It's summer, Daniel just broke up with his girlfriend and was told by his mother that her job needs her to move to Fresno for the summer which Daniel doesn't like. Mr. Miyagi was going to let Daniel stay with him until he receives a letter from Okinawa telling him that his father is dying. So Miyagi leaves to go there and Daniel joins him. Miyagi tells Daniel that the reason he left Okinawa was because his best friend, Sato whose family is the most affluent in Okinawa, was promised Yukie, the girl Miyagi loved. So Miyagi asks her to run away with him and when Sato learned of this, he challenged Miyagi to a fight to the death. So Miyagi left. Upon arriving Miyagi discovers Sato still wants to fight him. At the same time Daniel finds a rival in Sato's nephew and best student, Chozen. Daniel accompanies his mentor, Mr. Miyagi, to Miyagi's childhood home in Okinawa. Miyagi visits his dying father and confronts his old rival, while Daniel falls in love and inadvertently makes a new rival of his own. When John G. Avildsen's "The Karate Kid" was a smash hit, the fact that a sequel would be made was inevitable. Perhaps even a trilogy would form. A totally unnecessary trilogy, but a trilogy nevertheless. Well, there were three sequels made - "The Karate Kid, Part II," "The Karate Kid, Part III," and "The Next Karate Kid," each installment worse than the last entry.<br/><br/>The point of the first movie was stressed clearly without becoming too overbearing. Violence is wrong. Right, right, right - we've heard it before. Of course, self-defense is fine when used correctly, but nonsensical violence is criminally and morally wrong.<br/><br/>That's sort of forgotten in "The Karate Kid, Part II," which stumbles along and runs into major problems. One, the script - it's weak. Two, the acting - it's stiff. Three, the actual story and scenes within the film - all idiotic. Take, for example, the end of the film, when a Chinese girl is performing some ancient dance and a disowned martial arts expert swings from the top of the stadium down a cable, landing next to the girl and holding a knife to her throat. "Behind you!" Daniel (Ralph Macchio) yells helplessly as he jumps into the sand pit before him and proceeds to battle the martial artist. (Is that a word? And what's the difference between martial arts and karate? Never mind, don't answer that.)<br/><br/>No one offers any sort of help as Daniel is beaten to a bloody pulp. None whatsoever. They just sit around and watch with fixated smiles on their faces, forgetting that their characters call for them to be scared and not to be happy that they are getting not even fifteen minutes of fame out of the deal.<br/><br/>A small complaint? Perhaps, but pretty much all of the film contains these children's fantasy ideas that a boy such as Daniel may dream of during his sleep. In fact, perhaps this sequel is all one big hallucination - perhaps Daniel, after a tough karate match, was knocked out. He's laying in a hospital, dazed and confused, unconscious and lost in a deadly coma. It's the easiest way to create a half-baked sequel, so pay attention, scriptwriters.<br/><br/>Daniel has gone back to Mr. Miyagi's ("Pat" Morita) country of origin, China, and now he's getting into fights with an old adversary of Mr. Miyagi. There's not much more to tell you than that - unless, of course, you would like to know that the mandatory girlfriend appears for Daniel (a Chinese chick, of course), and that the adversary's niece is Daniel's foe.<br/><br/>Great stuff.<br/><br/>Not.<br/><br/>I really liked the first "Karate Kid" movie, but this is pushing it. The third film was absolutely appalling, the fourth a total mess. The second is below average and quite mediocre. I'd call it an uncredited rip-off of "Rocky" if not for the fact that the director of the film, John G. Avildsen, happens to be the director of "Rocky," among other films. His expertises are these underdog flicks. Unfortunately, despite having a strong predecessor and possible character developments in store, "The Karate Kid, Part II," offers nothing new to the series. And, needless to say, either will the following two sequels.<br/><br/>Ralph Macchio is fine, Pat Morita is still the same, but the film is too goofy and unreal to appreciate. It's a weak example of filmmaking. It's not even that fun to watch - whereas the first film sort of had the viewer attached to the screen, this one makes you want to walk away and not pay attention to it at all.<br/><br/>Perhaps the only positive thing to say about this movie is that it is the best of the sequels. But that's really not saying very much at all, is it?<br/><br/>2/5 stars.