If you are going to reboot a franchise, Cobra Kai is a textbook example of how to do it right.
A spin-off of The Karate Kid movies (1984 to 1994), it is the sequel no one really needed - especially not hardcore fans of the franchise, which was about California teenager Danny LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and his life-changing karate teacher, Mr Miyagi.
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