Karate Kid, Part II

Year: 1986

Grade: B-

Country: USA

Director: Avildsen

Review

really doesn’t add much to the first film and shouldn’t have been made. that said, it’s not a bad film and the characters are still good so i found it enjoyable. the problem with this film lies with the fact that it is a sequel to one of the greatest films ever. a film about hard work and determination, growing up, bullying, being a fish out of water, finding your first love, the nature of violence and power and many other basic things. this film doesn’t function on that level nearly as well. there is no epiphany and it’s just a film that coasts on the momentum of the previous work.