14/10
Avildsen shot hours of tournament footage from multiple angles
Narrative
Decades after their match at the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, middle-aged Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence are once again competing in martial arts. During the original filming of The Karate Kid, the late director John G. The team behind Cobra Kai delved into the studio vaults and found a bunch of never-before-seen footage that they were able to bring into the series via flashbacks.
Ralph Macchio told Uproxx that the famous Crane Kick has three completely new angles
One of them shows Zabka’s real-life mother, who was in the stands from different angles not seen until 2018. Many people believe that Miyagi’s name on his tombstone is a continuity error, as in Karate Kid 4 (1994) his name is referred to as Keisuke, but it was actually shown earlier on the sign Chozen held for him in Karate Kid 2 (1986) Nariyoshi. This means that The Next Karate Kid changed its name, while Cobra Kai kept its previous name.
Introducing The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Anthony Mackie/Ralph Macchio/Kiry Shabazz (2018)
However, another interesting fact is that the name given in Karate Kid Part II was not the original name given to him. Miyagi. In The Karate Kid (1984), Miyagi’s dog tags attached to the keys to the 1948 Ford that Daniel received as a birthday present briefly reveal that Miyagi’s name is Hideo.
William Zabka stars in this series as Johnny Lawrence, he’s everything
This show is the perfect mix of nostalgia, great 80s music and badass karate. The stories are interesting, the action scenes are well-coordinated, and everyone from the movies and their brothers are back. It’s nice…