4K Ultra HD Film Review

‘The Karate Kid’ 3-Movie Collection (1984-89) 4K Ultra HD

A bullied teenager recently moved to California finds friendship and help with a kindhearted martial arts master.

Dan Owen
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18 min readJan 13, 2022

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OOne of the 1980s’ signature trilogies comes to 4K Ultra HD courtesy of Sony Pictures Entertainment, although Karate Kid completists may be frustrated the fourth movie, The Next Karate Kid (1994), has been given the chop (pardon the pun). There’s also an argument for throwing in The Karate Kid (2010) remake to make this package definitive, but Sony’s ‘3-Movie Collection’ clearly wanted to concentrate on the core Daniel LaRusso story that captivated audiences decades before Netflix’s Cobra Kai started streaming…

The Karate Kid (1984)

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Dan Owen
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Freelance writer and TV addict raised on films • Socials and links: https://linktr.ee/danowen