Myths hurt the movie more

“Karate Kid: Legends” really loves to tell her fans that she revolves around two branches of the same tree. In the universe, this refers to the Kung Fu that Mr. Jackie Chan, Mr. Han and Karate, used by Mr. Miji from Pat Maurita to practice. In fact, however, this can also apply “Karate Kid: Legends” is a story of two films on the other hand. The first movie is a great rebuilding of “Karate Kid” and Trops, as the honorary child became a teacher instead of being a student.

It is useful for Ben Wang really good progress. He depicts his character, Lee Fung, as a painful and attractive weak with the painful past that can only help him. However, he is not completely isolation, as for the first time the protagonist “Karate Kid” has already has some knowledge of the martial arts at the beginning of the story. This makes me a unique personality in the concession. He gives him more confidence, allowing him to form a great teacher with the owner of the joint pizza in Victor (Joshua Jackson). As the 2010 “The Karate Kid”, the film makes a fun continuing to the story of Mr. Han, the funniest part of the film thanks to the eccentric Shivu and martial arts screens (just as Jackie Chan was not only possible).

The big problem is in the second movie within “Legends”, which is when both branches unite “Karate Kid” and brings the 2010 “Karate Kid” world to “Daniel Larusso” from Ralph Macchio to this mix. The meeting of Mr. Han and Daniel was the largest selling point in the marketing of the film, but this is what hurts you more (This and the intense lack of Parker Jaden Smith).

The problem with the appearance of Daniel in “Karate Kid: Legends” is that it is meaningless. The “Karate Kids” fans have spent the past six years in watching the character overcoming personal issues, and finally overcome his opponent with Johnny Lawrence (William Zaba), and they help defeat Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffiths) once and forever in the “Cobra Kai” series. In comparison, its role in “myths” mainly amounts to a little more than a glorious veil.

What’s more, if you completely remove Daniel, “Karate Kid: Legends” will be a more strict narrative and a generally better movie.

The reason is simple. We just see Daniel only about two -thirds of the movie’s time, and at this stage, it only joins a co -teacher in the period before the big karate championship at the end of the movie. Even so, Daniel has zero contact with me and not much in terms of wisdom to transfer him. (This task is on Mr. Han.) In fact, At every turn in “Karate Kid: Legends”, Daniel is outside By his Kung-Fu counterpart when it comes to movement scenes, charisma, and depth of the character. The film does not try any attempt to explore Daniel’s life outside it helps teach Lee Karate, much less than what happens with him personally at this time. Mr. Han, on the other hand, has a meaningful link to Li, being his great uncle and Shifu.

If you have seen “Cobra Kai”, Daniel’s hesitation in training and the joy he gets from publishing Miji’s teachings as excessive and hollow, given that he has already gone through all this in the six seasons of the Netflix Gallery (That is, “Karate Baby: Myths” barely admitted). But even if you haven’t seen these gemstones for a series, Daniel still could not do anything in this movie.

Therefore, Daniel does not have any prior link to LI, and “Karate Kid: Legends” puts a little effort in creating a bond listed between them, making both Daniel and Mr. Han together in the same excessive movie. Unlike some enjoyable moments, as “Karate Kid” fans saw the best technology (Karate Kid “has seen a lot in” Cobra Kai “), the Filmy is not simply acquired from giving Li teachers.

The first act of “Kara Kid: Legends”, where we see me knowing the ex-boxer some of the Kung-Fu movements and becomes a teacher instead of remaining a student, participating and innovative. Even when we have to deal with another Karate Championship, Li’s Backstory with his brother makes his journey convincing (not to mention it, it’s very fun to watch Mr. Han being Kung-Fu Badass weird). But did we really need to connect the “Karate Kid” half of Bakran together? Certainly no. Unlike Honorable veil at the end of the movie (Undoubtedly, the funniest scene in the entire movie), there are no real links to “Cobra Kai” or even in recognition of how “Karate Kid” has been growing since 1984.

If the only connective tissue is that Daniel made a short weekly trip to New York at a random time without affecting anything else, so why should lovers of “Karate Kid” take care of “Karate Kid”? Macchio is a good actor and has proven all over “Cobra Kai” that there could be more for Daniel La Roso’s character, unlike his past as a former loser. Unfortunately, we don’t see any of this in “Karate Kid: Legends”.

“Karate Kid: Legends” is now playing in theaters.