The Karate Kid Part II (1986)

Simply Perfect

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

That Mr Miyagi guy is really something. He is my fav character and this one is about him and his awesomeness. And just for that this is a worthy follow up to the first one. You get to know about Miyagi's Past and you also get a nice continuation of the story.

"The Karate Kid, Part 2" is a sequel to the first one, which it picks up where it lefts off with flashbacks like the "Rocky" movies because John G. Avildsen has directed two of the "Rocky" movies. It focuses more on Mr. Miyagi's characterizations where he receive news about his father dying as he and Daniel LaRusso travel to Okinawa as they come across his old friend Sato, who wants to challenge him to death but Miyagi wants peace. His nephew Chozen causes trouble whenever Daniel goes he bullies throughout the majority of the movie. So, now it is up to Daniel to put in end of Chozen's hatred. In my opinion, "The Karate Kid, Part 2" is a worthy follow up to the first one, and it may be even better. I thought the pacing in this movie is better, and I never find myself felt bored by watching it. The action in this movie is fun and exciting to watch. Although it is more brutal than what the first one did, but I appreciate that the movie is not trying to copy too much like what the first one did as the sequel stands out on its own. Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita are still great together as their chemistry continues to grow and more interesting. Also, I do love that we explore more on Miyagi's characterization and how he was originally raised from his old homeland before moving to America. Daniel's new love interest, Tamlyn Tomita as Kumiko was also really good, and she is probably my favorite. Bill Conti's score is extremely well done as well as the song "Glory of Love" by Peter Cetera. Chozen is also a good villain, and he always bully Daniel more than what Johnny did in the first. He is one-noted, but I like him. However, Sato is the only one that has more of a character than Chozen because of the grudge he had with Miyagi. Also, he is like Mr. Banks from "Mary Poppins" where he just goes into the wrong direction that he thinks hate always solve everything, which it doesn't until he redeems himself toward the end of the movie. The only issues that I have with the movie is that I get annoyed where the villains kept saying "coward" and Chozen (while I like him as a villain) always complains about Daniel insulting his honor. Also, I wasn't happy about Elisabeth Shue's character being dumb where she borrows Daniel's car and just completely wrecks it. In the first one, both she and Daniel were great together, and now it goes nowhere that they have to break up. That is like the issue that I had in "Transformers 3," where they mention Megan Fox's character breaking up with Shia LaBeouf which I find it insulting. I am not against replacements, but it only works whether or not if I would like them. So that is what I thought of "The Karate Kid, Part 2," I think its a great sequel, and I don't think it deserves a 5.8 out of 10 on IMDb; it deserves higher in my opinion. I give this sequel a 9 out of 10.

Sequel to the surprise box-office smash original(again directed by John G. Avildsen) has returning actors Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita as Daniel & Mr. Miyagi travel to Japan to visit Miyagi's dying father, and reunite with his old love, only to be confronted by his old rival, who holds a grudge, and his young student, who has his sights set on beating Daniel...Although melodramatic and manipulative, if you're going to do a sequel, this is the way, with exciting action scenes and appropriate character development, as well as good continuity(film begins where Part I ends.) Ultimately a story of redemption and triumph, film pushes the right buttons to succeed.

It's summer. Mr. Miyagi was going to let Daniel stay with him until he receives a letter from Okinawa telling him that his father is dying. So Miyagi leaves to go there and Daniel joins him. Miyagi tells Daniel that the reason he left Okinawa was because his best friend, Sato whose family is the most affluent in Okinawa, was promised Yukie whose the girl Miyagi loved. So Miyagi asks her to run away with him and when Sato learnt of this, he challenged Miyagi to a fight to the death. So Miyagi left. Upon arriving Miyagi discovers Sato still wants to fight him and his nephew and best student Chozen has it out for Daniel.....The first three minutes of this film are incredible, taking off right where the first one finished, its great stuff. And this should have been at the end of the first film and then left the franchise, because honestly, the rest of the film should be called the Nosey kid, or the annoying kid, because this is what he, and the film are.Pat Morita is as good as ever, but his story is way too stiff and predictable, and Daniel is just there to copy a drum at the end.So all in all, its pretty boring stuff, and then there were two more.....