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- In search of a fresh start, the widowed mother, Sherry Parker, and her 12-year-old son, Dre, move from Detroit to Beijing in China, after a job transfer. Before the obvious language barrier and the daunting task of acclimatising to a foreign culture and a new school, Dre is indeed a friendless stranger in a strange land, and to make matters worse, he will soon catch Cheng's eye, the school's fearsome bully. As Dre tries to impress the young violinist, Meiying, he will learn the hard way that his pitiful karate is no match against Cheng's excellent but vicious kung fu; something that the building's janitor and inconspicuous kung fu master, Mr Han, is eager to remedy. Suddenly, an upcoming tournament will give a new meaning in Dre's life, however, will he finally make a stand against his powerful opponent?
- 12-year-old Dre Parker has moved to China, and finds himself like a fish out of water. He befriends a fellow classmate, Mei Ying, only to make a rival, Cheng, who starts to bully and attack Dre. Soon, Mr Han, the maintenance man of Dre's apartment, fends off Cheng and his friends when they are attacking Dre and signs Dre up to fight in the Kung Fu tournament in return for the bullies laying off of Dre. Dre realizes Mr. Han is much more than a maintenance man, when he's revealed as a master of Kung Fu and Dre soon learns that Kung Fu is about self defense and peace, instead of violence and bloodshed.
- This movie is more than just an updated version of the 1984 film "The Karate Kid", it's a remake! There are scenes, dialogs, editing and even facial expressions that are completely identical to the original. Sometimes it can even be a distraction, as you can't help but to compare the two films from one another.<br/><br/>This new version has nothing to do with Karate, as it focuses only on Kung Fu. The name of The Karate Kid is strictly to let the fans know that this is a remake, so that the audience doesn't feel that the story is unoriginal or as though this film is a rip-off. As an updated remake, it works; but it's way too long as there are numerous scenes that seems to put the movie to a halt. This film should garner new fans of the 1984 story & include more younger fans, especially the pre-teens.<br/><br/>Ralph Macchio was already 22 when he starred in the original film, but he was playing a teenager. Jaden Smith almost seems too adorable to be playing this role, as he's the new kid who is being bullied after moving to China. Even though Jaden Smith is supposed to be 12 in this film, he was actually 10/11 years old when he shot the movie. He's too young to be involved in this story, including his bullies and his love interest. Since his parents (Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith) are the producers and Jaden's youth would generate fans of his own age; are the main reasons for the characters being a lot younger in this remake. Even though I believe that Jaden Smith is too cute to play this role, I have to give him a lot of credit as I was very impressed with his performance in this film.<br/><br/>As for Jackie Chan (Mr. Han), this is a perfect role for his veteran status. He is getting up there in age and it's harder to believe in him as a martial arts hero in the leading role. This supporting role as a mentor works well for him, as he can act his age and still use his charm & humor to help carry this film. Even though he does a fine job as the new teacher to the new kid, nothing can compare to the impact that Pat Morita had with the Mr. Miyagi character.<br/><br/>There are similarities behind the two methods of how these teachers taught their apprentices, but the original was much better & more effective to its film. Jackie Chan started Smith's training by initially repeating the motion of picking up, putting on/off & hanging his jacket. This is similar to Mr. Miyagi's "Wax on, Wax off" method; although in the original version, Mr. Miyagi had his apprentice do A LOT more tedious work instead of just the jacket method that Jackie Chan demonstrated. The art of waxing Mr. Miyagi's cars, painting his house & fence were a lot more effective in the original film; which really seems lacking the new version. Also, the final tournament in the 1984 film seemed more realistic; as the remake seemed more like a video game.<br/><br/>The major character dilemma that is lacking in the new version that the original had, were the stereotype, prejudice & racism that Mr. Miyagi had to endure; which is something that Jackie Chan never has to face since he lives in his native country. That dilemma now faces Jaden Smith's character; which in reality, causes a dilemma for the producers of this film if they ever want to make a sequel. Since this movie is now successful, it will be difficult to do a remake of "The Karate Kid part II", which takes place in Mr. Miyagi's native country; which is already occurring in this remake.<br/><br/>If you grew up or loved the original 1984 version of "The Karate Kid", you will be doing a lot of these side-by-side comparisons. It's inevitable! For anyone who've never seen the original movie, it's a refreshing & updated story for a new generation. It's a pretty cute movie, but it doesn't nearly have the type of impact the original had.