<br/><br/><ul><li>John Ulmer</li></ul> This is definitely the best of the series, largely because of the character Sato. I'm afraid Miyagi met his match for oriental stereotypical humour. Miyagi's response to Daniel when asked if he could break a log was funny, 'Don't know, never been attacked by tree.' However, throughout the rest of the movie, Sato steals the stage.<br/><br/>He is a large older man, angry about how Miyagi dishonoured him when they were teenagers. He has an accent and a rough voice that is ingrained in my mind. 'MIYAGIIIII, COME FIGHT!!!!' And my favorite, 'YOUR FEAR MAKE AIR STINK, HUEEWWW!!!' Also, towards the end he is trapped under a log and Miyagi comes to rescue him. He thinks Miyagi is their to fight him and he starts yelling, 'NOW YOU COME TO FIGHT?!!! NOW WHILE I AM HELPLESS?!!!…NOW WHO VILLAGE SEE, THIS IS ONLY WAY, YOU CAN WIN!!!' Chozen was a mere shadow to his uncle Sato. He says things like, 'YOU INSULT MY HONOUR!!!' but isn't nearly as hysterical as Sato.<br/><br/>This is a great movie to see over and over. I give it 7 out of 10. Really, outside the hilarious stereotypes, it was a mediocre plot at best. But I love it. I hope I haven't offended any orientals reading this. I can make fun of white red-necks in Florida like myself too. Kid II is not comparable to its predecessor. It is stale and boring. [20 June 1986, p.D1] Mr Miyagi (<a href="/name/nm0001552/">Pat Morita</a>) and Daniel LaRusso (<a href="/name/nm0001494/">Ralph Macchio</a>), who is now living with Mr Miyagi while his mother is in Fresno on business, travel to Okinawa when Miyagi learns that his father is dying. Unfortunately, this means that Miyagi must confront old rival Sato (<a href="/name/nm0436518/">Danny Kamekona</a>), now a rich businessman and karate master, and Yukie (<a href="/name/nm0565277/">Nobu McCarthy</a>), the woman they fought over when they were 18 years old and the reason Miyagi left Okinawa. On top of that, Sato's number one student Chozen (<a href="/name/nm0645785/">Yuji Okumoto</a>) has it out for Daniel. The Karate Kid, Part II is a sequel to <a href="/title/tt0087538/">The Karate Kid (1984)</a> (1984), which was based on a script by screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen, who also wrote the script for this movie. The Karate Kid, Part II is the second in a series of four Karate Kid movies, including The Karate Kid, The Karate Kid Part II, <a href="/title/tt0097647/">The Karate Kid Part III (1989)</a> (1989), and <a href="/title/tt0110657/">The Next Karate Kid (1994)</a> (1994). The Karate Kid movies have no relation to the DC Comics superhero also known as "Karate Kid". Karate Kid II immediately follows Karate Kid as evidenced by a scene where Daniel, with his trophy in hand, and Mr Miyagi are just leaving the All-Valley Karate Tournament. They notice Cobra Kai sensei Kreese (<a href="/name/nm0184392/">Martin Kove</a>) yelling at Johnny Lawrence (<a href="/name/nm0951420/">William Zabka</a>) for finishing second in the tournament. However, the movie then jumps six months into the future, the night of Daniel's senior prom, when Daniel learns that his mother is moving him to Fresno for two months (for her job), and his girlfriend Ali (from the first movie) has just smashed up his classic yellow car (given to him on his birthday by Mr Miyago in The Karate Kid) and informed him that she's fallen in love with some football player from UCLA. No, it was filmed in Oahu, Hawaii. Yes. In the first movie, Miyagi tells Daniel how his wife was placed in a Japanese internment camp during World War II while Miyagi went off to the fight in the war. His wife and child died there. Yukie is apparently a flame from his younger days, before he left Okinawa to come to America. Floating lanterns is a traditional way of honoring the dearly departed in Japan. The practice is called "Toro Nagashi," and it's typically a part of the three days of the Obon Festival. The lanterns are usually decorated with symbols, flowers, and handwritten messages for the spirits that are said to return each year at this time to visit with the living. It is not unusual, however, for families to hold their own personal ceremony at a river close to home, as it was done for Miyagi's father. That doesn't make a lot of sense, does it? A villager puts a pound of his carrots on Chozen's scale expecting to get 50 yen for them in return. Chozen balances the scale with a weight that reads one pound but actually weighs only half a pound, so he has to put another light weight on the scale in order to make it balance. The carrots weigh in at two pounds, so Chozen pays out 100 yen for the villager's one pound of carrots. Not a very profitable practice on Chozen's part. What makes more sense is that the lightweights are used when Chozen turns around and sells those carrots to another villager. He then puts on the scale a pound of carrots for which he's going to charge the villager 