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The Next Karate Kid (1994)

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Reviews Counted: 16

Fresh: 1

Rotten:15

Average Rating: 3.6/10

Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Since her parents death, raised by her grandmother and harassed at school, 17-year-old Julie Pierce (Hilary Swank, BOYS DON'T CRY) is very angry. Grandma can no longer handle her, so she convinces... Since her parents death, raised by her grandmother and harassed at school, 17-year-old Julie Pierce (Hilary Swank, BOYS DON'T CRY) is very angry. Grandma can no longer handle her, so she convinces an old friend, Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita), to care for the girl. He consents, and through the spirituality of karate, unravels the world as not hostile, but as fertile and welcoming. [More]

Starring: Noriyuki Morita, Hilary Swank, Michael Ironside, Constance Towers

Starring: Noriyuki Morita, Hilary Swank, Michael Ironside, Constance Towers, Chris Conrad, Michael Cavalieri, Walton Goggins, Rodney Kageyama

Director: Christopher Cain

Director: Christopher Cain

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Almost a guilty pleasure. But not quite.

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03/12/08
Empire Magazine
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Overlong and utterly predictable, The Next Karate Kid offers little excitement, even in its culminating fight sequence.

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03/12/08
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Desperately trying to infuse new blood into the 1980s franchise, the fourth installment is a hodgepodge that fashions recycled ideas and characters; the rebllious girl is played Hilary Swank, who would go to Oscar glory.

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09/12/06
Emanuel Levy
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Swank, here demonstrating that for as wooden and exasperating as her performance is in this picture, it's the only performance she's ever contributed to any film.

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11/27/05
Walter Chaw
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07/24/05
Emanuel Levy
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Formula still grabs, even with Swank as "Kid"

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07/13/05
Steve Crum
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05/16/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

One time to the well too many.

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01/08/05
Michael A. Smith
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[It] may be the silliest episode yet in the popular Karate Kid series.

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08/30/04
Stephen Holden
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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
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The film does have a few warm moments and is at its best when simply developing the relationship between Miyagi and Julie. But, as you might expect, those moments are few and far between and overshadowed by all the ludicrous plotting.

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01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

It's a decent enough entry into the Karate Kid series, if you don't mind having seen it all done before, and better.

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Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

What is the sound of one hand clapping? The audience giving it up for The Next Karate Kid.

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November 26, 2005: Sayonara, Miyagi-San
For over two decades he endeared himself to young moviegoers as the sage, kind mentor Mr. Miyagi; now, generations of fans must say 'Sayonara' to actor Pat Morita. More...

August 11, 2005: Voight and Davidovich Sign on for Cain's "Dawn"
Jon Voight and Lolita Davidovich will star in Christopher Cain's "September Dawn," says The Hollywood Reporter. The independently produced western thriller begins... More...

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