Karate Kid: Legends

Listen, this film has it's flaws. But it does not deserve the hate it's getting right now. Is it the best karate kid movie I have watched NO. BUT it's not the worst either. People are saying this film is HEAVILY flawed. What? Did I just watch the same movie as other people YES. This film is good, just good, it has a very similar story but changed a few things which I liked not ALL of them but yeah. Yes I know they back half is rushed but we know the main character is gonna fight the villain at the end so why spend time for the climax when we know what's gonna happen?

Conclusion: Cinematography - 8 Acting - 6.5 Story - 6 Action - 10 Pacing - 6

That's my thoughts of Karate Kid : Legends.

It was a typical boy meets girl, girl has crazy ex story but it worked well.

I liked the combination of king fu and karate and liked that they also threw in some boxing too.

Jackie chan added some humour to it which was good.

Would have liked to have seen Daniel in it more but overall I was very impressed with the movie. Wasn't sure what to expect after cobra Kai and thought they would destroy the karate kid universe with this new film but I think it stands as a good film to join the universe of Miyagi Do.

Loved the very beginning when it explains the tie between kung fu and karate and loved the end just before the credits....that was a great well thought out touch.

Still felt it would have been nice for some of the cast from cobra Kai to make a slight cameo but the film was very fast paced so not a huge amount of time I guess.

I'll deff watch it again and will deff get the blu ray to add to the collection when it comes out.

Only the final scene with Johnny (after the fight) was good. The rest felt like a long cinematic from a Need for Speed game. Too rushed, too irrational, too obious and boring, too... American.

A weak scenario, with chinese people speaking English between them - so the brain of the average American viewer doesn't get overwhelmed, listening to a foreign language for more than 10 minutes.

Cliché scenes, typical disney-channel-like smart-ass dialogues, leading to an emotianlly weak, typical "I'm proud of you" moment.

If you are over 13 years old, don't waste your time with it. Watch the original one instead!

Unlike some other reviews, I appreciated that it honored the same clichés of this franchise: moves to a new city, meets a girl, run into trouble with girl's ex, fight it out in tournament. For what this movie offered, I really wish the movie was a bit longer for more character and plot developments without feeling so rushed and choppy. It felt like 2 separate movies compacted into one short movie of only 1.5 hours. Especially the entire second half which felt like a montage throughout to the end. One thing I did not appreciate was the animations with big fonts and vivid colors. It seemed like they were targeting more younger audiences to join the Karate Kid fandom which is fine, but the animations were just too much and felt over-done. Really wish they used Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio better throughout the entire movie. It was a little disappointing to get so little of them in the movie. Did love getting Joshua Jackson though. The final scene before rolling into the end credits was extremely appreciated. Ultimately, the movie was a fun watch and overall enjoyable thanks to the awesome choreographies. The movie was good but it could've been great. If they continue to expand this franchise, which I hope they do, I hope they will put the actors to better use for better storytelling than trying so hard to appeal to a younger audience.

Karate Kid: Legends might be the only movie with such a rushed pacing that i still end up recommending, i completely understand why some people might not enjoy it, the pacing really is all over the place, and the story editing moves way too fast, but despite that, Ben Wang, Sadie Stanley, and the rest of the cast brought enough charm and authenticity to their characters that i found myself liking them in a surprisingly short amount of time.

And yes i was desperate with the movie when they trying to get Daniel finally on the screen, but when the time comes, it's a great relief, also lifted by the spark Jackie Chan brought to the film, his portrayal felt like another version of Mr. Han, not quite the same one who trained Jaden Smith in the 2010 Karate Kid remake, but still recognizably Jackie, wise, quirky, and effortlessly entertaining.

Ralph Macchio return as Daniel was brief, but enjoyable enough, there's a fun, short-lived chemistry between him and Jackie Chan, and that alone made parts of the movie worth watching, if only the film had taken a bit more time to develop its story and give these likeable characters more room to breathe, it could've been something really special.

The fighting sequences and choreography are exciting, charismatic, energetic, and fun, there are some genuinely funny moments too, and a fun surprise at the end that left me smiling.

Yes, it's incredibly rushed, and especially after watching the whole saga of Cobra Kai, what a weird timeline and little visit Daniel had during this whole movie, but in the end, i had fun, and maybe even more on a rewatch.