In honor of his 40th birthday, The Karate Kid is getting a new 4K release that looks like a VHS box set that might have sat in a video store 40 years ago.
(I assume the box alone looks 40 years old. If the film print on that 4K disc looks like an old videotape, we have a real problem.)
Yes, The Karate Kid – the seminal 80s sports film featuring Ralph Macchio as underdog karate fighter Daniel La Russo – is now 40 years old. The Karate Kid is now the middle-aged man of Karate.
But its alright. Time makes fools of us all. And now you can revisit the original film that launched the franchise and Netflix’s legacy TV show Cobra Kai on a 4K Ultra HD disc, with print restored from the original camera negative.
As you can see above, the packaging has been designed and even distressed to look like a worn-out VHS tape. Honestly, I’m surprised more old movies that people are nostalgic for haven’t gone this route. It’s fun.
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This new 4K disc for Karate KidThe film’s 40th anniversary includes extras like a new commentary track about the film with the creators of Cobra Kai, Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, plus 30 minutes of “deleted scene diaries” featuring “raw footage from a variety of unused scenes” that have never been released before. The set also includes previously released special features, such as a commentary track from director John G. Avildsen, writer Robert Mark Kamen, and actors Ralph Macchio and the late Pat Morita, and several additional features.
The Karate Kid 4K will be available on June 18th. In addition to another scene of Cobra Kai Coming to Netflix, a new Karate Kid the film is also in the works. Starring Macchio and Jackie Chan, it is scheduled to open in theaters on December 13, 2024.
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