John G. Avildsen (1935–2017)
Author of The Karate Kid [1984 film]
About the Author
Works by John G. Avildsen
Rocky Heavyweight Collection: Rocky / Rocky II / Rocky III / Rocky IV / Rocky V / Rocky Balboa (2014) — Director — 107 copies
The Karate Kid 5-Movie Collection (The Karate Kid / The Karate Kid (Part 2) / The Karate Kid (Part 3) / The Next Karate Kid / Karate Kid) — Director — 11 copies
50 Movies: Suspense Classics — Director — 6 copies
Rocky I & Rocky II — Director — 5 copies
The Karate Kid Collection 5 copies
Rocky 2 copies
The Karate Kid Part II 1 copy
The Karate Kid 1 copy
The Karate Kid Part III 1 copy
PETER FALK 4-FILM COMEDY COLLECTION/BD — Director — 1 copy
Rocky V 1 copy
Associated Works
The Karate Kid: The Classic Illustrated Storybook (Pop Classics) (2019) — Contributor — 63 copies, 2 reviews
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Avildsen, John Guilbert
- Birthdate
- 1935-12-21
- Date of death
- 2017-06-16
- Gender
- male
- Education
- The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Connecticut, USA
New York University - Occupations
- film director
editor
producer - Awards and honors
- Academy Award (Best Director, 1977)
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Oak Park, Illinois, USA
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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Reviews
A kid learns karate to defend himself against his new school's gang of tall, blonde guys.
It's very lame, and I laugh at it just as much as I enjoy it the way it was meant to be enjoyed. But still, it's a lot of fun. Plus there's the added bonus that about half of the significant characters get their asses kicked at some point.
Concept: C
Story: D
Characters: F
Dialog: C
Pacing: A
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: F
Enjoyment: B
GPA: 2.0/4
It's very lame, and I laugh at it just as much as I enjoy it the way it was meant to be enjoyed. But still, it's a lot of fun. Plus there's the added bonus that about half of the significant characters get their asses kicked at some point.
Concept: C
Story: D
Characters: F
Dialog: C
Pacing: A
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: F
Enjoyment: B
GPA: 2.0/4
Rocky retires and becomes a trainer.
Dumb and boring. It's bad enough that, around the time of this movie, everything Stallone touched turned to sh**, but to see him take Rocky down with him is kind of upsetting.
Concept: B
Story: D
Characters: D
Dialog: D
Pacing: D
Cinematography: D
Special effects/design: C
Acting: D
Music: D
Enjoyment: C minus
GPA: 1.4/4
Dumb and boring. It's bad enough that, around the time of this movie, everything Stallone touched turned to sh**, but to see him take Rocky down with him is kind of upsetting.
Concept: B
Story: D
Characters: D
Dialog: D
Pacing: D
Cinematography: D
Special effects/design: C
Acting: D
Music: D
Enjoyment: C minus
GPA: 1.4/4
2022 movie #133. 1980. LA detective (Scott) while investigating a murder somehow finds a conspiracy involving a secret Nazi formula for turning coal into gasoline. Very confusing. Brando is an evil oil CEO trying to hide the secret until he can buy up all the US coal reserves.
A martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager.
Rated PG for mild violence and language
Rated PG for mild violence and language
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Statistics
- Works
- 35
- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 1,332
- Popularity
- #19,328
- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 15
- ISBNs
- 54
- Languages
- 1