Seeing this film again recently, was like visiting an old friend. OK I didn't see when it was first released (I was 4 years old in 1984!) but it is still a childhood memory. It's a violent film without being too graphic, and there are some pleasant moments without being too cheesy. It was fun, and it also prepared me for a teenage life that was later to come! And of course Mr Myagi was a gem! I think everybody knows who you are referring to to with the phrases "Wax on, Wax off" and "Daniel san". But seeing it again, the teenage thugs were just funny! Nothing menacing about them at all - even when they were dressed as skeletons. A great film, only slightly let down by the ending (Surely he would have been disqualified for kicking his opponent in the face - instead he won the tournament!) 9/10
Review of The Karate Kid
