The Karate Kid part 3 is one of the most outlandish sequels ever, especially in comparison to the first two Karate Kid films. However, I've always highly enjoyed this film and the amount of disregard it gets is unjustified in my eyes.

Acting wise it's as good as ever Ralph Macchio is still spot on as Daniel, Pat Morita is better than ever as Mr Miyagi and Martin Kove is back as Kreese. You've also got newcomer Thomas Ian Griffith as Terry Silver, the craziest and most stupendous villain in any Karate Kid film, Terry Silver is highly unpredictable and completely off his nut, a millionaire who's main goal in the film is to go after Daniel and bully him into entering the all valley tournament (again) so new "bad boy" Mike Barnes can humiliate him in front of his town. It's a bonkers plot, but it completely works! Similar to the original Daniel finds himself a girlfriend, Jessica played by Robyn Lively; although this time she's not interested in him romantically.

The plot's quite good and is most similar to the original with many new plot points such as Daniel and Mr Miyagi opening up a bonsai tree shop instead of Daniel going to college and, most intriguingly is when Daniel chooses the super violent and very handsome Terry Silver to be his teacher over Mr Miyagi putting strain on their relationship, and also his body as Terry seems obsessed with sadistically pushing Daniel to the limit training wise, Silver is really a psychopathic character. The music is also of very high quality and is just as good as the 1984 original, if not better with Bill Conti again taking the reigns as composer.

8/10: Extremely entertaining and no where near as bad as some reviewers make it out to be

Having enjoyed the first two films, I wanted to see this film too. While not particularly brilliant, I do think it is better than people make it out to be. The script is weak, the plot predictable and the villains unbelievable with somewhat unrealistic motives. However, it did move fairly briskly, had some neat direction, it looked good, the karate sequences were efficient and well choreographed, the ending was decent and there is some nice messaging. I have liked the character of Miyagi as well, he strikes me as wise and caring, the sort of character I like. The acting also was not too bad, Ralph Macchio once again is appealing while Pat Morita, who is always watchable, gives another solid performance. Overall, it was decent, while nothing exceptional. 6/10 Bethany Cox

While Pat Morita and Ralph Macchio have been over in Okinawa, there old enemy Martin Kove has been plotting his revenge. However Kove believes as did the Bard that 'revenge is a dish best served cold',

Kove hasn't forgotten the humiliation that Macchio dealt his dojo or how Morita publicly humiliated him after the karate tournament. He's got an elaborate plan to ruin both of them.

There was a bit more plot to this final Karate Kid story. still it keeps up to the standard of the first two. Macchio and Morita as in the first two have some wonderful scenes together. You can almost hear the Facts Of Life theme playing in the background.

Two other cast members of note are Thomas Ian Griffith a friend of Kove's from Vietnam and Sean Kanan, a karate killer Kove is training.

Karate Kid III as with the other two solid family entertainment.