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The Karate Kid Part III | Year: 1989 Classification: Feature Film Family Directed: - John G. Avildsen Actors/Actresses: - Ralph Macchio - Pat Morita THOMAS IAN GRIFFITH STEALS THE SHOW AGAIN Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita and Hollywood favourite Thomas Ian Griffith deliver the finest performances of their lives in this powerful new chapter of the Karate Kid series. Griffith in particular steals the show as Cobra Kai Sensei John Kreese's war buddy Terry Silver. Silver helps Kreese get revenge on Daniel and Miyagi after Kreese's student's defeat at the Under 18 All-Valley Karate Tournament shatters his reputation as a karate man and costs him all his students, sending the Cobra Kai dojo into bankruptcy. Griffith's portrayal of Silver (the chloride sludge-dumping, grand jury-bribing, evil sadistic millionaire CEO vietnam veteran karate master) gives a new meaning to the word villain. Using "Karate's Bad Boy" Mike Barnes as his pawn, Silver devotes several weeks of his adult life to the defeat and humiliation of a teenage karate champ and an old Japanese man. With some of the best karate ever seen on film, a fitter-than-ever Ralph Macchio and an ending you will never predict, KKIII has it all. Buying this movie is a "strong move". The best Karate Kid film in the series This is the best KK film. I thought this installment had the best plot and villians. In director John G. Avildsen's third installment of the popular Karate Kid series, the original villian returns to get his revenge aganist Miyagi and Daniel. Kreese the mariane whom Miyagi thumbled with a few punches and kicks, has never forgotten the bitter taste of defeat. Bankrupt after the first tournament defeat, he's back with a particulary nasty friend and a new trainer who is aching to lure Miyagi and Daniel into the fight of their lives. When Daniel decided not to compete in the challenge, he becomes the target of numerous attacks by Kreese and his villainous friends, who will stop at nothing to win the title back. But when his relentless abuse becomes blackmail, daniel goes aganist the sound advice of Miyagi and enters the competition, alienating his mentor. This rousing continuation of the adventures of Daniel and his teacher includes fast -paced karate sequences. This is the best installment in the series. I love 3. This istallment had a better plot than the 1, 2, and 4. I thought this was an awesome way to end the it, (the series). If you're a true fan stop after this one. Even on DVD, Mike Barnes is Karate's Bad Boy Though he is in soap operas now, this film displays Mike's young days as a brash, fighting machine. He uses "quicksilver" to destroy his opponents, and Daniel-San gets a taste of this ferocity as he wets his pants when he is flung from the Cobra Kai dojo. Many feel that the real winner in the tournament was Mike Barnes, and I am among them. Perhaps the most tainted victory <BR>in the history of the "Under 18 All Valley Tournament," Daniel wins in distasteful fashion. You be the judge. The downside of the tournament is that Cho-sen, Johnny and Bobby did not compete. But this is negated by the return of Sensei John Kreese and the sensational debut of Terry Silver. This is the premier movie in the series. A mix of existentialism (another reviewer noted how it was reminiscient of Kafka) and homosexuality, this film is a profound, influential work of our times; indeed, as Daniel-San states, "this is the 80's, you can't be so damn passive!" <BR>Ultimately, the movie is about freedom, human anguish, and bravery. As Camus wrote about the war in Paris (which is the only thing that barely comes close to the intense fighting in this film): This huge [Daniel Larusso], all black and warm in the summer night, with a storm of [Mexicans] overhead and a storm of [Cobra Kais]in the streets, seems to us more brightly lighted than the City of Light the whole world used to envy us. It is bursting with all the fires of hope and suffering,it has the flame of lucid courage and all the glow, not only of liberation, but of tomorrow's liberty. Buy The Karate Kid Part Iii at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on The Karate Kid Part Iii Search with the Priority Search Engine on The Karate Kid Part Iii This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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