- I've seen this film get negative reviews, but I love it and I'll explain why I think it's a great film. This movie is over 2 hours long, and I feel like most long films aren't completely enjoyable, as most of them have slow unnecessary scenes. But, I think of this movie as entertaining from start to finish. For one, people will notice a lot of similar scenes in this film and the original Karate Kid and a lot of people who are fans of the original Karate Kid are upset with this movie being made as a remake. But, here's what makes it great. Well, the movie is a motivational movie. Whenever I watch it, this movie makes me want to work out and push myself hard as we see Dre Parker/Jaden Smith working out hard and becoming the incredible person he becomes in the movie. We also see real fighting action and true Kung Fu. Yeah, motivational movies are empowering. This movie also has great music. What also is really good about this movie, well it's filmed in China so we get to see Chinese culture throughout the film. We also see a kids reaction to moving from the United States to China. The movie also shows characters that seem relatable, it not only just shows Dre training with Mr. Han for Kung Fu, but making friends with a girl, Meiying. We see Meiying do typical activities like practicing violin for a concert. In all, I'd recommend this Karate Kid movie to you if you haven't seen it. I frequently watch it if I want a movie night and am looking for a good movie to watch. If you want to watch an entertaining movie that shows Chinese culture, this is the one. If you want to watch a fun motivational movie then this is the one to watch. Overall, I give this movie a 10/10 and am waiting for a sequel as I heard a sequel was in the works, but it looks like it isn't being made yet. Are they going to make it? Well, thanks for reading.
- It's a sign of that pic's dramatic durability that "Kid" manages to be as absorbing as it is, despite its nearly 2½-hour running time.
- 12-year-old Dre Parker (<a href="/name/nm1535523/">Jaden Smith</a>) and his mother Sherry (<a href="/name/nm0378245/">Taraji P. Henson</a>) move from Detroit, Michigan to Beijing, China for her new job. New at the school, Dre incurs the wrath of karate student Cheng (<a href="/name/nm3924254/">Zhenwei Wang</a>) when he makes the mistake of speaking to his girlfriend Mei Ying (<a href="/name/nm3924219/">Wenwen Han</a>). After a particularly brutal beating by Cheng and his friends outside of Dre's apartment building, during which the maintenance man intervenes to "save" him, Dre learns that Mr Han (<a href="/name/nm0000329/">Jackie Chan</a>) is actually a martial arts master and that he's willing to train Dre in self defense. However, Mr Han's "training" seems to consist of Dre taking off and hanging up his jacket over and over and over again. The Karate Kid is a remake of <a href="/title/tt0087538/">The Karate Kid (1984)</a> (1984), which was taken from a script by screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen. This new version was written by screenwriter Christopher Murphey. <a href="/title/tt1674782/">The Karate Kid 2</a> is on the books, but no release date has been set. Cheng is primarily picking on Dre because Dre developed a crush on Mei Ying, but it is implied that she is Cheng's love interest since their families are friends. After Dre develops a crush on Mei Ying and she reciprocates those feelings, Cheng becomes jealous and vindictive. From then on, Cheng and his gang continually bully Dre without showing or feeling any remorse, guilt, mercy, or pity. As bullies usually do, they attack someone they perceive as being weaker and of a different culture/race, purely for malicious reasons such as this one. They've been taught to think this way by their own martial arts instructor Master Li (<a href="/name/nm0950552/">Rongguang Yu</a>) who mistreats them and rewards ruthlessness. Master Li even uses the tag line used by John Kreese (<a href="/name/nm0184392/">Martin Kove</a>) in the original movie: "No Mercy." Harry (<a href="/name/nm3924232/">Luke Carberry</a>) quickly intervenes and desperately is trying to reason with Cheng. He is trying to talk some sense to the bully so he can stop Cheng from further beating up Dre. Harry is saying in Mandarin, "He just got here. He doesn't even know who you are" but the savage Cheng refuses to cooperate and says "Go away" to Harry. Like most other friends, Harry says what any other friend would say (i.e. "What the heck are you doing?", "This is bad", "Don't do this", etc). Mr. Han takes Dre to visit Taoist monasteries in order to watch some of the adepts training in the martial arts and meditating. The scenes were shot at Mt. Wudang, Hubei. There are three temples that take prominence in the movie: The Golden Palace, The Purple Cloud Palace, and the Tianyi Zhenqing Stone Palace, where Dre saw an adept hypnotizing a cobra. The 2.9m dragon stone carving is real. It protrudes from the cliff-side temple passage and originally held a bronze incense burner. Legend said that placing incense here at dawn was a show of courage and an act of faith. （小） "Xiao" in Mandarin literally means "small" or "little". In this case, like in the original where Mr Miyagi calls Daniel "Daniel-san", Mr. Han is calling Dre "Little Dre" because Dre is obviously younger than him. It's to show that Mr. Han, like Mr. Miyagi, is showing his student respect. Dre and Cheng face each other in the final match of the Tournament of Champions, Cheng having won his semifinal match, and Dre's opponent having been disqualified for an illegal blow that injured Dre's knee. Cheng scores the first point by knocking Dre off the platform. Dre scores his first point by knocking Cheng to the floor. His second point is earned when he scissor legs Cheng, again knocking him to the ground. When the match pauses for Cheng to be looked at, Master Li orders Cheng to break Dre's leg and reminds him of the Fighting Dragon motto: No Mercy. The match continues with Cheng scoring another point against Dre by kicking him in his already injured leg. At 2-2, the next to score a point wins