‘Cobra Kai’ on Netflix is one of the most watched series with a decent ranking from the time of its premiere. It has some of the OG cast members from the start of the show, which makes it an interesting watch for Gen Z, as ‘The Karate Kid’ franchise once made a lot of headlines for a variety of reasons. Speaking of the movie, ‘The Karate Kid III’ was reviewed as a bad and unrequited sequel. ‘The Karate Kid III’, the plot summary is: ‘Ostracized villain John Kreese attempts revenge on Daniel and Miyagi, with the help of a comrade from the Vietnam War, the wealthy owner of a disposal business. toxic waste’.
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Sadly, even though the creators tried to make it work by casting some of the stars from the first film, it still received disappointing feedback. ‘The Karate Kid Part III’ is a 1989 martial arts drama film, the third entry in the ‘Karate Kid’ franchise and a sequel to ‘The Karate Kid Part II’ (1986). Moderately successful at the box office, ‘The Karate Kid Part III’ received generally negative reviews, with criticism leveled at the repetition of elements found in its two predecessors, although Griffith’s performance as Silver received praise from some critics. It was later followed by ‘The Next Karate Kid’ in 1994. Read on to find out more about exactly what the critics had to say!
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On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 15% based on 33 reviews and an average rating of 3.8/10. The website’s critics consensus reads, “Inspiration is in short supply in this third Karate Kid film, which recycles its predecessors’ basic narrative but adds stage-chewing performances and a surprising amount of violence.”
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On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 36 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating “generally unfavorable reviews”. The Philadelphia Daily News reviewed it saying, “‘Karate Kid III’ has become the front-runner for the worst sequel of the summer.” According to Gizmodo, Thomas Ian Griffin, who plays the film’s villain Terry Silver, told io9 during a recent press day that “I’m the first to say that ‘Karate Kid Part III’ is not a good movie.” let’s say, ‘The Karate Kid III,’ was a poorly executed movie that the creators and actors aren’t too proud to be a part of.
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However, the series created by Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, and distributed by Sony Pictures Television is doing amazingly well and has a huge fan base of its own. The first season was released on YouTube Red on May 2, 2018, with a second season on April 24, 2019. After production on season 3 was completed, YouTube decided to stop producing original scripted programming, leaving the homeless program. Netflix acquired the series in June 2020 and released the third season on January 1, 2021. Netflix renewed the series for a fourth season, which premiered on December 31, 2021. It has received numerous awards and nominations, with the third season being Nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards. Even though one of the prequel movies didn’t do well, it didn’t make it into the series and it’s been running successfully for the last four years.
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Season 5 of ‘Cobra Kai’ premieres on Netflix on Friday, September 9, 2022.