John Kreese, the Cobra Kai sensai is back and wants revenge. So he has a good friend Terry Silver, befriend Daniel and lie about Kreese being dead. Silver trains Daniel when Daniel is forced to enter a tournament and defend his belt. When Mr. Miyagi won't train Daniel. Silver teaches Daniel to go against his teachings and to do things Cobra Kai style.
Ralph Machio is whiny and annoying the most in this one with not his best performance. He's much better in the YouTube Red Cobra Kai series. While the plot is pretty goofy, I can't say there's a Karate Kid movie I don't like, even the remake lol.

Just another lazy rehash of the themes of the original, with a ridiculous plot, some laughable moments and some insane performances. Morita is still charming in it, as usual.

:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart: - I can watch this film many times and not get sick of it.

My rating system works:
10:heart:- Masterpiece :100:
9:heart:- Excellent
8:heart: - Amazing :ok_hand:
7:heart:- Great :sun_with_face:
6:heart: - Good :thumbsup:
5:heart: - Average :head_bandage:
4:heart: - Bad but watchable :octagonal_sign:
3:heart: - Bad :sob:
2:heart:- Awful :face_vomiting:
1:heart: - Bull Shit

We've lost pretty much all the charm that the original had at this point. Daniel is a bit annoying and the villains are absolute caricatures at this point. Using the kata as a one trick pony like the kick in the first? All just very lazy and treading over the same ground.
I remembered enjoying these films more as a child, I guess I didn't really know what good writing was back then!

This is already the third identical film.

Another rehash of the themes of the original. The plot is lacking action from the previous 2 addions of the films. But there are some laughable moments that can crack you up and as always the performances are unreal. 8/10

The villains of this movie weren’t real people. They were cartoon characters. It was laughable how cartoonishly evil they were.

I kinda like the premise, but man did I find this installment of 'The Karate Kid' to be an irritating watch at times.

Pat Morita (Mr. Miyagi) remains the best part of these films, I had a solid time watching his scenes. Behind him, though, it isn't great at all. Ralph Macchio's performance is a little annoying in this, though he isn't helped by the very poor dialogue - which is seemingly just an attempt for Macchio (Daniel) to say as many words in as little time possible in a shouty manner.

Robyn Lively (Jessica) is only there to fill yet another love interest role for Daniel, a third from three films which is actually impressive. Thomas Ian Griffith, Sean Kanan and Martin Kove play the antagonists and they are the most irritating of all - so lazily written.

As noted, I did actually slightly like the idea that it attempts. It's nothing fresh or anything close, but if done differently it could've turned into an OK watch. Unfortunately, at least in my opinion, it's the opposite.