i can accept the fact this be the next karate kid so ralph macchio can be happily retire from the series and and while hillary swank be great for the role . the plot to the movie be just dreadful . mr. miyagi old buddy from world war 2 dy and leave his widow to take care of her rebellious grand daughter when her parent die in an accident . the girl have no discipline yet be the hero because the local rotc . which i will explain in a minute and have it out to get her . you know the drill . miyagi take her under his wing and in the end they beat the bad guy and everyone life happily ever after . it hokey and it cheesy and it the 90 . but that not even the long and the short of it . my first case of huh . be why be there a military division in high school . i think that stuff go out in the 1960 and especially in a public school . as much a michael ironside kick booty in his role a the main heel and since when be military involve in a high school . my next gripe be that during the prom scene and the militant bungee jump to scare the crap out of people . why . the thing i notice throughout all 4 movie be at the very end the heel suddenly turn face after all the nonsense they put the main character through ( billy in part 1 and sato in part 2 and kreese in part 3 ) . this movie be no different . after ned and crony basically sabotage the senior prom and blow up eric car and threaten hillary swank the whole movie . ironside tell them to beat her up and theyre like um . no if youre gon na do pathetic face turn and at least make sure the character haven not do anything too over the top such a blow up a hot rod . a for the rest of the love plot between eric and hillary swank . corny but nothing to melodramatic and which be a breath of fresh air from the garbage ralph macchio pull in the first 3 movie . i will say for it own movie and after watch the first 3 movie and i can accept it be more or less a spin off . but i can not accept the whole military thing and way too uncommon for it to be take seriously . now if ironside and crew be a wrestling or football team and he be the coach and that would have be more believable . ironside and morita deliver the good and swank be ok. the rest be the same a anything and the one highlight be when they blow up the hot rod and that be cool 4 out of 10 .