Legends. If you know me, you’ll see that I'm a big fan of the series. While I wouldn’t say I’ve been a fan since the beginning – since I wasn’t even around in the beginning – the Karate Kid movies have become a massive part of my life.

Think back to your favorite films as a kid — or your children’s favorite films when they were kids — and you’re likely thinking of a pretty mediocre or even somewhat bad movie that, for some reason, your then-9-year-old loved even if you as an adult didn’t see the big deal.

The kid teaching the adult was a charming and genius twist. Although Li’s fighting performance was a bit choppy at first—he somehow bumbles a fight with his rival for Mia’s affection Conor (Aramis Knight), and then kicks a$$ against multiple ADULT fighters in an alley—he evens out and is impressive as the young prodigy.