Score 3/10
Before she could be a million dollar baby or a boy who doesn't cry, Hillary Swank was the Next Karate Kid. Early in her career she played Julie Pierce a teen struggling to identify with herself and bullied at school. Here parents died and she lives with her grandmother now. Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita) was a friend of Julie's Grandfather from the war and the grandmother struggles with raising the rebellious teen. Miyagi to the rescue, with his unorthodox way of letting the teen succumb to his "wax on, wax off" ways he teaches the teen self respect.Of course this time his teen isn't the thirty something Ralph Maccchio, but a teen girl. She rebels, she gets suspended from school when getting caught in the school after hours by elite karate team, because all high schools have these. The principal, Col. Dugan(Michael Ironside) instructs these renegade teens with their hell bent attitude to torment whomever they like. This gives Miyagi the chance to take Julie to a monk monastery and teach her respect towards nature and the self respect she needs.
Like the previous three before lessons are learned, the bad teens get defeated, especially the elder who has no fear until Miyagi whoops him. Its definitely a film they tried to resurrect the karate kid legacy but it fell flat. The lead male teens look mid-twenties, Miyagi was comatose and Swank is cutting her acting chops. Starts weak, stays weak, finishes weak. On a high note, the outfits are total 90's.
Starring: Pat Morita, Michael Ironside and Hillary Swank
Directed by: Christopher Cain
Gross: $8,751,228 (USA)
IMDB Rating: 3.9/10
Tomatometer: 6% critics / 36% audiences liked it
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