Man, Larry Jones (Ron Williams) can’t catch a break.

After coming out the winner at the end of the last Karate Warrior and winning the heart of rich girl Betty Nolan (Dorian D. Field), this takes place just about the very next day. His enemy Joe Carson (Christopher Alan) has paid off another martial arts fighter, a Korean killing machine named Bruce Wang (Edward Wan) to get revenge. But it’s not going to be just physical revenge. Oh no, Bruce is aptly last named, as he’s going to seduce Larry’s little sister Julie (Katy Johnson) and steal her away from her boyfriend — and Joe’s friend — Craig. Or Greg. Look, even the dub isn’t sure.

If that isn’t enough, Larry’s father Lt. Alfred Jones (David Warbeck) is back from the war and Larry wants nothing to do with him. Only the Karate Warrior franchise could have Warbeck play not just one, but two of the lead character’s estranged fathers who I swear are not the same person. But what if they were?

Well, beyond all that, Betty’s dad (William Rothmell) is now all into Larry’s mom (Ginny Gravlin), which after the last movie was about him subsidizing her life if Larry never spoke to his wife again, the idea of cucking the son and the father seemed like a dastardly plan. And somehow, Leo (Scotty Daffron) remains the comedy relief that you wish to see get decimated again like the last movie, as all he cares about is getting rich.

Also: Miyagi figure — the second in the series, so we have two absent dads and two new father figures —  Masura comes into this when they use his restaurant to poison Larry just before the big fight. There are also more motorcycle races in this than fistfights, which seems strange when your movie is called Karate Warrior 3. What do they poison him with? The very same diet pills that Leo has been trying to sell. Poor Larry. Poor Leo. Multi-channel marketing has hit so close to home for the Karate Warrior family. Or crew. Or krew.

Also also: David Warbeck plays the not-so-great dad in Karate Rock, another Karate Kid cash-in by the very same director, the always astounding Larry Ludman, who come on, we all know it’s Fabrizio De Angelis.

And is that Ron Jeremy giving the trophy to the winner of the fight? I saw that on Monster Hunter and yes, I agree, it sure looks like the Hedgehog.

This piece of Italian magic was written by Olga Pehar, who was married to Umberto Lenzi, and also wrote Hitcher In the Dark, Black Demons and the incredibly titled Navigators of the Space.

You can watch this on YouTube.