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The Karate Kid Part III
Directed by
John G. Avildsen
PG
1989
1h 52m
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5.3
15%
35%
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Ostracised villain John Kreese attempts to gain revenge on Daniel and Miyagi, with the help of a Vietnam War comrade, the wealthy owner of a toxic waste disposal business.
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Cast of The Karate Kid Part III
Ralph Macchio
Daniel LaRusso
Pat Morita
Mr. Miyagi
Robyn Lively
Jessica Andrews
Thomas Ian Griffith
Terry Silver
Martin Kove
John Kreese
Sean Kanan
Mike Barnes
Jonathan Avildsen
Snake
William Christopher Ford
Dennis
Randee Heller
Lucille LaRusso
Pat E. Johnson
Referee
Rick Hurst
Announcer
Frances Bay
Mrs. Milo
Joseph V. Perry
Uncle Louie
Jan Tříska
Milos
Diana Webster
Margaret
Patrick R. Posada
Man #1
C. Darnell Rose
Delivery Man
Glenn Medeiros
Self
Gabriel Jarret
Rudy
Doc Duhame
Security Guard
Randell Dennis Widner
Sparring Partner #1
Raymond S. Sua
Sparring Partner #2
Garth Johnson
Spectator #1
E. David Tetro
Spectator #2
Helen Lin
Tahitian Girl #1
Meilani Paul
Tahitian Girl #2
John Timothy Botka
Spectator (uncredited)
Earnest Hart Jr.
Referee (uncredited)
Fred Moon
Airline Passenger (uncredited)
The Karate Kid Part III Ratings & Reviews
Philadelphia Inquirer
Desmond Ryan
The Karate Kid Part III is a brave but misguided attempt to restate the lesson through a narrative ploy that nearly always works, but here produces no more than recycling.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
This material is wearing out its welcome.
Chicago Tribune
Dave Kehr
About all that enlivens The Karate Kid Part III is a screamingly over-the-top performance by Thomas Ian Griffith, who plays a toxic waste magnate and karate buff who hatches a madly complex plot to humiliate Daniel and his teacher.
Philadelphia Daily News
Gary Thompson
Karate Kid III has emerged as the front runner for the worst sequel of the summer.
Tulsa World
Dennis King
The Karate Kid Part III is a slickly produced adventure of the most simple-minded kind.
Common Sense Media
Renee Schonfeld
Disappointing, often violent sequel is for series fans only.
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
The unevenness of The Karate Kid movies reaches its peak in The Karate Kid Part III...
BrianOrndorf.com
Brian Orndorf
It's difficult to believe that nearly every member of the primary artistic team from the first two features returned for the third Kid installment, and this was the cruel abomination that resulted.
Film Freak Central
Walter Chaw
A performance from Macchio so irritating that the goodwill left over from the The Karate Kid is gone in a finger-snap.
Fantastica Daily
Chuck O'Leary
A bit of an improvement over the second installment, but so what?
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Part III, however, is not merely a disaster of the most uninspired contrivances but is actually unsuitable for youngsters, the series' natural audience.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The pattern has so calcified that Gene Autry westerns seem like models of moral complexity by comparison.
Variety
Variety Staff
The makers of The Karate Kid Part III -- also responsible for its successful predecessors -- have either delivered or taken a few too many kicks to the head along the way.
New York Times
Caryn James
With its sluggish script and unaging characters, The Karate Kid Part III has the rote sense of film makers trying to crank out another moneymaker.
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
Morita, who was Oscar-nominated for the original, remains a likable stick figure, but Macchio has gone from cute to typecast here, his waifish charm turned to gawky adulthood.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Roger Hurlburt
A rather vicious melodrama and morality play that will bore most kids silly.
Nolan's Pop Culture Review
Michael A. Smith
From hero to punk in 2 hours.
TV Guide
Griffith's over-the-top toxic-waste king [is] an unbelievably sadistic type who enjoys tilting his head back to laugh maniacally every three minutes or so, and who is one of few signs of life in this brain-dead movie.
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