Almost a guilty pleasure. But not quite.
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03/12/08
The Next Karate Kid (1994)
7 %
Reviews Counted: 15 Fresh: 1 Rotten:14 Average Rating: 3.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Synopsis: Since her parents death, raised by her grandmother and harassed at school, 17-year-old Julie Pierce (Hilary Swank, BOYS DON'T CRY) is very angry. Grandma can no longer handle her, so she convinces an old friend, Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita), to care for the girl. He consents, and through the... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Noriyuki Morita, Hilary Swank, Michael Ironside, Constance Towers, Chris Conrad
Director: Christopher Cain
Reviews
1 - 15 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top Critic
Overlong and utterly predictable, The Next Karate Kid offers little excitement, even in its culminating fight sequence.
03/12/08
Top Critic
Desperately trying to infuse new blood into the 1980s franchise, the fourth installment is a hodgepodge that fashions recycled ideas and characters; the rebllious girl is played Hilary Swank, who would go to Oscar glory.
09/12/06
Swank, here demonstrating that for as wooden and exasperating as her performance is in this picture, it's the only performance she's ever contributed to any film.
11/27/05
[It] may be the silliest episode yet in the popular Karate Kid series.
08/30/04
Top Critic
The film does have a few warm moments and is at its best when simply developing the relationship between Miyagi and Julie. But, as you might expect, those moments are few and far between and overshadowed by all the ludicrous plotting.
01/01/00
It's a decent enough entry into the Karate Kid series, if you don't mind having seen it all done before, and better.
01/01/00
What is the sound of one hand clapping? The audience giving it up for The Next Karate Kid.
01/01/00
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