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The Karate Kid -- Young Dre Parker (Smith) moves to China with his mother (Henson), where cultural differences make it hard for the once-popular kid to adjust to his new life. Falling for a schoolmate makes him an enemy of the class bully, Cheng, a kung fu disciple. Dre, who knows a little karate but no kung fu, is aided by his building's handyman, Mr. Han (Chan), who teaches the youngster the kung fu's principles.
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The Karate Kid -- Young Dre Parker (Smith) moves to China with his mother (Henson), where cultural differences make it hard for the once-popular kid to adjust to his new life. Falling for a schoolmate makes him an enemy of the class bully, Cheng, a kung fu disciple. Dre, who knows a little karate but no kung fu, is aided by his building's handyman, Mr. Han (Chan), who teaches the youngster the kung fu's principles.

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Director:
Harald Zwart
Writers (WGA):
Christopher Murphey (screenplay)
Robert Mark Kamen (story)
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Release Date:
11 June 2010 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Action | Drama | Family | Sport See more »
Tagline:
A Challenge He Never Imagined. A Teacher He Never Expected.
Plot:
Work causes a single mother to move to China with her young son; in his new home, the boy embraces kung fu, taught to him by a master. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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Awards:
4 wins & 12 nominations See more »
NewsDesk:
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Cast

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Jaden Smith ... Dre Parker

Jackie Chan ... Mr. Han

Taraji P. Henson ... Sherry Parker

Wenwen Han ... Meiying

Rongguang Yu ... Master Li
Zhensu Wu ... Meiying's Dad
Zhiheng Wang ... Meiying's Mom

Zhenwei Wang ... Cheng
Jared Minns ... Dre's Detroit Friend
Shijia Lü ... Liang
Yi Zhao ... Zhuang
Bo Zhang ... Song
Luke Carberry ... Harry
Cameron Hillman ... Mark
Ghye Samuel Brown ... Oz
Rocky Shi ... Ur Dang
Ji Wang ... Mrs. Po

Harry Van Gorkum ... Music Instructor

Tess Liu ... History Teacher
Xinhua Guo ... Tournament Doctor
Jijun Zhai ... Mat 4 Referee
Shun Li ... Mat 5 Referee
Yanyan Wu ... Mrs. Xie
Tao Ji ... Announcer
Chen Jing ... Man on Plane Speaking Chinese
Wentai Liu ... Dude from Detroit
Geliang Liang ... Ping Pong Man
Xu Ming ... Bao
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bill Mackie ... Seamus (uncredited)
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Directed by
Harald Zwart 
 
Writing credits
(WGA)
Christopher Murphey (screenplay)

Robert Mark Kamen (story)

Produced by
Susan Ekins .... executive producer
Sanping Han .... executive producer (as Han San Ping)
Xiaoli Han .... executive producer: China Film Group
Tao Jiang .... executive producer: China Film Group
James Lassiter .... producer
Chiu Wah Lee .... line producer: China
Er-Dong Liu .... line producer: China
Mingyu Peng .... co-associate producer: China Film Group
Jada Pinkett Smith .... producer
Dongming Shi .... associate producer: China Film Group
Will Smith .... producer
Solon So .... co-producer
Ken Stovitz .... producer
Jerry Weintraub .... producer
Dany Wolf .... executive producer
Haicheng Zhao .... co-producer: China Film Group
 
Original Music by
James Horner 
 
Cinematography by
Roger Pratt 
 
Film Editing by
Joel Negron 
 
Casting by
PoPing AuYeung 
Zoe Thompson 
 
Production Design by
François Séguin 
 
Art Direction by
Second Chan 
 
Costume Design by
Han Feng 
 
Makeup Department
Jinping Chen .... makeup artist
Camille Friend .... hair stylist: Jaden Smith
Changming Gao .... hair stylist
Mark Garbarino .... special makeup effects designer
Jingjing Ma .... hair stylist
Judy Murdock .... makeup artist: Jaden Smith
Jiang Tang .... key makeup artist
Renee J. Vaca .... hair stylist: Jaden Smith
Samuel Wong .... key hair stylist
Jiajun Xu .... makeup artist
Ting Xu .... assistant hair stylist: Jackie Chan
Ting Xu .... assistant makeup artist: Jackie Chan
Xiaohai Yang .... hair stylist: Jackie Chan
Xiaohai Yang .... makeup artist: Jackie Chan
Pj Zeng .... assistant hair stylist
Pj Zeng .... assistant makeup artist
 
