
Picks up where the first movie (Karate Kid) leaves off. Mr. Miyagi and Daniel take a trip to Okinawa to visit Mr Miyagi's dying father. After arriving Mr Miyagi finds he still has feelings for an old love. This stirs up trouble with an old rival that he originally left Okinawa to avoid. In the mean time Daniel encounters a new love and also makes some enemies.... (Full plot summary below)
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Picks up where the first movie (Karate Kid) leaves off. Mr. Miyagi and Daniel take a trip to Okinawa to visit Mr Miyagi's dying father. After arriving Mr Miyagi finds he still has feelings for an old love. This stirs up trouble with an old rival that he originally left Okinawa to avoid. In the mean time Daniel encounters a new love and also makes some enemies.
Leave your thoughts about The Karate Kid Part II.
| DVDTalk.comBrian OrndorfIt's a touch on the artificial side, but the sentiment still warms wonderfully, making Part II a lovely continuation, skillfully burning off the happy fumes left behind in 1984. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyKid II is an enlightening experience. It teaches you a little about courage, mercy, and the zen of movie-cycle maintenance. |
| Groucho ReviewsPeter CanaveseThere's a TV-movie quality to The Karate Kid Part II, which too often plays like "a very special episode"...[Blu-ray] |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid NusairAbout on the same level as its watchable yet uneven predecessor... |
| The New York TimesVincent CanbyEven as sequels go in this era of movie mega-series, The Karate Kid Part II peters out faster than most. |
| Chicago TribuneGene SiskelThere are scattered pleasures throughout the film due to its two lead performances, which are the equal of the work done in the original. It's just that with a few exceptions, the characters Miyagi and Daniel are forced into conflict with aren't worthy of their time. |
| Washington PostPaul AttanasioKarate Kid II doesn't give us any emotional movement in Daniel's character, or Miyagi's, or their relationship, either -- it just recapitulates them. The only character who changes in the story, in fact, is Sato, whom you couldn't care a fried fig about. |
| Film Freak CentralWalter ChawThe first chinks in the armour start appearing once you can't even honour your own lore. |
| Zap2it.comDan FienbergSomehow the magic of the first movie is just gone. Is it the absence of Elisabeth Shue? Yes. Probably. |
| User ReviewAndrew LGreat story. Awesome scenery of Okinawa and a great glimpse of the culture there. |