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The Karate Kid

Movie Summary

Released: 1984
Daniel and his mother move from New Jersy to California. She has a wonderful new job but Daniel discovers that a dark haired Italian boy with a Jersey accent doesn't fit into the blond surfer crowd, especially when he tries to date one of their girl friends. Daniel manages to talk his way out of some fights but is finally cornered by several who belong to the same karate school. As Daniel is passing out from the beating he sees Miyagi, the elderly gardner leap into the fray and save him by outfighting a half dozen teenagers. Miyagi and Daniel find the real motivator behind the boys' violent attitude is the their karate teacher. Miyagi promises to teach Daniel to fight and arranges a fight at a karate contest some months off. When his training begins, Daniel can't understand what he is being shown. Miyagi seems more interested in having Daniel paint fences and wax cars than teaching him Karate.

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negate3Posted: 06/19/2007

One of the best movies ever, I hold a black belt in tae kwon do myself, but its very true to the whole martial arts spectrum.

Manuel432Posted: 12/22/2007

This movie sucks balls I thought it will be cool but no the kick at the end was crap

elronPosted: 01/28/2008

Probably one of my top five favorites as a kid. I liked that the scrawny skinny kid Daniel (Ralph Macchio) was able to land such a hot babe as Alli.(Elizabeth Shue) I was so in love with her in that movie(still am),and later on in Adventures in Baby Sitting. My favorite scene is when Daniel rides his bike to school and Banana Rama starts to play the song "Cruel Summer." It shows them in outside doing Phys Ed. with Daniel playing soccer and Alli practicing cheer leading or something. Damn she looked hot in her gray gym shorts while doing a back flip. The look and feel of this scene totally sums up how I remember the eighties.

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