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The Karate Kid: 40 Years On

The Karate Kid: 40 Years On

John G Avildsen's popular underdog story celebrates four decades

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Jun 04, 2024
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Warning: Contains spoilers

I didn’t see The Karate Kid in the cinema. I was nine at the time, and more interested in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). But I caught up with it on video about a year or so later, and it became an instant favourite. Rather amusingly, it also became a film the evangelical church my parents attended show…

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