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Production Year: 1984 - Martial Arts - Director: John G. Avildsen - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, Martin Kove, Randee Heller more

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The Karate Kid
A review by blissman70 on The Karate Kid (Special Edition) (DVD)
October 16th, 2008


Author's product rating:   

Did you enjoy it? Liked it 
Story Good 
Characters / Performances Outstanding 
Special Effects Good 
How does it compare to similar films? Good 

Advantages: great action and entertainment
Disadvantages: a little slow to begin

Recommend to potential buyers: yes 

Full review

Director: John G. Avildsen.
Producers: Jerry Weintraub, Bud S. Smith and R. J. Louis
Writer: Robert Mark Kamen
Stars: Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Elisabeht Shue, Martin Kove, Randee Heller and William Zabka.

This first in the karate kid sage was released in June 1984, involving the life of a school boy who had just moved into a new neighbourhood with his mother.

** BRIEF PLOT **

When Daniel LaRusso, (played by Ralph Macchio) and his mother Lucille, (played by Randee Heller) move into a new apartment in a small neighbourhood things seem to be going well, until Daniel starts at the local school.
When Daniel becomes friends with Ali Mills, (played by Elisabeth Shue) he soon realises that her ex-boyfriend, Johnny Lawrence, (played by William Zabka) and his little gang of Karate members are going to be trouble, considering Johnny is the top student at the Cobra Kai dojo which is ran by John Kreese, (played by Martin Kove),
a rather vicious sensei.
With Daniel standing up to Johnny he soon realises that he can not beat him, allowing Johnny and his brainless gang to start intimidating Daniel whenever their paths meet.

The tale takes a twist when Johnny, together with the rest of his gang, corner Daniel and viciously assault him, using him as a punch bag to practice their martial arts moves on… But suddenly, out of the blue, the apartments handyman, Mr Kesuke Miyagi, (played by Noriyuki "Pat" Morita), an elderly and rather fragile looking man jumps to Daniels rescue.
After seeing the skills of My Miyagi, Daniel begs for his help, little realising that Mr Miyagi' s way of helping is to enter Daniel into a karate tournament so as to fight Johnny in a fair battle of skill… (not really the help Daniel envisaged)

So, as Mr Miyagi trains the unwitting Daniel, using some rather unusual training techniques, the fight is soon on… only some contestants and their sensei's will do anything to win…???

** IN CONCLUSION **


Avildsen has directed another great fight action movie, remembering him from Rocky, with some fantastic martial arts scenes, (although it does tend to be a little like a Rocky plot…!!).

The story is well written, giving a good two hours of entertainment…albeit a little slow to tell the story in the first instance, and the all round acting is good enough to make this a very popular movie indeed.
Ralph Macchio does a great job acting as Daniel, (or Danielson as Miyagi calls him), the skinny underdog with no hope of fighting his way out of a wet paper bag let alone winning a karate tournament against a rather brutal opposition.
But the award for excellence goes to the brilliant Noriyuki Morita, (or Pat) as the rather peaceful but very lethal Mr Miyagi, with his bizarre, but very effective ways of teaching martial arts… "Wax on…Wax off…" was the latest saying for all those who watch this on its release in 1984... Whilst doing a rather fruitless impression of a karate defence…

It is an all round entertaining movie which can be enjoyed by everyone, although there is a little bit of violence involved… (but you would have thought that as soon as you read the title… you make a movie about Karate without showing a little violence can you…?)
There are a few humorous moments and even the odd bit of romance, but the main theme is of one boys stance against a gang of bullies…


* Would I recommend this…?

Yes I would, simply for the entertaining and strangely compelling Mr Miyagi, with his bizarre look on life and his off the wall training regime… together with his bonsai skills, (you just know you want to be able to trim a miniature tree like he does..?).

The ending fight scene is well choreographed and very close to realism, (although some scenes do look a little 'iffy')

You can get a copy of this entertaining movie from amazon for less than a fiver…

* Other cast

Ron Thomas as Bobby
Rob Garrison as Tommy
Chad McQueen as Dutch
Tony O'Dell as Jimmy 

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Sweeps not only the leg but all other karate films
Review of The Karate Kid (Special Edition) (DVD) by etala

Advantages: Timeless 80's film fodder!
Disadvantages: In my opinion, none!

