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The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: April 5, 2013, 9:40 pm
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The Karate Kid, Part III is by far the weakest entry in the
original Karate Kid Trilogy. My biggest peeve with the 3rd
installment is with the incessant whining by Daniel for pretty
much the entire length of the movie. He is so whiny that he
literally gives me a headache. There really is only one aspect
about his character that was remotely interesting in this one
and that's when he goes over to the 'dark side' and is trained
by Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith) and begins to learn
illegal moves that could push the odds in his favor in winning
the All-Valley Tournament against his new arch rival Mike Barnes
(Sean Kanan). Sure, this is all an elaborate ruse to avenge the
humilation of John Kreese (Martin Kove) from the first film,
more specifically the opening scene of The Karate Kid, Part II.
It's interesting, but it relies too much on recycling the same
plot to really go anywhere new with the story.
I do like both the Silver and Barnes characters, but overall,
the story, especially the subplot involving Jessica proves to be
worthless. The fight at the end, especially that of Barnes
monologue was good. Not that it would have improve the movie,
but it would have been a bit more watchable if Kreese was in
this one more instead of what is basically is a cameo. Only rent
this if you intend to have a Karate Kid marathon. Otherwise this
is a Skip.
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Re: The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: April 5, 2013, 9:40 pm
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[center]The Karate Kid, Part III DVD Screencaps
Nope.
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Re: The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)
By: Neumatic Date: April 5, 2013, 10:25 pm
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Bringing back the villain from the first film ranks up there
with time travel or the "Wonderful Life" twist that just screams
"weak sauce" to me.
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Re: The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: April 5, 2013, 10:46 pm
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An interesting idea for sure. But I can't really blame the
studio for rejecting this idea as it was just way too far off to
the left. Personally I would have been okay with the original
idea. It was different, which was the whole idea anyway.
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Re: The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)
By: Neumatic Date: April 5, 2013, 10:53 pm
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The third being a prequel. Another thing I dislike.
I suppose the natural thing for the third flick would be for
Daniel to teach a new kid, get into a tag-team battle, Daniel
has to learn to teach but also learn to fight with another
person, identify his own weaknesses and strengths, you could
have both kids fight Miyagi in a training sequence...
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Re: The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)
By: Mac Date: April 6, 2013, 12:12 pm
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There were 3?
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Re: The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: April 6, 2013, 12:24 pm
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There were 3?
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4 actually. Not counting the reboot.
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Re: The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)
By: Neumatic Date: April 6, 2013, 1:36 pm
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I kept thinking that the Hillary Swank one was the third, not
the fourth. And I actually remember digging the reboot, though
really wishing it was called "The Kung Fu Kid" because I felt it
should stand up on it's own.
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Re: The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: December 15, 2013, 6:31 am
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So, I was watching Grimm this morning which was a 2 hour episode
and in the credits I noticed that Part 1 / Cold Blooded was
written by Thomas Ian Griffith. I had no idea he was a writer. I
pretty much have not seen or heard of anything from him since
KKIII came out in 1989. I had to goggled his name to see what he
has done since then and was surprised to see that he was in a
few things I recognized like xXx, Kull the Conqueror, Vampire
and Behind Enemy Lines. He retired from acting in 2007. Very
short career. I guess he is now a writer or has been a writer
and this of course is the first credit I noticed with his name
attached to it.
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Re: The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: September 8, 2018, 10:26 am
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[center]10 Things You Never Knew About THE KARATE KID 3
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Time traveling. Hearing them talk about it makes it even weirder
and yet, somehow, now I wish we got it just for the absurdity of
it.
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