magazine -
Overlong and utterly predictable, The Next Karate Kid offers little excitement, even in its culminating fight sequence.
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During a commemoration for Japanese soldiers fighting in the US Army during World War II, Mr. Miyagi meets the widow of his commanding officer. He gets to know her granddaughter Julie, an angry teenager who is still feeling the pain of losing both her parents in an accident and is having problems with her grandmother and her fellow pupils. Mr. Miyagi decides to teach her karate to get her through her pain and issues and back on the right path.
During a commemoration for Japanese soldiers fighting in the US Army during World War II, Mr. Miyagi meets the widow of his commanding officer. He gets to know her granddaughter Julie, an angry teenager who is still feeling the pain of losing both her parents in an accident and is having problems with her grandmother and her fellow pupils. Mr. Miyagi decides to teach her karate to get her through her pain and issues and back on the right path.
During a commemoration for Japanese soldiers fighting in the US Army during World War II, Mr. Miyagi meets the widow of his commanding officer. He gets to know her granddaughter Julie, an angry teenager who is still feeling the pain of losing both her parents in an accident and is having problems with her grandmother and her fellow pupils. Mr. Miyagi decides to teach her karate to get her through her pain and issues and back on the right path.
During a commemoration for Japanese soldiers fighting in the US Army during World War II, Mr. Miyagi meets the widow of his commanding officer. He gets to know her granddaughter Julie, an angry teenager who is still feeling the pain of losing both her parents in an accident and is having problems with her grandmother and her fellow pupils. Mr. Miyagi decides to teach her karate to get her through her pain and issues and back on the right path.