slightlymad22 Following the theory that success is not to be tampered with, director John G Avildsen has paired up karate student Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio) with mentor Mr Miyagi (Pat Morita) and poured them in to story little change from the original. Daniel gets beat up a few times, Mr Miyagi comes to his rescue, after a few life lessons Daniel wins the day, oh and he meets a girl and falls in love again too. That's slightly harsh as it's now set in Mr Miyagi's home lad of Okinawa, with a different reason behind the main bad guys actions. Plot In A Paragraph: Mr Miyagi must return to Okinawa as his father is dying. Daniel asks to go with him, as Mr Miyagi is always there when he needs him. Mr Miyagi reluctantly agrees and upon landing it's clear why he was keen to leave Daniel at home, as an old love rival of Mr Miyagi, Sato, wants to settle an old score. Sato is Okinawa's top karate instructor, he and his best student Chozen set about making Miyagi and Daniels life hell. Ali (Elizabeth Shue) is quickly written out, with Daniel saying she fell in love with a soccer player from UCLA. Enabling our hero to fall in love in Okinawa with Kumiko (a stunning Tamlyn Tomita) and Shue is not missed. Sadly the villains of the piece are not a patch on the brilliant William Zabka and Martin Kove Johnny and Kreece) from the first movie. I'm not sure if the character of Sato (Danny Kamekona) is meant to be a gruff voiced clone of Kreece, with his nephew Chozen (Yuji Okumoto) replacing Zabka as his best student. But that is how it comes off, and it does not help with the sense of "we've seen all this before". Despite the final confrontation being a fight to the death, it lacks the intensity of the first movie, and the victory doesn't feel as joyous. That said there are some good scenes in this movie, the ice breaking competition is a standout scene, as is Miyagi's confrontation with a bitter Kreece who is attacking his students at the beginning of the movie. We also get a dramatic rescue during a thunderstorm and a beautiful scene between Daniel and Miyagi on a beach after Miyagi's father dies. It's a great scene with Macchio tugging on the heart strings whilst Morita speaks volumes without uttering a word. Great work by both in this scene. Like in the first movie we have a great song. This time is an Oscar nominated song "Glory Of Love" by Perer Cetera. Overall I've rated it a generous 8/10 a significant drop from the 10/10 first movie. Losing points for weak villains and being almost a clone of the original. It's plus points being some good scenes (as mentioned above) the song and the acting of both Macchio and Morita who have great chemistry together.

moviemattb "The Karate Kid, Part 2" is a sequel to the first one, which it picks up where it lefts off with flashbacks like the "Rocky" movies because John G. Avildsen has directed two of the "Rocky" movies. It focuses more on Mr. Miyagi's characterizations where he receive news about his father dying as he and Daniel LaRusso travel to Okinawa as they come across his old friend Sato, who wants to challenge him to death but Miyagi wants peace. His nephew Chozen causes trouble whenever Daniel goes he bullies throughout the majority of the movie. So, now it is up to Daniel to put in end of Chozen's hatred. In my opinion, "The Karate Kid, Part 2" is a worthy follow up to the first one, and it may be even better. I thought the pacing in this movie is better, and I never find myself felt bored by watching it. The action in this movie is fun and exciting to watch. Although it is more brutal than what the first one did, but I appreciate that the movie is not trying to copy too much like what the first one did as the sequel stands out on its own. Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita are still great together as their chemistry continues to grow and more interesting. Also, I do love that we explore more on Miyagi's characterization and how he was originally raised from his old homeland before moving to America. Daniel's new love interest, Tamlyn Tomita as Kumiko was also really good, and she is probably my favorite. Bill Conti's score is extremely well done as well as the song "Glory of Love" by Peter Cetera. Chozen is also a good villain, and he always bully Daniel more than what Johnny did in the first. He is one-noted, but I like him. However, Sato is the only one that has more of a character than Chozen because of the grudge he had with Miyagi. Also, he is like Mr. Banks from "Mary Poppins" where he just goes into the wrong direction that he thinks hate always solve everything, which it doesn't until he redeems himself toward the end of the movie. The only issues that I have with the movie is that I get annoyed where the villains kept saying "coward" and Chozen (while I like him as a villain) always complains about Daniel insulting his honor. Also, I wasn't happy about Elisabeth Shue's character being dumb where she borrows Daniel's car and just completely wrecks it. In the first one, both she and Daniel were great together, and now it goes nowhere that they have to break up. That is like the issue that I had in "Transformers 3," where they mention Megan Fox's character breaking up with Shia LaBeouf which I find it insulting. I am not against replacements, but it only works whether or not if I would like them. So that is what I thought of "The Karate Kid, Part 2," I think its a great sequel, and I don't think it deserves a 5.8 out of 10 on IMDb; it deserves higher in my opinion. I give this sequel a 9 out of 10.

FlashCallahan It's summer. Mr. Miyagi was going to let Daniel stay with him until he receives a letter from Okinawa telling him that his father is dying. So Miyagi leaves to go there and Daniel joins him. Miyagi tells Daniel that the reason he left Okinawa was because his best friend, Sato whose family is the most affluent in Okinawa, was promised Yukie whose the girl Miyagi loved. So Miyagi asks her to run away with him and when Sato learnt of this, he challenged Miyagi to a fight to the death. So Miyagi left. Upon arriving Miyagi discovers Sato still wants to fight him and his nephew and best student Chozen has it out for Daniel.....The first three minutes of this film are incredible, taking off right where the first one finished, its great stuff. And this should have been at the end of the first film and then left the franchise, because honestly, the rest of the film should be called the Nosey kid, or the annoying kid, because this is what he, and the film are.Pat Morita is as good as ever, but his story is way too stiff and predictable, and Daniel is just there to copy a drum at the end.So all in all, its pretty boring stuff, and then there were two more.....

Jason915 I was a bit shocked when i saw how low this movie was rated. I think it is important that one does not compare it to the original. This is a movie about friendship, loyalty, life, and love. The film is beautifully shot with a great soundtrack. If you feel like picking it apart, you can find flaws in the writing. If anything it was a victim of the success of the first movie. If you have ever fallen in love, this movie will touch you. if you are looking for action, gory fight scenes..the title may lead you astray. This movie is about so much more than Karate. A wonderful movie for both kids and parents. Make some popcorn sit back and enjoy the film.