the match. Despite the pain, Dre returns to the ring, assuming the crane stance and staring Cheng down in the same manner as he saw the woman on the mountain use with the cobra. When Cheng makes his move, Dre flips himself, catching a kick to Cheng's head. Dre scores a third point, winning the championship. In the final scene, the fighting Dragons line up and pay obeisance to Dre, while Master Li looks on incredulously and Mr Han smiles with pride. It's called "Dirty Harry (Schtung Chinese New Year Remix)" by Gorillaz. Nocturne no.20 in c# minor piano piece by Polish composer Frédéric Chopin. In this particular version, approximately 8 minutes are missing in comparison to the international version. But then again, there is a little bit exclusive footage in it as well. Apparently, this version is only for the Asian market or—to be more specific—for the Chinese market because all the alterations have one goal and one goal only: to make the fellow countrymen look better. Especially the fight and bullying scenes are either much shorter or they have been completely removed. The romance between Dre and Meiying has been toned by one cut in particular: they do not kiss. Furthermore, a few statements about China and its culture have either been changed or added to the audio track. There are a lot of similarities between this remake and the 1984 original, and so the film remains incredible faithful. The only differences are the setting, the age group, different character names and the addition of some Mandarin dialogue and text, along with most notably the kid learns Chinese martial arts other than karate (which is more popular in Japanese martial arts).<br/><br/>Aside from the obvious and most central plot points (Dre runs afoul of a bully, and eventually faces him at a tournament), the following similarities are seen:<br/><br/><ul><li>Mr. Han and Mr. Miyagi are both housing maintenance men and handymen with some broken English, and see Dre/Daniel trying to learn a martial art while trying to fix the main water systems.</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>Dre lives in a single-parent household, raised by his mother, much like Daniel in the original. However, Dre's father is shown to have died due to unknown reasons. Daniel's father, Mr. LaRusso is never mentioned in the original so it is unclear weather he is dead or divorced.</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>Cheng and his friends are not purely malicious at heart, but are taught to be by their own martial arts instructor who treats them very badly and rewards ruthlessness. Master Li even uses the tag line used by John Kreese in the original movie: "No Mercy."</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>Mr. Han tries to catch flies with chopsticks, just like Mr. Miyagi in the original.</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>Dre plays a prank on his bullies by throwing a bucket of dirty, slimy, oily rainwater water at them which causes them to chase him and beat him up and having Mr. Han come to his rescue. In the original, Daniel sprays water on one of the bullies in the bathroom stall during the school dance and is also chased and beaten up with Mr. Miyagi coming to the rescue.</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>Mr. Han tries to reason, make peace and part on good terms with Master Li at his kung fu school despite their rivalry but is coldly rebuffed and rejected. Mr. Han then arranges for Dre to participate in the tournament, with Master Li making the same agreement made between John Kreese and Mr. Miyagi in the original movie: That Cheng and his fellow students will stop bullying Dre in the meanwhile.</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>Mr. Han teaches Dre basics by having him do repetitive mundane house-hold related tasks. His "Jacket on, Jacket off" exercise is clearly inspired and by and based on Mr. Miyagi's famous "Wax on, Wax off" from the original movie.</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>Both Mr. Han and Mr. Miyagi perform some kind of mysterious medicine healing ritual technique to a wounded, beaten up and bruised Dre and Daniel, respectively.</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>Mr. Han hides a painful secret involving his family that eventually comes out while he is drunk, like Mr. Miyagi. They are both shown to be alone, with their family (wife and kids) dead.</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>In the tournament semi-finals, Master Li forces his student to sacrifice his place in the tournament by inflicting a severe injury on Dre's leg, resulting in the student's disqualification. Mr. Han helps him recover enough to face Cheng in the final bout.</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>During the final match, Master Li demands that Cheng focus on Dre's hurt leg, and Cheng is hesitant to do such a brutal, illegal and unethical move but reluctantly complies. Dre nonetheless wins using a fancy jumping move (much more flair and pizzazz than the "crane kick" used by Daniel in the original movie) and finally gains the two things he needed most by the end of the movie: (1) overcoming his fears, and (2) winning the respect of his nemesis.</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>Similar alternate ending scenes, involving a battle between the two martial arts instructors, were removed from both the original and this movie. In the original, an alternate ending was scrapped, where John Kreese is roughing up Johnny Lawrence for losing to Daniel at the end of the tournament. Mr. Miyagi intervenes and badly humiliates Kreese in front of all his students (this scene was later added into the beginning of <a href="/title/tt0091326/">The Karate Kid Part II (1986)</a> (1986)). At the end of this movie, an alternate ending where Master Li is infuriated at Cheng and his fellow students bowing respectfully to Mr. Han, and Mr. Han fights off Master Li and leaves him sprawled on the floor, was also taken out of the final theatrical release.</li></ul> a5c7b9f00b
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