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The Next Karate Kid: Official Clip - Julie's Training

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The Next Karate Kid: Official Clip - Dancing Monks

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The Next Karate Kid: Official Clip - Miyagi Finishes Dugan

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The Next Karate Kid: Official Clip - Boys Are Easier

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The Next Karate Kid: Official Clip - Zen Archery

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The Next Karate Kid: Official Clip - Respect All Living Things

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The Next Karate Kid: Official Clip - The Sacred Garden

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The Next Karate Kid: Official Clip - Karate Waltz

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The Next Karate Kid: Official Clip - Gas Station Fight

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The Next Karate Kid: Official Clip - Julie Fights Ned

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Cast

Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita
as Miyagi

Hilary Swank
as Julie

Michael Ironside
as Dugan

Constance Towers
as Louisa

Chris Conrad
as Eric

Arsenio "Sonny" Trinidad
as Abbot

Michael Cavalieri
as Ned

Joy Todd

Walton Goggins
as Charlie

Jim Ishida
as Tall Monk

Rodney Kageyama
as Monk

Seth Sakai
as Buddist Monk

Eugene Boles
as Mr. Wilkes

Keena Keel
as School Clerk

Thomas Downey
as Morgan

Brian McGrail
as T.J.

Tom O'Brien
as Gabe

Wayne Chou
as Pizza Driver

Sen. Daniel K. Inouye
as Senator

Gustave Johnson
as Wilson

Brian Smiar
as O'Connor

Christopher Beam
as Westcott Boy

Eric Beam
as Westcott Boy

Scott Powderly
as Westcott Boy

David Robinson
as Leon

Anthony Ejarque
as Ernie

Steven Mark Friedman
as Ted

Christopher Wilder
as Roland

Annette Miller
as Sales Woman

Bud Ekins
as Jack Russel

Paul Bronk
as Larry Townes

Fred Fontana
as Dusty

Julie Caroline Weintraub
as Girl at Prom

Johnny Melton
as Bungee Jumper

Chad Melton
as Bungee Jumper

Scott Strupe
as Bungee Jumper

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• Nov 19, 2012

  Fourth and final entry in the series is a mess from start to finish, one that never should have been made. I never got the fact why they kept making films to the original; they constantly recycled ideas with every sequel, and never did anything new with the formula. With this final entry, we get a change of a lead character, who is a girl played by Hilary Swank. Swank would go on to star in far better films, and this among her worst. At least it was during her time when she was honing her skills as an actress and was still a rising talent. Luckily she would become one of Hollywood's greatest actresses. The franchise by now has clearly run out of ideas, and this final entry has nothing to show for it. I think that The Karate Kid should have been a standalone film, and each sequel simply didn't offer anything good or original. I think the filmmakers overplayed the themes of previous films far too much and it lost its meaning and made it uninteresting to watch. Hilary Swank is a great actress, however this is a film where she doesn't deliver, and you see how she's struggling with the bad, predictable and recycled material. Stick with the first film, and avoid all these bad sequels. Luckily, The Next Karate Kid was the final entry in the series and with good reason. The remake would be much better, and offer something that was missing since the original, which was a compelling, truly inspiring story. The New Karate Kid is a film that should be forgotten after you've had the misfortune of seeing it.
  Alex r Super Reviewer
• Feb 11, 2012

  I can't believe it's Hilary Swank :( It's utterly terrible
  

  Sylvester K Super Reviewer
• Nov 22, 2011

  A bad idea to adapt the original series a woman.
  Rodrigo R Super Reviewer
• May 18, 2011

  This is not one of Hillary Swank's best works but luckily she has come a long way since this movie. I was a big fan of the Karate Kid series when I was younger and I never got to see this fourth movie in the series, until now. This was by far the worst one in the series because it was just a bad copy of the first movie's storyline, with the exception of some new elements and characters. This just seems like a desperate attempt to squeeze some more money out of the Karate Kid concept. I will not watch this movie again.
  Naughtia N Super Reviewer

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