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Hassled by the school bullies, Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) has his share of adolescent woes. Luckily, his apartment building houses a resident martial arts master: Kesuke Miyagi (Pat Morita), who agrees to train Daniel ... and ends up teaching him much more than self-defense. Armed with newfound confidence, skill, and wisdom, Daniel ultimatel

Second sequel takes a tired plot and doesn't do much to perk it up. Macchio again battles an evil nemesis and learns about himself, but this time Morita refuses to be a part of his training until, of course, Macchio desperately needs his help. Followed by "The Next Karate Kid," which introduces a new kid--a girl.

Picks up where the first movie (Karate Kid) leaves off. Mr. Miyagi and Daniel take a trip to Okinawa to visit Mr Miyagi's dieing father. After arriving Mr Miyagi finds he still has feelings for an old love. This stirs up trouble with an old rival that he originally left Okinawa to avoid. In the mean time Daniel encounters a new love nd als

In the gritty streets of Philadelphia, small-time boxer and debt collector Rocky Balboa lives a quiet, unremarkable life, fighting in low-level bouts and working for a local loan shark. When heavyweight champion Apollo Creed decides to stage a publicity spectacle by giving an unknown fighter a shot at the title, Rocky is chosen as the ultimate u

The one-time champ, Rocky Balboa, has hit rock bottom and winds up in his old Philadelphia neighborhood...broke and ostracized. He trains a young boxer--Tommy Gunn--who turns ingrate. In spite of brain damage from his last fight with super-Soviet Ivan Drago, Rocky is willing to risk everything on another bout.