Karate Kid: Legends

功夫梦:融合之道 ‧ Movie ‧ 2025
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After a family tragedy, Kung Fu prodigy Li Fong is uprooted from his home in Beijing and forced to move to New York City with his mother. When a new friend needs his help, Fong enters a karate competition – but his skills alone aren’t enough. Fong’s Kung Fu teacher, Mr. Han, enlists original Karate Kid Daniel LaRusso for help and Fong learns a new way to fight, merging their two styles into one for the ultimate martial arts showdown. (Source: Letterboxd) ~~ Co-production with the U.S.A. Edit Translation

  • English
  • Español
  • Português (Brasil)
  • 한국어
  • Country: China
  • Type: Movie
  • Release Date: May 30, 2025
  • Score: 7.8 (scored by 135 users)
  • Ranked: #38944
  • Popularity: #18128
  • Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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Kate Flower Award1
3 people found this review helpful
May 29, 2025
Completed 0
Overall 7.5
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 5.0

They not only combined two different fighting styles...

they also combined two different movies into one.

Here's the thing: was it entertaining? Yes. Was it good? Ehh. I like both ideas of the plot they tried to fit into one, but you just cannot make it happen in one hour and thirty minutes. "Underdeveloped" was the theme.

Let's start with the story the synopsis describes, the ultimate fan service. The second half is THE Karate Kid movie you are expecting to see. Li Fong being trained by Mr. Han and Daniel LaRusso in a painful, but entertaining fashion. All to get him ready so he can defeat "the bully". The core of the franchise is to never give up, always get back up and use that secret move you've been training during montages to give the final blow.

First half thought? Way more refreshing, more interesting and I wish it was used as a completely separate movie (also, it's weird how it was completely hidden from the marketing). It gives a nice twist to the known formula and now the kid becomes the master. Personally I had way more fun watching that part of the plot.

As a whole movie it's not the greatest, but it does have some great moments. Back alley fight behind the pizzeria? Probably my favorite fighting scene - it had that comedy Jackie Chan style to it. Existence of Alan, the most random character in any Karate Kid movie? Perfect. The number of times Li Fong gets his ass kicked by Mr. Han and Daniel LaRusso? Pure chaos and fun. The boxing match and training (yes, there is boxing in it) - awesome.

But then we also have the bad. Conor Day was just painfully poorly written. The actual tournament? Barely existed - they fast forwarded all the fights, we saw close to nothing. Ming Na Wen practically being just a guest role was sad - her character could have delivered some good external conflict. Than we have the trauma that was less than a background.

Somehow, because nothing was truly developed I did not feel the grand victorious feeling when the movie ended. You know how Karate Kid movies make you want to learn martial arts? This one just made me want to rewatch previous movies in the franchise. It just did not have that kick to it.

The casting was great. The cast was criminally underused, but still great. Jackie Chan at 71 still has it. Probably on his worst day he is still better than 99.9% of people on their best. Surprisingly Ben Wang delivered probably my favorite version of "Karate Kid" as the leading character. Good personality with real flaws and fears.

Overall, it was fun. I'm kind of sad they did not make it into two great movies, and instead settled on delivering not that well blended mix.

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XingBack
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Jul 21, 2025
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Overall 7.0
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
Tbh the first half I thought it was a new Peter Parker reveal xD also for ppl who are that big on the poster, they only showed up in the later half
So overall it’s just another movie squeezed out of the og
ml’s fighting style was exactly like Jackie Chan but his acting fell super short, and it’s kinda sad to see him old but also admirable
The Conor guy had such sleazy first appearance that kept licking his lips every two seconds like those icky genz tiktokers ;/
The fl looked a lot like laroso’s daughter which kinda makes it feel like they have a type

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  • Title: Karate Kid: Legends
  • Type: Movie
  • Format: Feature Film
  • Country: China
  • Release Date: May 30, 2025
  • Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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  • Score: 7.8 (scored by 135 users)
  • Ranked: #38944
  • Popularity: #18128
  • Watchers: 295

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