The resemblance of Part I to the original Rocky is sharpened by there being a Part II. (And this time, John G. Avildsen gets to direct the sequel himself, instead of being replaced by, say, Ralph Macchio or Pat Morita as he was by Sylvester Stallone.) The most attractive parts of the forerunner, of course, were the bonding between old man and boy, East and West, and the teaching of the ways of karate. With those already accomplished, the sequel is largely given over to two pain-in-the-neck villains on the old man's native Okinawa, one old and one young, who persistently try to goad our pacifist heroes into fights. Naturally there is still a thing or two for the Karate Kid to learn about his art, particularly from a miniature drum on a stick, with two miniature tether-balls to beat either side of it. This shows him how, when things really get rough in combat, to strike back with a left and a right. And a left and a right. And a left and a right. And a left and a right. And so on. (1986) — Duncan Shepherd
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