Ten years ago, the idea of reviving The Karate Kid franchise with its original star might have seemed fanciful even for nostalgia-obsessed Hollywood. But in 2017, Netflix series Cobra Kai – which ...

The Karate Kid has been sequelized, serialized, spun off and rebooted, and now it's back, as Karate Kid: Legends. The new film stars Ben Wang as a kid who's mentored by Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio, ...

Ben Wang is lithe and captivating as the ain't-that-a-kick-in-the-head hero, who moves from Beijing to New York and winds up with two training gurus. But enough “Karate Kid” housekeeping! The key ...

“Karate Kid: Legends” is steeped in nostalgia, which helps paper over a formulaic script and the strange reality that its domestic scenes are more effective than its fight action. It opens with a ...

The latest installment to the long-running franchise is a messy entry that tries to throw too many legacies into a blender. By Brandon Yu When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

In every “Karate Kid” movie, there’s a teen hero and an absolute jerk of a bully. The original 1984 movie featured Ralph Macchio getting pummeled mercilessly until he finally beat William Zabka, ...