Karate Kid: Legends also introduces all new characters, with the new film following a karate tournament in New York. However, much of the 2025 movie is built off of the template from the original ...

In terms of continuing a franchise legacy, it’s more of a Force Awakens than a Creed. Performance Worth Watching: Wang has considerable star power, and fuels Legends with uptempo energy and a ...

The Karate Kid franchise has been a cultural icon for over 40 years, especially with the release of Karate Kid: Legends.

"Karate Kid: Legends" has earned a mixed reaction from critics, and it does have issues, but it won me over regardless. Here's what I loved — and what I didn't.

Karate Kid: Legends brings together both the Karate Kid films of the '80s and the 2010 reboot -- which at one time was not meant to be in the same timeline/continuity as the original franchise.

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.

Don’t get excited about a “Karate Kid” reunion. After a brief clips piece in the beginning, we don’t get an appearance by Ralph Macchio until most of “Karate Kid: Legends” has transpired.

"Karate Kid: Legends" manages to stay true to the core of the original 1984 film — not giving in to the devil on our shoulder (that's for bullies and bad guys), while favoring values of respect ...