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Karate Kid: Legends Hindi dubbed review: Ajay and Yug pleasant voice overs add charm to the retro sports corn drama
‘Karate Kid: Legends’ The sixth installment of the 40-year-old franchise ‘Karate Kids’ in its Hindi dubbed version gets extra charm by the pleasant voiceovers of father son duo – Ajay Devgn (Mr. Han played by Jackie Chan) and Yug Devgan (Li Fong played by Ben Wang).
Karate Kid: Legends synopsis
‘Karate Kid: Legends’ unites the iconic martial arts masters to tell a story that tries to maintain a proper balance between action and emotion. Li Fong (Ben Wang) is a Kung Fu prodigy training under Mr. Han (Jackie Chan) school of martial arts. Li’s mother Dr. Fong (Ming-Na Wen) is against Li’s passion for Kung Fu. Li gets relocated to New York City.
Li finds a friend in New York Mia Lipani (Sadie Stanley) daughter of a boxer turned pizza joint owner Victor Lipani (Joshua Jackson). Li’s friendship and closeness with Mia irks Conor Day (Aramis Knight) – Lia’s schoolmate and a formidable local karate/martial arts champion.
Conor even beats Li all hands down in a fight outside school. Li now has to defend himself, prove himself and help Victor. Li embarks on a journey to enter the ultimate karate competition which Conor is winning continuously for four years.
His master/guru Mr. Han (Jackie Chan) comes to New York and the legendary Karate Kid, Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) also joins in. styles of Mr. Han and Daniel gets merged for an epic martial arts showdown.
Karate Kid: Legends Hindi dubbed review
Director Jonathan Entwistle has the right mix of touchstones to keep the fans of the genre and the franchise pleased. ‘Karate Kid: Legends’ is a combination of classic underdog with a touch of breezy romance that has a couple of awesome fight scenes to make it a decent family sports corn.
The movie takes familiar routes and happily they are not boring or tedious. Its engaging and though we know the result and predict the outcome right after the first frame, it still manages to hold interest and we all want Li to win. Nicely staged fight scenes and that special Kick/move, the interesting training sessions, the breezy romance between Li and Mia plus the guru chela (tutor student) bonding makes it a decent watch.
This review is of the Hindi dubbed version and the voice overs by Ajay Devgn for Mr. Han and Yug Devgan for Li are pleasant. The dubbing is perfect and the emotions are felt.
If you have loved other Karate Kid movies and have watched Cobra Kai series then Karate Kid: Legends has something for you.
Going with three stars
Produced by Columbia Pictures and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, ‘Karate Kid: Legends’ is scheduled to be released in India on May 30 in theatres.
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