Don’t get excited about a “Karate Kid” reunion. After a brief clips piece in the beginning, we don’t get an appearance by Ralph Macchio until most of “Karate Kid: Legends” has transpired.
Then, it’s quick jab to the plot until it all winds up in a typical showdown.
The focus is a martial arts student in Beijing who’s studying under his uncle, Han (Jackie Chan). Just when the boy shows promise, his mother (Ming-Na Wen) says they’re moving to New York.
Because he talks with a girl at a pizza shop, young Li (Ben Wang) is called out by a sadistic karate student (Aramis Knight) and made to feel, well, less than. Instead of taking more classes, he agrees to teach the girl’s father (Joshua Jackson) so he can fight in a boxing tournament to pay off the pizza shop’s debts.
Quickly, it’s apparen