The franchise is still kicking -- but not very high.
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03/26/09
The Next Karate Kid (1994)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:1
Rotten:15
Average Rating:3.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: Since her parents death, raised by her grandmother and harassed at school, 17-year-old Julie Pierce (Hilary Swank, BOYS DON'T CRY) is very angry. Grandma can no longer handle her, so she convinces... [More]
Starring: Noriyuki Morita, Hilary Swank, Michael Ironside, Constance Towers
Director: Christopher Cain
Reviews for The Next Karate Kid
1 - 16 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
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12/01/08
Top CriticAlmost a guilty pleasure. But not quite.
03/12/08
Top CriticOverlong and utterly predictable, The Next Karate Kid offers little excitement, even in its culminating fight sequence.
03/12/08
Top CriticDesperately trying to infuse new blood into the 1980s franchise, the fourth installment is a hodgepodge that fashions recycled ideas and characters; the rebllious girl is played Hilary Swank, who would go to Oscar glory.
09/12/06
Swank, here demonstrating that for as wooden and exasperating as her performance is in this picture, it's the only performance she's ever contributed to any film.
11/27/05
Formula still grabs, even with Swank as "Kid"
07/13/05
No review available.
05/16/05
One time to the well too many.
01/08/05
[It] may be the silliest episode yet in the popular Karate Kid series.
08/30/04
Top CriticNo review available.
05/20/03
No review available.
09/01/02
No review available.
07/25/02
The film does have a few warm moments and is at its best when simply developing the relationship between Miyagi and Julie. But, as you might expect, those moments are few and far between and overshadowed by all the ludicrous plotting.
01/01/00
It's a decent enough entry into the Karate Kid series, if you don't mind having seen it all done before, and better.
01/01/00
What is the sound of one hand clapping? The audience giving it up for The Next Karate Kid.
01/01/00
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