Karate Kid: Legends (2025)

- Country: United States
- Action Director: Peng Zhang, Xiangyang Xu
- Directed by: Jonathan Entwistle
- Starring: Aramis Knight, Ben Wang, Jackie Chan, Joshua Jackson, Ming-Na Wen, Ralph Macchio, Sadie Stanley, Wyatt Oleff
An enjoyable exercise in retrofitting two iterations of The Karate Kid story into a wholly new chapter: the 2010 remake which introduced the character of kung fu teacher Mr. Han (Jackie Chan), a proxy for the show’s original Asian American sage, Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita); and the original 1980s film series and subsequent Cobra Kai TV show, which continued the duelling relationship between star pupil Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and his high-school nemesis, Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka). It is a credit to the film that it feels both akin to the same cinematic universe while also competing as a worthy entry on …
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