The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)

A bad guy from KK1 attempts to gain revenge on Daniel and Miyagi, with the aid of an old army buddy.

Director:

John G. Avildsen

Writers:

Robert Mark Kamen (characters), Robert Mark Kamen

Stars:

Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Robyn Lively

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ralph Macchio	...	Daniel LaRusso
Pat Morita	...	Mr. Kesuke Miyagi (as Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita)
Robyn Lively	...	Jessica Andrews
Thomas Ian Griffith	...	Terry Silver
Martin Kove	...	John Kreese
Sean Kanan	...	Mike Barnes
Jonathan Avildsen	...	Snake
Randee Heller	...	Lucille
William Christopher Ford	...	Dennis (as Christopher Paul Ford)
Pat E. Johnson	...	Referee
Rick Hurst	...	Announcer
Frances Bay	...	Mrs. Milo
Joseph V. Perry	...	Uncle Louie
Jan Tríska	...	Milos
Diana Webster	...	Margaret

Storyline

Kreese, his life in tatters after his karate school was defeated by Daniel and Mr. Miyagi, visits Terry, a friend from Vietnam. Terry is a ruthless business man and a martial arts expert, and he vows to help Kreese take revenge on Daniel and Mr. Miyagi.

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Plot Keywords:

karate | revenge | dojo | tournament | master | 

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Taglines:

First it was teacher to student. Then it was father to son. Now, it's man to man.

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Family | Sport

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 June 1989 (USA)

Also Known As:

Karate Kid 3

Filming Locations:

135 N. Avenue 50, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$38,956,288 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Weintraub International Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The only one of the original team not to return for this second sequel was cinematographer James Crabe who was severely ill with AIDS at the time of production. His role was taken over by Steve Yaconelli. Crabe succumbed to his illness a month before the film was released.

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Goofs

If the movie is supposed to be based 1 year after the original The Karate Kid, that would make it 1985. The body style Mustang GT driven by Barnes and his friends wasn't produced until 1987.

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Quotes

Terry Silver: [watching Barnes fighting Daniel] I love it when he pounds him!

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Connections

Follows The Karate Kid, Part II (1986)

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Soundtracks

"Summer in the City"
Written by John Sebastian, Steve Boone and Mark Sebastian
Performed by The Pointer Sisters

User Reviews

Big letdown -spoilers

Well, they really should have either left a good thing alone with Part 2, which I still consider to be the best of the trilogy, or brought Tamylin Tomita back so we could have watched her obviously predestined relationship with Daniel continue. This was my biggest gripe about this film. Daniel's "romantic interest" in this film isn't a romantic interest and quite honestly I don't even understand why she's there. Komiko would have been been excellent in this and also provided an added injection of emotion (conflict/possible separation) that was absent. Daniel's girl leaves before the final fight and we don't give a rat's arse. Also I find it annoying, as other posters have pointed out that Daniel manages to beat the life out of Chosen (an old school Karate master) in part 2 but can't seem to even fluster a token "tournament fighter" from the States. This film could've been legendary but instead just leaves us with a bad taste in our mouths. And yes, it looks liife Ralph has been hitting the Jack in the Box pretty regularly as he's obviouly packed on a few pounds. Maybe thats why Daniel seems to be off his game?