The Karate Kid (Part II)

I know. You're probably thinking, "Part II? What?" Pretty much the only reason I know about it is because we've got a box set, with the original, and Parts II and III. (And now I blow your minds again by saying there's a part III.)

This one follows straight on from the events of the original, with the first few minutes being those directly after the martial arts contest. Kreese gets some bloody hands from trying and failing to hit Mr Miyagi, and ends up looking pretty stupid. We get a fast forward six months. Ali has left Daniel, and he now lives with Mr Miyagi, because his mum's over in Fresno for a while. Miyagi then gets a phone call to go back to Okinawa (his home town) because his father is dying. The rest of the movie is then basically Daniel falling for another girl, and Miyagi sorting out a fight with his best friend, which was the reason why he left Okinawa. And, of course, there's another iconic karate move - the "drum technique".

It's a decent sequel. It's got a good storyline, and it follows on fairly well from the original. (Apart from you kinda thinking that they just got another girl because the original one would only stay on for one movie or something.) Good morals, good ending, that kind of thing. But you do kinda wonder why it needed a sequel, at some of the points; and that can be a bit weird.

But if you're happy to just let that go, and the extra girl, it's a decent movie. Don't recommend the third one, though; not as good.