The latest entry in the “Karate Kid” franchise brings back familiar faces and introduces new ones. “Karate Kid: Legends” drops in theaters Friday, May 30 and brings back both Ralph Macchio ...

Jackie Chan is back. Not that he ever went away, but Chan returns as Han in “Karate Kid: Legends,” the latest installment in the film franchise. This time around, he’s in China mentoring his ...

The newest movie in the “Karate Kid” franchise, “Karate Kid: Legends,” initially seemed like it was leaving Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) by the wayside. However, by the end of the movie ...

“Karate Kid: Legends” kicked off with $7.5 million from 3,809 theaters across Friday and preview screenings — but it won’t be enough to wax off “Lilo & Stitch” or “Mission ...

The Karate Kid: Legends brain trust then used animation to flesh out how Shimpo was taken in by Mr. Han’s (Chan) forebears and taught kung fu. He then founded Miyagi-Do Karate to combine both ...

On June 22, 1984, audiences were first introduced to Los Angeles' new kid, Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio), who learned both karate skills and lasting life lessons from the insightful Mr. Miyagi ...

It’s not a stretch to think that scene alone virtually underwrote two sequels, a LaRusso-less spin-off (1994’s The Next Karate Kid), and a 2010 remake featuring Jackie Chan; the fact that the ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Don’t Miss A Story. (L to R) Ming Na Wen, Wyatt Oleff, Ralph Macchio, Ben Wang, Joshua Jackson, Jackie Chan and Sadie Stanley in Columbia Pictures KARATE KID: LEGENDS *The adage “everything ...