I have always loved the film "The Karate Kid" from way back when I first saw it, probably on video, in 1987 or so. It just struck a cord with me; both in the sense that it was an exciting and action packed romp but also as a teenage rights of passage piece of commentary. It also seems to have stuck a similar cord with the millions and millions of folk who have watched this film over the years and it appears with regularity on lists of favourite films ...
...back in the 80's. In many ways it shouldn't be the success that it is and was, there's some dreadful hammy acting in amongst it all, the karate stunts are suspect to say the least, (especially from the lead) and the whole premise of the film is awfully clichéd and rather tired. But wrapped all up together it completes a piece of classic cinema and it remains a film that I could happily watch every week. Daniel LaRusso is the teenage high school ... Read review

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24.10.2006
Wax on, wax off!!
Review of The Karate Kid (Special Edition) (DVD) by Spottydog11

Advantages: Karate scenes, Ralph Macchio, end scene
Disadvantages: None

...favourite childhood films with arguably the most dramatic cinematic ending of a film ever has to be the Karate Kid. Starring Ralph Macchio as the aforementioned Karate Kid, it follows his journey into the world of, yes, you've guessed it, karate. Ralph played Daniel LaRusso, is a teenager who moves to Southern California from New Jersey with his mother. He firstly finds it hard to fit in as he is a bit different. Daniel has a very Jersey accent which ...
...Johnny, is not happy with the situation. He is a top karate student at the Cobra Kai karate dojo and subjects Daniel to quite a few beatings with the help of his friends. Thankfully for Daniel, he has a unlikely saviour in the form of his apartment janitor, Mr Miyagi played by Pat Morita. Pat was nominated for a best supporting actor award at the Academy Awards for this film in 1984. Mr Miyagi soons becomes his karate teacher and mentor and somewhat ... Read review

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Beware of the mild mannered janitor
Review of The Karate Kid (Special Edition) (DVD) by fuzzybear967

Advantages: Lightweight entertainment
Disadvantages: None really

...affection. Ralph Maccio plays the lead character Daniel Larusso who together with his single parent mother moves to California from their Esat Coast home to start a new life. Daniel is out of place attending the preppie West Coast school and soon falls foul of the local bully boys led by the blonde haired rich kid Johnny. It just so happens that all of his gang are members of a karate school called the Cobra Kai Dojo and they are quite happy to ...
...a beating rescue comes in the unusual form of the janitor at the apartments where Daniel lives. Mr Miyagi an elderly small Japanese man proves to be rather good at karate and soon sees off the cowardly gang. He then agrees to teach Daniel how to defend himself and enter the annual karate tournament to help him face up to his bullies. The rest of the ilm follows a rather predictable path with Daniel having to come to terms with his teachers rather ... Read review

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THE KARATE KID (1984) [FILM ONLY REVIEW]
Review of The Karate Kid (Special Edition) (DVD) by Charles_Strickland

Advantages: Memorable, well acted
Disadvantages: Conventional

John Avildsen's THE KARATE KID was released in 1984; a simple story made for next-to-nothing that went on to gain immense commercial success. Why? Teenager Daniel and his single mother have recently arrived from the comfort of a small town to the clutches of California. Whilst Daniel's mother settles into her new job, Daniel starts a new life in a new school, which he's not entirely grateful for, moreso because the kids he has met so far are a gang ...
...old Japanese man living in the same building, a little old Japanese man who spends his days in complete calm, mourning his late wife and pruning bonsai trees. When Daniel goes on to learn that he actually knows a thing or two about karate, he persuades him to help him defend himself against the brutal bullies at school. As Daniel slowly learns the wise-old ways of this peaceful martial art he starts to learn something about life. Everything begins ... Read review

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Kick It To The Man!
Review of The Karate Kid (Special Edition) (DVD) by Mom4more

Advantages: Great karate action and cute love story!
Disadvantages: None to say.

I have loved the Karate Kid movie since it first came out when I was young. I was not a karate enthusiast or anything like that but I found the movie to be entertaining and enjoyable to watch over and over again. Ralph was a young teen idol when this movie came out and Elizabeth was a great counterpart for the show. She adds a little romance to the show! No one will ever forget Pat and his unique karate teaching. "Wax on, wax off" will forever be ...
...would capture anyones eye. The championship is obviously the most climactic moment but I found it to be suspenseful even though you knew that Ralph was going to try the "crane technique". Now that the DVD is out with special features, well...I won't be missing out on this. And if you enjoy this one, I suggest getting Karate Kid II as well - another inspiring story of courage and strength. And if you like Elizabeth Shue in the Karate Kid, I suggest ... Read review

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The Karate Kid (Special Edition) (DVD)

Product details

Actor(s): Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, Martin Kove, Randee Heller

Director(s): John G. Avildsen

Genre: Martial Arts

Classification: 15 years and over

Production Year: 1984

Running Time: 2 hours 2 minutes

Franchise Name: Karate Kid

Video Category: Feature Film

Country Of Origin: United States of America

Release details

DVD Region: DVD

Studio(s): SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT; CINRAM LOGISTICS

Release date: 31/10/2005

No of Discs: 1

Catalogue No: CDR 10471 SE

Barcode: 5035822047198

Screenwriter: Robert Mark Kamen

Languages

Main Language: English

Dubbed Language: French, Spanish

Subtitle Language: Danish, English, Finnish, French, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish

DVD Description

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 instils a sense of honour 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.'.

Technical information

Special Features: Writer Director And Cast Commentary, Beyond The Form Featurette, Life Of Bonsai Featurette, East Meets West A Composers Notebook, The Way Of The Karate Kid Documentary, Original Theatrical Trailer

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Sound: Dolby Digital Surround

Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital Surround English French Spanish

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