A Je:rry int:raub oduction of A John G. Avildsen Film KARATE KID II Written by Robert Mark Kamen REV. SECOND DRAFT st 25, 1985 • A lie becomes truth only if you want to believe it • .•. Miyagi • KARATE KID II OPEH TO: • The CREDITS ROLLIHG over a reprise of selected scenes from Karate Kid I which will illuminate first-time viewers and remind our loyal following what's gone on before. The scenes build to the last dramatic moment of the tournament, Daniel's winning kick. Bill Conti's soaring score~ The crowd's overwhelming enthusiasm. Miyagl's satisfied, all-knowing smile. FADE OUT. FADE IH: 1 IHT. SHOWER 1 Steam and the sound of a SHOWER FILL the SCREEH. Daniel!s V~O. from the shower. DANIEL CO.S.) Hey, Mr. Miyagi, I was thinking. MIYAGI stands outside the shower holding a towel. MIYAGI About what, Daniel-san? DANIEL CO.S.) • That maybe we should have a strategy now. MIYAGI For what? DANIEL (0.S.) My tournament career. MIYAGI Miyagi already has one. The SHOWER STOPS, DANIEL's wet head pops out. DAHIEL Yeah? What is it? Miyagi hands l1im the towel. MIYAGI Permanent retirement. Miyagi turns and exits, leaving Daniel slightly bemused and dripping. • CUT TO: 2 EXT. COMPETITION HALL - DAY 2 Daniel is signing the last of a group of autographs of young, adoring fans. TTiyagi stands by his side. The • REFEREE and the ANNOUNCER come walking over. REFEREE Very impressive win, son~ You showed a lot of poise under pressure. DAHIEL ThanJ; you. ANNOUHCER Reople will be talking about that last kick for years. The doors to the hall slam open behind them. KREESE comes stalking out. He pushes his way through a group of people, his jaw set, his mouth a tight scowl. He stops momentarily before Daniel and Miyagi and glowers at Miyagi. Miyagi meets his glare evenly. Kreese pushes past them. DANIEL Why does he act like that? REFEREE • He doesn't know any better. DANIEL Maybe he should learn. ANNOUNCER (smiling) Would you like to teach him? Well, good luck. The Announcer and the Referee exit. MIYAGI Ready? At that moment TWO more little BOYS come up with programs and pens. BOYS Could we have your autograph• DANIEL (proud) Sure . • He signs both programs. (COHTINUED) 3. 2 CONTI 2 BOYS • Thanks. They run off. Daniel and Miyagi head for Miyagi"s pickup. DANIEL lieve they d my autogr ! !UYAGI Wiw am I? MIYAGI Today? Everyone's dream. Miyagi opens the truck door. MIYAGI You drive. Daniel is about to enter the truck when something across the way catches his eye . • 3 DANIEL AND MIYAGI'S POV - JOHNNY 3 the second-place trophy s apped on the handlebars of his bike, is ing yelled at by Kreese. Kreese is intimidat­ ing, abusive. The other Cobras on their bikes watch, too scared to move. Johnny responds, shouting back, pointing to his trophy. Kreese takes the trophy from his hands and snaps it in two, throwing it on the floor. Johnny's anger exceeds his caution. He curses Kreese coldly with two choice words, understood even when lip-synched. In the blink of an eye, Kreese has moved to catch Johnny in a le l rear choke hold. Johnny goes white, then red, futilely trying to break free. All the while Kreese berates his efforts, snarling over his shoulder as he applies more pressure, strangling Johnny. 4 ANGLE DANIEL AND MI I EL He's not gonna stop. Miy i is already in motion, quick-stepping across park ng ot, confronting Kreese . MIYAGI • Let him go. 4 • 5 KREESE 5 tightens his choke on Johnny. • KREESE You don"t beat it, you're next, old man. Miyagi's response is to reach out and grab Kreese's arm between his thumb and forefinger, applying pressure to a point. The pain produced is so sharp, so acute, Kreese's hold is broken. Johnny falls to the ground. Kreese rubs his arm for a moment. Then, the anger growing in his face like a storm, he attacks Miyagi, lunge-punching for his face. A tremendous kiai bellowing from his lungs. At the last moment, Miyagi sidesteps. Kreese's punch goes up to his elbow through a car wind­ shield Miyagi was standing in front of, ripping the fist to shreds. Kreese pulls his mangled hand out and looks at it, his fury growing. Miyagi stands before him, relaxed, his face passive, his back to a 14-foot U-Haul trailer truck. Kreese charges blindly, again, this time with his good hand leading. At the last moment, Miyagi sidesteps. Kreese's fist crumbles against the truck's side. He screams in agony and anger, cradling both his hands, helpless. Miyagi grabs him by the gi jacket, and with one hand yanks. Kreese falls to his knees. Miyagi pulls his head up by the hair, exposing his throat. On his knees for the first time in his life, Kreese's eyes flicker with fear. Miyagi's smile dies. • His eyes turn to stone. He cocks his fist back slowly, still holding Kreese's throat exposed. He quotes Kreese: MIYAGI 'Mercy is for the weak. Ne do not train to be merciful. A man faces you, he is the enemy. An enemy deserves no mercy.' Miyagi's fist is cocked as far as it can go behind his head, his face a mask of vengeance. 