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Karate Kid: Legends
Karate Kid: Legends is a 2025 American martial arts drama film starring Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio, while introducing Ben Wang as the main lead. It is the sixth film in The Karate Kid franchise, serving as a follow-up to The Karate Kid (2010) and the television series Cobra Kai (2018–2025). Both Chan and Macchio reprise their roles from the franchise. The story follows Li (Wang), a kung fu prodigy who, after moving to New York and confronting a local karate champion, receives help from his former master Mr. Han (Chan) and karate sensei Daniel LaRusso (Macchio). It is the first film in the series not to be produced by Jerry Weintraub, who died in 2015.
The film was confirmed to be in development in September 2022, with Jonathan Entwistle set to direct and Rob Lieber set to write the screenplay in November 2023. Casting took place from November 2023 to April 2024. Principal photography took place from April to June 2024.
Karate Kid: Legends premiered at the Cinépolis Mitikah in Mexico City, Mexico on May 7, 2025, and was released in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing on May 30. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $117 million worldwide.
In the summer of 1985, Mr. Miyagi tells then-adolescent Daniel LaRusso about the origins of Miyagi family karate and the relationship between the Miyagi and Han families. Mr. Miyagi's 17th-century ancestor, Shimpo Miyagi, ended up in China while fishing off the coast of Japan. The Han family took him in and taught him kung fu, which he used to develop Miyagi family karate upon his return to Okinawa.
In 2023, Mr. Han is the revered shifu, master of a wuguan, kung fu school in Beijing. Among his students is his great-nephew, Li Fong. Li's mother is a doctor, who arrives to tell Li and Mr. Han that she has accepted a job in New York City and makes Li promise to stop practicing martial arts when his brother, Bo, was stabbed to death by a vengeful defeated opponent after a tournament a year prior.
In New York, Li struggles to adjust at school and meets Mia Lipani, the daughter of former local boxing champion, Victor Lipani, who owns a pizza shop. As their friendship grows, they are confronted by Mia's aggressive ex-boyfriend, a local karate champion named Conor Day. After Conor punches Li in the face, his mother hires a tutor, Alan, who becomes his best friend. Li later confronts Conor at school, but he realizes that Conor is a more powerful fighter. Li tries a jumping, spinning kick called a "dragon kick", learned from Bo, but Conor counters and defeats him.
One night, Li witnesses Victor being attacked by thugs sent by his creditor, O'Shea, who owns the karate dojo where Conor trains. Forced to intervene, Li defeats the attackers. Victor decides to return to boxing to pay his debt and save his pizzeria and asks Li to train him. During Victor's comeback match, the opponent, following orders from O'Shea, knocks him out with illegal blows, sending Victor to the hospital. Li, who is paralyzed by memories of Bo's death, fails to step in to help at the hospital, earning Mia's disappointment.
Mr. Han arrives in New York to confront Li. Upon learning the truth, he encourages Li to return to martial arts to enter the upcoming Five Boroughs Tournament. Han visits Los Angeles to ask Daniel for help. Despite initially refusing, Daniel joins them in New York. Meanwhile, Victor recovers from his injuries, and Mia and Li mend their relationship which has budded into a romance.
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Karate Kid: Legends
Karate Kid: Legends is a 2025 American martial arts drama film starring Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio, while introducing Ben Wang as the main lead. It is the sixth film in The Karate Kid franchise, serving as a follow-up to The Karate Kid (2010) and the television series Cobra Kai (2018–2025). Both Chan and Macchio reprise their roles from the franchise. The story follows Li (Wang), a kung fu prodigy who, after moving to New York and confronting a local karate champion, receives help from his former master Mr. Han (Chan) and karate sensei Daniel LaRusso (Macchio). It is the first film in the series not to be produced by Jerry Weintraub, who died in 2015.
The film was confirmed to be in development in September 2022, with Jonathan Entwistle set to direct and Rob Lieber set to write the screenplay in November 2023. Casting took place from November 2023 to April 2024. Principal photography took place from April to June 2024.
Karate Kid: Legends premiered at the Cinépolis Mitikah in Mexico City, Mexico on May 7, 2025, and was released in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing on May 30. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $117 million worldwide.
In the summer of 1985, Mr. Miyagi tells then-adolescent Daniel LaRusso about the origins of Miyagi family karate and the relationship between the Miyagi and Han families. Mr. Miyagi's 17th-century ancestor, Shimpo Miyagi, ended up in China while fishing off the coast of Japan. The Han family took him in and taught him kung fu, which he used to develop Miyagi family karate upon his return to Okinawa.
In 2023, Mr. Han is the revered shifu, master of a wuguan, kung fu school in Beijing. Among his students is his great-nephew, Li Fong. Li's mother is a doctor, who arrives to tell Li and Mr. Han that she has accepted a job in New York City and makes Li promise to stop practicing martial arts when his brother, Bo, was stabbed to death by a vengeful defeated opponent after a tournament a year prior.
In New York, Li struggles to adjust at school and meets Mia Lipani, the daughter of former local boxing champion, Victor Lipani, who owns a pizza shop. As their friendship grows, they are confronted by Mia's aggressive ex-boyfriend, a local karate champion named Conor Day. After Conor punches Li in the face, his mother hires a tutor, Alan, who becomes his best friend. Li later confronts Conor at school, but he realizes that Conor is a more powerful fighter. Li tries a jumping, spinning kick called a "dragon kick", learned from Bo, but Conor counters and defeats him.
One night, Li witnesses Victor being attacked by thugs sent by his creditor, O'Shea, who owns the karate dojo where Conor trains. Forced to intervene, Li defeats the attackers. Victor decides to return to boxing to pay his debt and save his pizzeria and asks Li to train him. During Victor's comeback match, the opponent, following orders from O'Shea, knocks him out with illegal blows, sending Victor to the hospital. Li, who is paralyzed by memories of Bo's death, fails to step in to help at the hospital, earning Mia's disappointment.
Mr. Han arrives in New York to confront Li. Upon learning the truth, he encourages Li to return to martial arts to enter the upcoming Five Boroughs Tournament. Han visits Los Angeles to ask Daniel for help. Despite initially refusing, Daniel joins them in New York. Meanwhile, Victor recovers from his injuries, and Mia and Li mend their relationship which has budded into a romance.