With Hilary Swank's angry orphan Julie-san replacing Ralph Macchio's Daniel-san and with the Kobra Kai replaced by a ridiculous American high school martial arts police force of rapey male teens, you'd think things had changed in this fourth Karate Kid movie but the story arc is exactly the same, as is Mr Miyagi's English language competence despite his ten years' experience breaking down rebellious American teenagers and building them up again with Confucian couplets.
★☆☆☆☆
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