I watched Karate Kid: Legends over the weekend, and sadly, it's all around a pretty weak nostalgia laden effort. Likable new faces do abound. Joshua Jackson is certainly good as an over the hill fight club veteran. All the lead actors also mostly shine, but story/script is truly meh. Not at all inspiring. Predictable... lackluster...
Most egregious of all is Ralph Macchio is barely in it. Jackie Chan appears more, a role reduced to the old mentor. The Yoda like Asian Master showing a young buck way of the fist. Seen that. Done that. Tired.
To produce a 'Karate Kid' movie where Daniel San waxes on & off in the backseat is shady, but - since Cobra Kai is an AMAZING show - to not include Cobra Kai goodness is truly criminal. Yes, William Zabka's Johnny shows up in a cameo. It's fun, but too brief & slotted in as a fan egg afterthought.
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