| The Karate Kid | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 150 reviews)
Sales Rank: 22825
Category: DVD
Actors: Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, Martin Kove, Randee Heller
Director: John G. Avildsen
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Studio: Sony Pictures
Brand: Sony
Label: Sony Pictures
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 127 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: COLD04069D
ISBN: 0800179501
UPC: 043396040694
EAN: 9780800179502
ASIN: 0800179501
Release Date: April 14, 1998
Theatrical Release Date: June 22, 1984
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Classic 80s guy down on his luck defeats the bullies. February 20, 1999
This, simply put, is the best movie ever made. I've seen it at least 100 times, and I still love it. It has such a classic theme. The new kid gets picked on and beat down over and over, but finally picks himself up and defeats the bullies in the end and gets the chick on top of it all. Daniel and Mr. Myagi make a great team. On top of the great theme and acting is the great "pump you up" 80s beat music. You just can't beat this legend of a lifetime.
A truly great movie December 21, 1998
This movie is not really about fighting and about karate. It is a movie about the relationship between a man and a boy. Not a gay relationship, but a really beautiful bond that develops between the two most unlikely people. The man not only teaches the boy how to use karate to regain his honor and self respect, but in the process, the boy learns how to love and respect others.
True Karate movie December 20, 1998
It's been more than 10 years since I saw this movie for the first time, and yet, from time to time I still see it like as if it was that first day. The story is very good. A young boy stranger in the neigbourwood has some troubles when dating the former girlfriend of a gang leader. Young Daniel asks help from a Okinawa Karate master, and soon learns that Karate is more than a method of fighting, it's a way of life. Anyone who knows a little about the martial arts subject can tell you this film is one of the few out there who truly tries to follow the true spirit of Karate - knowing yourself. A great film, the best in the series, and one of the best of the kind.
I wish I could give it more stars November 30, 1998
I was absolutely breathless by the end of the movie when he gave that last kick. I watch this movie over and over
A Great Film for Your Family November 22, 1998
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The "Karate Kid" touches on a story centering on kindness, love, and giving. Immediately, the story line depicts a boy, Daniel forced to move to a new city, oppressed by a group of stronger boys; affliated with a organization call Cobra Kia; Daniel must learn how to survive. Strong verse weak provides a strong theme. The virtue of humility is symbolize by the plain and simply lifestyle of Migayi. The culture and sophistication is depicted in his design of Bonzai tree's. Bringing student to the teacher's trust is accomplished by an act of kindiness the repairing of an damage bicycle caused by member of the Cobra Kia; the act gestures towards roots, in buddism. A interesting side note on the name Migayi. Migayi - (The founder of a famous style Okiniwan form of martial arts) is used a symbol of strength. Historically, stories of Migayi bravery and valor are well known in the martial art world. Pat Moria protrays some of the amazing power hidden in Okiniwan Karate using traditional stances and techniques bring Old Style methods of survival to the Big Screen. Movement back to a medival time of chivalry is maintained as an underlying theme. The Karate Kid opens the world and culture of Japan in a beautiful presentation: kindness and service in contrast to a brutal and violent antoganist, art and nature instead or artifical; kindness and service rather than self interest. I find the story line to be simple yet very enjoyable.
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