Title: The Karate Kid (2010)Starring: Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, Taraji P. Henson
Directed By: Harald Zwart
It's an interesting take on a movie that never needed to be remade in the first place. This story definitely benefits from the location change and from Jackie Chan's presence, he steals the show. The only real complaints I have are pretty nit-picky. Things like Jaden Smith looks too young and too small to be any kind of a real threat to the bigger, more skilled bullies; or the adolescent love story that seems uneven and sometimes jarring to the viewer. My biggest beef with the film though is its name. The studio didn't think audiences would get that this was a remake if they called it The Kung Fu Kid. They were wrong. And it makes no sense to keep the title and then show absolutely nothing to do with karate the entire film! It's stupid.
The film, however, is somewhat enjoyable and some of the fight scenes are actually pretty good. See it if you wanted to, but don't go out of your way or anything.
Score: 7/10
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