Ralph Macchio made a career out of “The Karate Kid.” Even now, he has “Cobra Kai” to kindle the warm memories.

“Karate Kid: Legends,” however, isn’t his greatest hits album, but a hit-and-run show that gets him in the film only briefly.

The focus here is on a martial arts student in Beijing who’s studying under his uncle, Han (Jackie Chan). Just when the boy shows promise, his mother (Ming-Na Wen) says they’re moving to New York.

Because he talks with a girl at a pizza shop, young Li (Ben Wang) is called out by a sadistic karate student (Aramis Knight) and made to feel, well, less than. Instead of taking more classes, he agrees to teach the girl’s father (Joshua Jackson) so he can fight in a boxing tournament to pay off the pizza shop’s debts.

Quickly, it’s apparent dad isn’t going to

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