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• Actors: Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Robyn Lively, Thomas Ian Griffith, Martin Kove
• Directors: John G. Avildsen
• Writers: Robert Mark Kamen
• Producers: Doug Seelig, Jerry Weintraub, Karen Trudy Rosenfelt, Sheldon Schrager
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Chinese, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• DVD Release Date: July 10, 2001
• Run Time: 112 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (75 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005JXY4
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #12,510 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Karate Kid Part III" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

• This is item 3 in The Karate Kid Series.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars SIGH!!!, November 30, 2004

By	Digibong! "The Good die young,but pricks live... (eternia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Karate Kid Part III [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Now this 3rd (and should have been last installment of this franchise...instead they came with "The NEXT karate kid with Hillary Swank)
Was just not acceptable!
First of all the editing sucked, some scenes Daniel (Ralph Macchio) looked fat and other scenes he looked slim, and other scenes there after he looked like he was GETTING fat. His jeans were ridiculously tight in some scenes.
So you didn't know which was before or after.They were then merged together to confuse us...the overall result was "fat".

How and why would they get the girl from "Teen Witch" (Robyn lively) to play a love interest that was doomed before the movie even reached 30 minutes with the "I already have a boyfriend" speech...so why are you taking up space in this movie...you weren't all that pretty!!

Pat Morita is great as always but even his mentality was on "Speed yawn" for this movie...he was just going through the contract.

Apparently alot of reviewers giving 5 stars saw Karate kid 3 first and saw the Karate kid 1 afterwards (same story). This would I guess be perfectly normal because they showed part 3 ALOT in the late 80s and early 90s on cable and I can't remember seing part 1 in almost 10 years even on regular TV.

Tons and tons of unnecessary over-acting in this one by Thomas Ian Griffin (laughing uncontrallably..almost comically..something out of a cartoon almost)and the "Johnny" looka-like dude.

Was it me or did the bad guys who wanted Daniel to sign the Tournament contract to fight against him seem to not have lives and show up where ever he was at? He's in the middle of a Bonzai hunting expedition with Mr. Miyagi and then they show up?All Daniel had to do was sign the contract and the movie would've been 15 minutes...what a story they had for this one!

The music Score for this one was meaningless and no hits surfaced from the soundtrack...I don't think anyone cares to buy this soundtrack anyways.

In the last part with the tournament..almost the SAME EXACT scene as in part one...except Daniel was busting out of his Karate outfit due to him gaining more weight through out the film.

Maybe they can come with a Karate kid Reunion movie and use Ray Ramano to play Daniel?

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Brilliant Film....... Genius!, November 8, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Karate Kid Part III [VHS] (VHS Tape)

KKIII is a modern-day Greek tragedy. The universal themes of love, betrayal and quicksilver are thoroughly explored in this stunning classic. I have not seen writing like this since Aristophanes.

In Terry Silver, billionaire toxic waste peddler, we have the perfect foil. This morality play begins to unfold when Danny-boy is forced to sign the entry form to defend his All-Valley championship. "I think a champion should defend his title," observes Silver in one of the most gripping and compelling scenes imaginable.

Mike Barnes and Snake (and, to a lesser extent, Dennis) provide the fuel for Danny-boy's moral fire. The scene in the bonsai shop that ends in the mustang convertable being nearly smashed by a speeding locomotive is reminiscent of early Kafka.

Constantly challenging and never boring, KKIII forces each of us to look in the mirror. For indeed, who can really know when our real, actual John Kreise will jump from behind the cardboard imitation?

In closing, keep in mind Myagi's admonition: "Karate fought for plastic metal trophy no mean nothing." Indeed. I couldn't sum it up any better than that.

A definite 5-star classic.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The end of Daniel san's story, September 21, 2003

By	Nemo Daison "eRic. august" (Tupelo, MS) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Right up there with the most inspirational films of our time, Karate Kid III is a testament to the human spirit. In this installment our favorite karate instructor, Sensei Kreese is torn by his demise at the hands of Daniel and Miyagi in the first film. Afterall, Daniel defeated Johnny at the All Valley Tournament. Where is there left to go for Kreese. You would think his life is over, but no. He turns to his rich friend Terry Silver for the answer. Mr. Silver is strangely obsessed over getting back at Miyagi and Daniel. I think he wanted it more than Kreese even for some reason. So he makes himself appear as a nobody, he even drives a little truck with no roof on it. Then he finds karate's bad boy, Mike Barnes...a performance that outshines perhaps any yet in the Karate Kid series. Barnes, and his two new friends, Snake and Dennis, eventually bully poor Daniel into signing up for the tourney. Silver finds a way to become friends with Daniel and basically makes him his puppet. He wills Daniel to fight without mercy and to go against all Daniel stands for by trying to convince him to fight dirty. Daniel doesn't really like it but he keeps studying under Silver for a while until he realizes the error of his way. At one point he asks Miyagi to teach him to sweep, in which Miyagi comes back with a broom and begins sweeping the steps. Brilliant. It all comes to an end at the tournament where Daniel must face his fear, and take on Mike Barnes. Daniel pulls no punches and unleashes his fury upon Barnes. Perhaps one of the greatest martial arts displays ever on film.