New kid on the block

A LIFE-AFFIRMING sixth instalment of the franchise arrives just after TV spin-off Cobra Kai concluded its six-season run, stitching a narrative thread from the 1984 film starring Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita to the 2010 reboot with Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith.

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Teenager Li Fong (Ben Wang) relocates from Beijing to New York with his mother (Ming-Na Wen) and befriends classmate Mia (Sadie Stanley), whose father Victor (Joshua Jackson) runs a pizza parlour.

Unfortunately, Mia's ex Conor (Aramis Knight) is the hot-heated protege of karate sensei O'Shea (Tim Rozon) whose dojo abides by the same Strike First, Strike Hard, No Mercy mantra as the Cobra Kai of old.