6 ANGLE ON COBRAS 6 Their mouths trembling with fear. 7 AHGLE OH DANIEL 7 Astounded by what is happening • 8 AHGLE OH KREESE 8 • He looks up at Miyagi, his face rattled, his eyes closed. CCONTIHUED> 5 • 8 CONTINUED: 8 Miyagi's eyes flash. His FIST cuts through the air • WHISTLING towards Kreese~s unprotected throat. 9 CLOSEUP - KREESE'S FACE 9 His eyes shut tightly, expecting the death blow. When it does not come, he opens his eyes slowly, Miyagi's fist is less than an inch from his nose, trembling with power. Miyagi's forefinger flicks out, nubbing the end of Kreese's nose in the lowest form of insult. He drops Kreese's head. Kreese's chin goes to his chest, his body slumps forward. Miyagi turns to Daniel and winks. Daniel smiles a wave of relief. One by one, Kreese's students drop their belts at his feet and walk away. 10 ANGLE ON DANIEL AND MIYAGI 10 walking into the sunset. DANIEL You could have killed him, couldn't you? MIYAGI Hai. • DANIEL Why didn't you? MIYAGI Becausef Daniel-san, for a person like that, living is worse punishment. Come. Miyagi leads Daniel away. The SCREEN GOES TO BLACK. SUPERIMPOSE, SIX MOHTHS LATER FADE INTO: 1 1 EXT. MIYAGI'S HOUSE - FRONT - MORNING 1 1 Miyagi is working on a bonsai tree in his front yard when Daniel drives in. His front left fender is dented. Daniel exits the car bedraggled, bummed out, the casualty of prom night. His tuxedo is crumpled. He takes a bcnsni tree from the back seat of his car . MIYAGI Daniel-san, must have been some • prom. What happened? (CONTINUED) 6 • 1 1 C0HTIHUED: 1 1 DANIEL You mean, what didn't happen. • First, Ali broke my car by hitting a polo. Then she broke my heart by telling me we're kaput as a couple~ Then the guy I sold this tree to returns it and doesn't pay me. And to top it off, last night my mother tells me she's taking a management training course for the month and we leave tomorrow morning ... (heat) ~-· for Fresno~ Coming from his lips, Fresno sounds like a prison sentence. Miyagi regards his student for a moment, rises and puts his hand under the car fender, feeling for just the right spot. MIYAGI Things could be worse. DANIEL Yeah, I coulda lost my sense of humor, too. What are you doing? Miyagi signals for silence. Finding the right spot he • kiais and pushes the fender, popping it out, good as new. With a look of firmness, he walks over to Daniel, takes him by the arm and leads him around to the back of the house. MIYAGI And now, for problem number two. DANIEL Where are we going? MIYAGI Miyagi have just the thing to make you feel better. DANIEL What, poison? 12 EXT. REAR OF HOUSE - DAY 12 They reach the rear of the house where Miyagi is con­ structing an addition. The framing is up, the siding about to go on. Miyagi picks up a hammer and puts it • in Daniel's hand. (COHTIHUED) I 7. 12 CONTI HUED: 12 DANIEL How come every time I have problems, you have work for me • 7 to do MIYAGI Cosmic coincidence, I guess. How, watch. Miyagi sets a nail into a piece of siding, picks up a hammer, draws it back to no more than twelve inches and hammers the nail through the wood with one deft shot. MIYAGI How, you .. Daniel sets up a nail. MIYAGI Remember, concentrate. Focus~ Daniel swings. The blow is misdirected. Haphazard. Off. The nail bends. Daniel's spirits sag. He puts his hammer down. DANIEL I can't. Hot today. • MIYAGI Why not? DANIEL I feel like I'm losing my balance. Like everything is just floating a,rn.y around me. MIYAGI Only thing matter Daniel not float away. DANIEL I don't know how to stop it. Miyagi takes Daniel's hands and presses them together in a prayer position at chest level. MIYAGI v!hen fear losing focus, always return' +L,o basic of life .