The success of The Karate Kid meant there had to be a sequel.

As follow-ups go, this is fair enough, although it hardly rivals the original.

Danny (Ralph Macchio) again takes on the bad guys, aided by his wise old tutor Miyagi ('Pat' Morita).

The action then changes when the couple go to Miyagi's native Okinawa and Danny becomes involved in a duel.

The balance between comforting familiarity and the new is struck fairly well and Morita obviously enjoys himself as he quotes pearls of Eastern wisdom, like 'Best way to avoid punch - no be there!'

There's a good storm sequence near the end, by which time you may be grateful for any touch of originality in such recycled twaddle.

Still, even though it might largely be more of the same, box-office takings showed that's just what Karate Kid fans wanted.