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Name: The Next Karate Kid
Released: 1994-8-3
Cast: Hilary Swank, Constance Towers, Michael Ironside, Chris Conrad, Pat Morita

The Next Karate Kid

PG
1h 47m
1994

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Noriyuki "Pat" Morita and Academy Award® winner Hilary Swank co-star in this story of a rebellious teen, Julie, who blossoms with a little help from her friends - in this case, the wise Mr. Miyagi and a trio of Buddhist monks!

Cast:

Hilary Swank, Constance Towers, Michael Ironside, Chris Conrad, Pat Morita

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

Critics Consensus: The Next Karate Kid is noteworthy for giving audiences the chance to see a pre-Oscars Hilary Swank, but other than a typically solid performance from Pat Morita, this unnecessary fourth installment in the franchise has very little to offer.

Reviews

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Elisa Guimarães

The Next Karate Kid takes itself too seriously to take the deep dive into absurdity it needed to make its villains work, and the audience is left wondering why doesn’t the school administration just chime in.

Heavy-handed...

An irrelevant foot note in the "Karate Kid" series that can be overlooked if only for being so vanilla.

A few pre-prom dance lessons are the only significant departure from the tried and tested chop-socky formula, although Michael Ironside is good value as Swank's sinister gym teacher.

Amid its familiar banalities and formula twists, The Next Karate Kid comes up with one new idea for dealing with difficult American teen-agers: ship 'em off to a Buddhist monastery for two weeks!

August 16, 2017

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