Karate Kid: Legends: Review

 Karate Kid: Legends is a promising film, but it falls flat due to the familiar story line.

The story line in this film was very weak. While I thought it started out very promising, it ended up being a copy and paste of the original film, and even the 2010 version. Another problem with the film was that it did not have very good character development, which was a result of the short runtime! You needed more time to let certain moments breathe! The film was way too fast paced! The film also didn't have as much heart as the original film did, as well as the sequels, and the 2010 film, which again was the result of rushing the story line, and not letting it breathe.

The acting was good. Ben Wang did a great job, and managed to hold his own very well, I was also very glad that he was not a copy and paste of Daniel LaRusso or Dre Parker. Jackie Chan was very good also, loved the different side to him in this one. Ralph Macchio did a great job, despite the false advertising that he would play a huge role in this film. Joshua Jackson did a great job as well. Sadie Stanley was a very likeable character also. Ming-Na Wen was heavily underused, and was wasted, as was Wyatt Oleff.

The action scenes were really good, but they had too many cuts at certain points. It felt like I was watching Christopher Nolan do action scenes, but in a very bad way. Which was such a huge shame.

The humor in this film didn't miss. I was really laughing at all the jokes in this movie, especially the post credits scene with Johnny and Daniel!

I wouldn't mind a sequel, but please make the story line much better paced, and not a copy and paste of the original and the 2010 version. But, this just makes me want another season, or some kind of spinoff, of Cobra Kai, and very soon! I miss that show so much!

Out of 4 stars I would give it...

2 out of 4 stars