Karate Kid is one of those iconic
movies everyone should see. I remember watching it many times back in
the 80's so when I saw they were continuing the story with a Youtube
Red series, of course I had to check it out.
The series is called Cobra Kai, named
after the dojo from the original film and it takes place in modern
time where we see what former rivals Daniel Larusso and Johnny
Lawrence are up to now. While both had tried to put their karate past
behind them, it manages to resurface again.
Johnny gets inspired to start up the
Cobra Kai dojo again. Daniel is not happy about this as it brings
back all the old memories and goes against what he stands for. There
are a lot of new intertwining story lines that continue the rivalry
between these two as well as the new generation of karate kids that
are introduced in this series.
The Cobra Kai series features 10
episodes, about a half hour each in length. It is on Youtube Red
which is a paid subscription version of Youtube, but you can watch
the first couple episodes for free. Also you can get a free 1 month
trial of Youtube Red in case you want to watch the full series.
After watching the first 2 episodes, it
was surprisingly better than expected! It has a good amount of
nostalgia with callbacks to the original. They even mix in some
never before seen clips from the original movie when they do
flashbacks which is a great touch! I was convinced to sign up for the
free trial of Youtube Red in order to watch the full season.
After watching the full season, I would
say it was pretty good! The series does have a fair amount of cliches
and it is somewhat predictable, but that is ok. They do a great job
at showing Daniel and Johnny in modern day with new struggles as they
run into each other again.
Overall the series is pretty
lighthearted and has a good mix of humor, drama, and action. I think
most fans of the original film will enjoy it and even those who are
not familiar with the original can still enjoy this series.
I figured this series would wrap up at
the end of the last episode, but the way they left it, there is
plenty of opportunity for the series to continue of they choose. You
could say it was risky trying to make a reboot of a classic movie
like Karate Kid, but I think in this case it was a success!
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