Production Management
Christie Lee .... associate production manager
Barrett J. Leigh .... production supervisor: second unit
Dany Wolf .... unit production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Doug Coleman .... second unit director
Bin Liao .... third assistant director
Lemon Liu .... second assistant director
Sylvia Liu .... first assistant director: second unit
Mao Mao .... third assistant director: second unit
Han Niu .... second second assistant director
Marty Eli Schwartz .... first assistant director
Fei Wong .... second assistant director
Bing Yao .... third assistant director
 
Art Department
Christian Cordella .... storyboard artist
Nick Wong Voon Leong .... stand-by props
Christina Trbovich .... art department coordinator
 
Sound Department
Michael J. Benavente .... dialogue editor
Susan Dudeck .... adr editor
Susan Dudeck .... dialogue editor
Alison Fisher .... adr supervisor
Howell Gibbens .... foley editor
Matthew P. Hanson .... assistant sound editor (as Matthew Paul Hanson)
Robin Harlan .... foley artist
Tateum Kohut .... sound re-recording mixer
Tricia Linklater .... sound assistant
Howard London .... adr mixer
Martin Lopez .... sound designer (as Martin Jacob Lopez)
Sarah Monat .... foley artist
Daniel Pagan .... sound effects editor
Randy Singer .... foley mixer
Greg ten Bosch .... sound effects editor
Steven Ticknor .... sound re-recording mixer
Steven Ticknor .... supervising sound editor
 
Special Effects by
Shing Chan .... special effects foreman
Xiang Hong .... special effects foreman
Wai Kit Lau .... special effects supervisor (as Wai-Kit Lau)
Ming Hei Leung .... special effects foreman (as Ming-Hei Leung)
Wai Keung Lo .... special effects foreman (as Wai-Keung Lo)
 
