| The Karate Kid Part III | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 68 reviews)
Sales Rank: 28941
Category: DVD
Actors: Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Robyn Lively, Thomas Ian Griffith, Martin Kove
Director: John G. Avildsen
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Studio: Sony Pictures
Brand: Sony
Label: Sony Pictures
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Chinese (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Portuguese (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 113 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: COLD05992D
ISBN: 0767861469
UPC: 043396059924
EAN: 9780767861465
ASIN: B00005JXY4
Release Date: July 10, 2001
Theatrical Release Date: June 30, 1989
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| Customer Reviews:
 Use this DVD as a coaster April 29, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is possibly one of the worst films ever made. There's not even the "so bad it's good" pleasure to count on. It's simply a grotesque mishandling of every truth laid down in the first (and quite wonderful) film. It's an ugly movie that basically has our hero Daniel being hounded by an ex-military buddy of Kreese's. They hatch a stupid scheme to get Daniel back for the loss of Kreese's students and school. Daniel is periodically attacked by warped students of the ex-buddy's (his name escapes me, so bad was this thing) who want him to defend his title in the tournament. After much abuse, he agrees, to the chagrin of Mr. Miyagi.
They throw in a pseudo love interest (that goes nowhere), Kreese's character, which was very interesting in the first film, has been debased to scary B-movie proportions, and poor Mr. Miyagi is the only one who comes off with any dignity whatsoever. The villain (ex-military buddy) is so boring it isn't even funny (not to mention the actor who plays him is awful).
This could have been an interesting film - it has some good potential plot points, such as Daniel turning against the truths laid down by Miyagi and shacking up with the villain. But it squanders them all - more like annihilates them in a nuclear fashion. This could have been a noble film, maybe to the point of having Kreese's character redeemed. Instead it's just a stupid, sordid, complete waste of time - I'd call it a C-film that wants to be a hammy B-film.
Terrible. Use this DVD as a coaster, but don't waste your valuable time watching it (unless you use the fast forward button).
can't look away.... February 8, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I can't believe that people actually liked this film. I am shocked. I still think the first film is brilliant. But this one.. it is so awful that I can't help but watch it over and over again. Like a trainwreck, you'll have to look, and you'll never get the images out of your mind, but every day you will wish that you could....
KK3 January 29, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
As if we needed another KK3 after KK2 but what else would lil Danny do. He's 47 and still going to Reseda High School. In this flick Danny must fight an evil billionaire who has stopped his company to seek revenge on Danny b/c he's old nam buddys with the Kobra Kia sensia. The only question I have to ask is why doesn't Danny just move to Idaho? This worked for Demi Moore.
Turn On, Turn Off August 25, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Turn this movie on with the left hand it won't take you long to turn it off with the right. I gave it 1 star, because I couldn't figure out how to give it none, this movie was joke, it is horrible, it has no plot, terrible acting, but no acting could've improved it. The story should've ended after the sequel it had nowhere to go. I thought the sequel was actually better than the first, It had more deeper story going into Miyagi's past and as opposed to being just about a tournament, this story was about life and death. Somehow in the third movie, Daniel went from the guy who beat Chosen a Japanese Karate master in a battle to the death, to someone who couldn't even stand in the ring with this karate student under 18 chap back home. This movie takes some credibility out of the saga, if they ended it with the sequel, it would be open to far less ridicule. Don Not watch it, even if you are a die hard.
The only enjoyable part was when Miyagi Kicked the crap out of all 3 guys at the dojo.
 HAM FISTED DIRECTION SINKS THIS ONE! August 2, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Like the first sequel to the Karate Kid and the "Rocky" sequels I did not expect this to be an Oscar winner, but thought it would be enjoyable. This is not as good as the first two movies and I will have to watch the Next Karate Kid to decide if it is better than that one. The biggest problem with this installment is that the direction is so heavy handed it's like a sledgehammer to the face! I never thought I would get to use the term "ham fisted" in a review, but this is the perfect opportunity! The new villain in this movie should get the "Ham of the Year " award! I was able to get through it, but it was worse than I remembered. Morita saves the picture, but even he looks like he is sleepwalking through this mess. The DVD transfer looks good.
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