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The Karate Kid Part III

  • 5.4 /10

  • 1778

  • 18%

Plot

Despondent over the closing of his karate school, Cobra Kai teacher John Kreese joins a ruthless businessman and martial artist to get revenge on Daniel and Mr. Miyagi.

Cast

Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso
Ralph Macchio

as Daniel LaRusso

Pat Morita as Mr. Miyagi
Pat Morita

as Mr. Miyagi

Robyn Lively as Jessica Andrews
Robyn Lively

as Jessica Andrews

Thomas Ian Griffith as Terry Silver
Thomas Ian Griffith

as Terry Silver

Martin Kove as John Kreese
Martin Kove

as John Kreese

Sean Kanan as Mike Barnes
Sean Kanan

as Mike Barnes

Randee Heller as Lucille LaRusso
Randee Heller

as Lucille LaRusso

Pat E. Johnson as Referee
Pat E. Johnson

as Referee

Movie Facts

Rated

  • PG

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • June 16, 1989

Production Companies

  • Columbia Pictures

  • Weintraub International Group

  • Jerry Weintraub Productions

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $12,500,000.00

Revenue

  • $38,956,288.00

Runtime

  • 1.87 hrs

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Reviews

**The weakest of them all in the Karate Kid franchise.** After an excellent initial film and a sufficiently honorable sequel, this film comes to us… and there is no way to hide that the quality of the material presented is substantially lower and that the film works badly. The biggest problem with this film is the script, quite weak, poorly written and full of holes in which the lack of log…

I totally forgot about this one until someone at work made an obscure reference about it... and suddenly I was faced with memories I'd rather forget. Honestly, when you remember The Next Karate kid and not Part III, it should tell you something. Anyway, he was right, it did have Robyn Lively in it and I think this is one of her early roles... and this and Teen Witch are kind of a shame because…

Was I the only one who simply wasn’t engaged with this series? Building on the success of their very own equivalent of the 1970s “Grasshopper” (David Carradine) doing karate rather than kung fu, the now slightly loved-up “Daniel” (Ralph Macchio) finds himself embroiled in quite a nasty plot by his erstwhile nemesis “Kreese” (Martin Kove) to avenge himself on the lad and his mentor “Miyagi” (Pat M…

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