THE NEXT KARATE KID' A BRAT ALL Edition

The script is successful only in a few isolated moments when it thrills us by reminding us how good the first two Karate Kid films were. Everyone smiles when Mr. [Miyagi] instructs his new protege to "wax on, wax off" or when the familiar theme is heard on the soundtrack. But the dialogue...

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Published inSun-sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Main Author NOAH LERNER DIAMOND Douglas High School
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Fort Lauderdale Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 23.09.1994
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Macchio, Ralph
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Summary:The script is successful only in a few isolated moments when it thrills us by reminding us how good the first two Karate Kid films were. Everyone smiles when Mr. [Miyagi] instructs his new protege to "wax on, wax off" or when the familiar theme is heard on the soundtrack. But the dialogue is uniformly weak, depending on unrealistic expository statements like "I'm not Susan. Susan was my mother's name, but she and my father died in a car accident."And when did Mr. Miyagi start saying "Sayonara?"