Mr. Miyagi is back and he takes a new pupil under his wing: a troubled adolescent girl.Mr. Miyagi is back and he takes a new pupil under his wing: a troubled adolescent girl.Mr. Miyagi is back and he takes a new pupil under his wing: a troubled adolescent girl.
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Pat Morita
- Miyagi
- (as Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita)
Arsenio 'Sonny' Trinidad
- Abbot Monk
- (as Arsenio Trinidad)
Walton Goggins
- Charlie
- (as Walt Goggins)
Thomas Downey
- Morgan
- (as Tom Downey)
Daniel Inouye
- Senator
- (as Senator Daniel Inouye)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Karate Kid (1984) made $90.8 million. The Karate Kid Part II (1986) grossed $115.1 million. The Karate Kid Part III (1989) earned $38.9 million. The studio was keen to continue the franchise, though this film's $8.9 million take effectively killed the prospects of any further films. The 2010 remake took in $171.8 million at the box office.
- GoofsMiyagi tells Julie that her grandfather saved his life and in return he taught him Karate, however in The Karate Kid (1984), Miyagi tells Daniel that he has never taught Karate to anyone before.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Sergeant Kesuke Miyagi: Julie-san, fighting not good. But if must fight... win.
- SoundtracksThis Is My Country
Written by Don Raye & Al Jacobs
Featured review
I thought this movie was going to be a disgrace to the series. After all, part 3 didn't measure up to part 2, and this one doesn't have Daniel Sawn. Miyagi's humour wasn't quite as witty in this one as in part 3, but it was funny enough to make the movie worth watching.
The girl's part was pretty good. She's a lost teenager who needs direction. I find the plot a little hard to believe. That the aunt would simply agree to leave her home and her niece under the care of Mr. Miyagi, a man she just met. Of course, he was a friend of her brother.
I did appreciate the monastery. One might think from some of my other reviews that I wouldn't have liked the dancing monks, but I thought it was amusing. It showed that they know how to have some fun. Now if these were monks in ancient China dancing to pop-music, that would have been another matter.
Probably the most intelligent part of the movie was when the girl thought it was stupid that the monks wouldn't kill a bug. Miyagi told her that street gangs killing each other is stupid, nations trying to destroy each other is stupid, but having respect for all life is not stupid. Miyagi has expressed such wisdom in the other films as well.
I give this movie a 4 out of 10. Sure, there were some things I liked about it. It wasn't as funny as part three, and no character could ever live up to Sato in part 2. This movie has no re-watch value. I can't imagine watching it again, but it is worth seeing once.
The girl's part was pretty good. She's a lost teenager who needs direction. I find the plot a little hard to believe. That the aunt would simply agree to leave her home and her niece under the care of Mr. Miyagi, a man she just met. Of course, he was a friend of her brother.
I did appreciate the monastery. One might think from some of my other reviews that I wouldn't have liked the dancing monks, but I thought it was amusing. It showed that they know how to have some fun. Now if these were monks in ancient China dancing to pop-music, that would have been another matter.
Probably the most intelligent part of the movie was when the girl thought it was stupid that the monks wouldn't kill a bug. Miyagi told her that street gangs killing each other is stupid, nations trying to destroy each other is stupid, but having respect for all life is not stupid. Miyagi has expressed such wisdom in the other films as well.
I give this movie a 4 out of 10. Sure, there were some things I liked about it. It wasn't as funny as part three, and no character could ever live up to Sato in part 2. This movie has no re-watch value. I can't imagine watching it again, but it is worth seeing once.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- El Karate Kid 4: la nueva aventura
- Filming locations
- Brookline, Massachusetts, USA(High school interiors & exteriors)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $12,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $8,914,777
- Gross worldwide
- $15,876,353
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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