Karate Kid: Legends

...Karate Kid: Legends offers little by way of innovation and plenty by way of giving the people what they want. It’s derivative, corny and, in its utterly predictable way, great fun.

Wax on, wax off. Eff on, eff off.

Though it holds back on the emotional punches and occasionally plays it safe with crowd-pleasers, Legends remains a respectful, heartfelt, and surprisingly fresh fusion of everything that’s made the franchise endure.

Karate Kid: Legends is actually an enjoyable little film.

..."Karate Kid: Legends” feels at times like four or five different movies being chopped-and-screwed together, albeit at an enjoyably fast pace, and with a minimum of narrative drag.

I love the Kung Fu Karate training and fight scenes, and the whole thing, and this is true of the series, is played with an air of wholesomeness that's fairly irresistible. I came out with a spring on my step and... I cried.

Newcomer Ben Wang stars as the new karate kid, Li Wen, who is both a skilled fighter and an endearing young man--the film is enjoyable primarily due to him and the cast.

The franchise has run its course. It’s not the best Karate Kid movie, but it’s not the worst either. Breathe easy, Hillary Swank.


Karate Kid: Legends is superficially entertaining, but it's Karate Kid for the Tik Tok generation. It feels more interested in flying through plot points than letting the moments breathe. Chan and Macchio feel tacked onto the end of the film.

A shamelessly paint-by-the-numbers “Karate Kid,” but cute and fun, the romance is sweet, and the references to the previous franchise installments satisfactory.