100 yen. Chozen then balances the scale with that lightweight that reads one pound but actually weighs only half a pound, so he has to put another lightweight on the scale in order to make it balance. The one pound of carrots is shown to weigh two pounds, so Chozen charges the villager 200 yen for them. In fact, if Chozen is really as shady as the film makes him out to be, he probably has a set of superweighted weights so that he can also cheat the villagers when he buys their produce, i.e., getting two pounds of carrots for the price of one. Hand drum is one of the proper names for the type of hand-held drum that Daniel used. They are also sometimes referred to as monkey drums or pellet drums. In Japan, where they are considered children's toys, they are called den-den daiko. See a photo of them here. No. The drum technique, like the crane kick in the first movie, was made up for the film. It appears to involve a block by the leading hand and a strike from the trailing hand. As you turn to the right, for example, your right hand sweeps your opponent's hands from in front of him. Then, as you're still turning, your left hand delivers a strike which he can't defend against. Then you repeat this, turning to the left, but this time the left hand sweeps and blocks while the right hand strikes. Yukie asks Miyagi to take her with him, but the film ends before Miyagi and Daniel fly back to California. Whether or not Yukie accompanies him must wait to be answered in <a href="/title/tt0097647/">The Karate Kid Part III (1989)</a> (1989). Sato vows to bulldoze the village (he owns the land) unless Miyagi fights him to the death. To save the village, Miyagi agrees, on one condition—that Sato hand over to the villagers the deed to the land. They agree to meet at midnight. Meanwhile, Daniel's new girlfriend Kumiko (<a href="/name/nm0000674/">Tamlyn Tomita</a>) is performing a tea ceremony for him. Suddenly, a wild storm rips through the village, sending the villagers scurrying for safety. One of the houses knocked down is the one where Sato and his nephew Chozen live. Chozen stumbles out of the rubble and tells Miyagi and Daniel's that his uncle is dead, but Sato can be seen lying in the rubble, his chest pinned by a large timber. Daniel new Miyagi try to remove the timber, but it is too heavy, so Miyagi breaks it with a karate chop. As they help Sato into the shelter, a little girl is heard crying. She's stuck at the top of a belltower. Sato tells Chozen to help her, but he refuses, so Daniel goes and gets her down. After the storm is over, Sato and Miyagi make peace with each other, and Sato hands over the deed to the village. Daniel requests that, since the village has been damaged by the storm, the Obon festival be held at the castle of King Shohashi, and Sato agrees. Unfortunately, Chozen still has it in for Daniel. At the Obon dance, he suddenly takes Kumiko hostage with a knife at her throat and challenges Daniel to a fight to the death. They fight on a platform surrounded by water so that no one else can interfere. As the fight proceeds, Daniel appears to be getting the worst of it until Miyagi begins to twirl his den-den daiko, as do many of the villagers. Daniel gets the message and uses the drum technique to defeat Chozen. When Daniel offers him the chance to live or die, Chozen choses to die. Instead, Daniel tweaks his nose just like Miyagi did when he got into a fight with Kreese after the All Valley tournament. Daniel and Kumiko hug, while the villagers applaud them. girlfriend Kumiko (<a href="/name/nm0000674/">Tamlyn Tomita</a>) is performing a tea ceremony for him. Suddenly, a wild storm rips through the village, sending the villagers scurrying for safety. One of the houses knocked down is the one where Sato and his nephew Chozen live. Chozen stumbles out of the rubble and tells Miyagi and Daniel that his uncle is dead, but Sato can be seen lying in the rubble, his chest pinned by a large timber. Daniel and Miyagi try to remove the timber, but it is too heavy, so Miyagi breaks it with a karate chop. As they help Sato into the shelter, a little girl is heard crying. She's stuck at the top of a pole. Sato tells Chozen to help her, but he refuses, so Daniel goes and gets her down. After the storm is over, Sato and Miyagi make peace with each other, but Chozen still has it in for Daniel. He challenges Daniel to a fight to the death. a5c7b9f00b Population 25 online freeGhostbreakers 720p moviesdownload The PacificEpisode 1.157 online freeThe Great Rock, Paper, Scissors War in hindi 720pDonald's Snow Fight downloadMummy Dearest full movie in hindi 720pTexas vs. Cahill song free downloadDownload the Episode 1.74 full movie tamil dubbed in torrentWinds Of War in tamil pdf download
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