While neither Karate Kid Part III nor The Next Karate Kid are great entries in the series, far from it, there are some cheesy fun moments in both and also nice seeing Hilary Swank early in her career.
The Karate Kid Part III/The Next Karate Kid
(1989/1994)
Genre(s): Drama
Mill Creek Entertainment | PG – 112 min. / 107 min. – $14.98 | January 8, 2019
Date Published: 01/02/2019 | Author: The Movieman
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Mill Creek Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
The opinions I share are my own.
THE MOVIES |
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The Karate Kid Part III (1989) The Next Karate Kid (1994) |
SPECIAL FEATURES – 0/5 |
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No features were included and only a movie selection menu. |
VIDEO – 2.5/5, AUDIO – 3.0/5 |
| With two movies put on a single layer, 25 GB disc, expectations weren’t exactly high and at least with The Karate Kid 3, does not at all look good. With that film, there were many instances of some artifacting in some scenes while others appeared to have been DNR’d to death. In regards to The Next Karate Kid, it does look a bit better but perhaps because it is slightly newer, even so detail was soft and colors look on the drabber side.
The Karate Kid Part III comes with a Dolby Digital 5.1 track and The Next Karate Kid a Dolby Digital 2.0 track. Neither one of these are anything special and it is a shame the studio didn’t include lossless tracks, still are perfectly serviceable outputting clear enough dialogue levels though in both instances, has lackluster depth. |
OVERALL – 2.0/5 |
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While neither Karate Kid Part III nor The Next Karate Kid are great entries in the series, far from it, there are some cheesy fun moments in both and also nice seeing Hilary Swank early in her career. As for this Blu-ray double feature, this is your basic release from Mill Creek with no bonus material and the transfers are nothing to write home about. |