Karate Kid: Legends

"Relies heavily on franchise favorites while bringing nothing new to the party."

"The plot is just awful, crammed with so many cliches that you’re barely done chuckling at one before another kicks you in the head."

"Unapologetically basic and wholesome and, at 94 minutes, refreshingly stripped down."

"Han and Li’s student-teacher relationship in particular is diluted and lacks necessary grounding..."

"It's a well-cast installment made to be an entry point for this generation..."

"Represents a figurative and literal change of pace for the series."

"None of the first movie's originality."

"If this film is any indication of the quality of this season’s movies, I must quote the Bananarama hit from the original movie: it’s going to be a “cruel, cruel summer.”"

"Doesn’t quite live up to the promise of its Cobra Kai-meets-Mr Han marketing."

"Impressive and exasperating in its determination to squeeze every previous iteration of this story into one huge glimmering chunk of lore."

"This breezy sequel is sherbet-dusted with summery nostalgia."

"Kids may come out crane-kicking in excitement from the handful of fights, and older fans can relish the nostalgia, but for everyone else it’s wax on, nod off."

"Combines the best of all those sequels plus a 2010 remake to contribute a new and worthy chapter to the canon."

"There is at once a roughshod, zippy energy coupled with a sedateness here..."

"Steeped in nostalgia, which helps paper over a formulaic script and the strange reality that its domestic scenes are more effective than its fight action."

"Hardcore fans may get their kicks from seeing Macchio and Chan together."

"Like an outline whose details the filmmakers never got around to filling in."