Ralph Macchio and William Zabka battled in the first "Karate Kid." Now Ben Wang and Aramis Knight take their place as martial-arts enemies.

T he iconic Karate Kidfranchise is back with a fresh twist in Karate Kid: Legends, premiering today, May 30, 2025. This ...

Since the 1980s, a comfort-food formula has worked well for the “Karate Kid” films: one martial-arts youngster, one wise old master, at least one villainous bully (a whole evil dojo is ...

By Frank Scheck Take a dose of the original Karate Kid tetralogy, add some elements from the 2010 remake, finish it off with a soupçon of the Netflix series Cobra Kai, and you have the ...

Here’s how it works. Directed by Jonathan Entwistle, "Karate Kid: Legends" is a fresh chapter that unites former stars Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio with the new titular kid, talented martial ...

Following the end of "Cobra Kai's" run on Netflix, Sony Pictures has come out swinging with "Karate Kid: Legends," the sixth movie in the martial arts franchise. Directed by Jonathan Entwistle ...

The selling point of “Karate Kid: Legends” is the pairing of initial franchise star Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan, a star of the 2010 reboot that shares the title of the 1984 original ...

LOS ANGELES, May 28 (UPI) --Karate Kid: Legends, in theaters Friday, promises the merging of two Karate Kid worlds. Unfortunately, original star Ralph Macchio doesn't show up for 55 minutes and ...

“Karate Kid: Legends,” the latest installment to the franchise that spawned from the 1984 team of Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita, a.k.a Mr. Miyagi, certainly shouldn’t come as a surpris ...

Moviefone speaks with Jackie Chan, Ralph Macchio and Ben Wang about 'Karate Kid: Legends'. "The same themes are there for a new generation.," Macchio said. Moviefone recently had the honor of ...

It didn’t occur to Ben Wang right away that in taking on “Karate Kid: Legends,” he’d be the franchise’s first Asian American “Kid.” It didn't occur to Ben Wang right away that in ...