Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For this edition of Version Control, we will eliminate the Macchio sequels (which are self-evidently not as good as the original ...

On June 22, 1984, audiences were first introduced to Los Angeles' new kid, Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio), who learned both karate skills and lasting life lessons from the insightful Mr. Miyagi ...

Beginning its life in 1984, the Karate Kid franchise emerged as a true underdog story that captivated audiences. The first film, released in the summer of 1984, became a sleeper hit because the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It has been decades since Macchio first played Daniel in 1984's The Karate Kid. Although his character was supposed to be 17, the ...

She was the girl Daniel LaRusso crossed town for in The Karate Kid. Ali Mills — cheerleader, kind heart, and the only person in the Valley Heights social pecking order who saw past Daniel’s rolled-up ...

It’s been 41 years since the debut of the original ‘Karate Kid.’ Ralph Macchio has been playing the unmistakable Daniel LaRusso in some form or another since the highly-regarded Karate Kid debuted in ...

“The Karate Kid” was initially released in 1984 and starred a young Ralph Macchio. Since then, there have been three sequels: “The Karate Kid Part II,” “The Karate Kid Part III,” and a remake ...

More than 40 years later, Ralph Macchio is still crane-kicking it as Daniel LaRusso, his character from The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai. In Karate Kid: Legends, Macchio's latest martial-arts movie, the ...

Is the Karate Kid gaining on his spiritual predecessor? The 1984 movie The Karate Kid was essentially a junior-level version of the underdog sports drama Rocky, even sharing director John G. Avildsen ...