Visual Effects by
Dave Isaac Santos Abuel .... digital compositor: Zoic Studios (as Dave Abuel)
Jon Anastasiades .... compositor: Zoic Studios
Mandy Arnold .... digital restoration artist
Kenneth Au .... visual effects coordinator: Menfond
Raoul Bolognini .... visual effects producer: Zoic Studios (as Raoul Yorke Bolognini)
Joey Bonander .... visual effects coordinator
Steve Bowen .... digital intermediate colorist
Kristen Branan .... head of production: Zoic Studios
Aaron Brown .... compositing supervisor
Anthony Bussiere .... visual effects artist
Beau Cameron .... visual effects supervisor
Christian Cordella .... storyboard artist: Menfond
Syd Dutton .... matte painting supervisor: Zoic Studios
Ryan Epp .... digital compositor
Ristra Fajarwaty .... digital compositor
Canossa Fong .... visual effects coordinator: Menfond
Safeer Ghaznavi .... digital compositor: Zoic Studios (as Neil Ghaznavi)
Perry M. Kimura .... film scanning and recording
Cristian A. Kong .... compositor
Slander Kwong .... animator: Menfond
Charles Lai .... digital compositor
Garrett Lam .... visual effects supervisor: Menfond
Matthew Lane .... compositor: Zoic Studios (as Matt Lane)
David Langtry .... visual effects co-producer: Zoic Studios
David Langtry .... visual effects coordinator: Zoic Studios
Siu Fu Ma .... animator: Menfond (as Siu-Fu Ma)
Darren MacKay .... digital compositor
Fumi Mashimo .... lead matte painter: Zoic Studios (as Fumi Maschimo)
Stu McRae .... compositor: Zoic Studios
Jesse Morrow .... visual effects artist
Thomas Nugent .... digital compositor
Edward Pak .... compositor
Rocco Passionino .... visual effects supervisor
Vasho Pekar .... digital compositor
Cat Rowe .... digital colorist assist
Harrison Rutherford .... digital compositor
David Sliviak .... compositor
Nik Slotiuk .... 3D artist: Zoic Studios
Nik Slotiuk .... cg artist
Kevin Struckman .... cg artist
Kevin Struckman .... lead 3D artist: Zoic Studios
Patrick Thompson .... digital compositor
Elena Topouzoglou .... compositor
Guy Trevers .... scanning and recording
Angel Tsui .... graphic designer: Menfond
Haze Tsui .... graphic designer: Menfond
Victor Wong .... visual effects producer: Menfond
Jiashan Wu .... visual effects coordinator: Menfond
Pak Sheun Yuen .... animator: Menfond (as Pak-Sheun Yuen)
Tong Zhou .... 3D artist: Zoic Studios
Maxx Burman .... matte painter (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Chuanyong Cheng .... stunts
Xiubin Du .... stunts
Jun He .... assistant stunt coordinator
Han Guan Hua .... stunts (as Guanhua Han)
Alan Ng .... stunts
Liu Ruoxian .... stunts (as Ruoxian Liu)
Ke Wang .... stunts
Gang Wu .... stunt coordinator
Jian Yang .... stunts
Weixing Yao .... stunts
Maoming Yin .... stunts
Jackie Chan .... stunt actor (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Brad Baker .... first assistant camera: second unit
Jasin Boland .... still photographer
Stephen Early .... second assistant camera: second unit
Michael Fitzgerald .... epk photographer
Tyler Fletcher .... video assist operator
Louis Jong .... key grip
Jeffrey Lulewicz .... video assist assistant
Man-Ching Ng .... camera operator
Fiona Qi .... best boy lighting
Rick Tullis .... second unit: B camera operator
 
Casting Department
Lori Eastside .... additional casting
Angela Gao .... casting assistant
Benjamin G. Malbrough .... additional casting
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jack Tung .... costume supervisor
Wenqiang Wang .... costumer: Jaden Smith
Kar Yan Yip .... key costumer
Nicole Yuen .... key costumer
 
Editorial Department
Steve Bowen .... digital colorist
Mo Henry .... negative cutter
Harry Muller .... color timer
Meghan L. Noble .... visual effects editor
Nathaniel Park .... editor: main title sequence
Morning Star Schott .... digital intermediate producer (as Morning Star)
Robert Stambler .... post-production assistant
Kevin Stermer .... assistant editor
Rebecca Weigold .... associate editor
Ji Zhao .... post-production assistant
Farnaz .... avid assistant coordinator (uncredited)
Benjamin Sutor .... on-line editor (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Michael K. Bauer .... music editor (as Michael Bauer)
Sandy DeCrescent .... orchestra contractor (as DeCrescent and Rotter)
George Doering .... musician
John Finklea .... music editor
Simon Franglen .... synthesizer programmer
Kevin Globerman .... digital score recordist
Jim Henrikson .... supervising music editor
James Horner .... conductor
James Horner .... orchestrator
Kier Lehman .... music department
Skye Lewin .... music editor
Pilar McCurry .... music supervisor
Dean Menta .... assistant music editor
J.A.C. Redford .... orchestrator
Simon Rhodes .... score recordist
Simon Rhodes .... scoring mixer
Peter Rotter .... orchestra contractor (as DeCrescent and Rotter)
Patrick Spain .... assistant score mixer
Ian Underwood .... synthesizer programmer
Dave Wells .... music librarian
Sylvia Wells .... music scoring coordinator
 
Other crew
Tarrance Alfred .... location manager: second unit
Lark Bernini .... production coordinator
Unjoo Lee Byars .... main title producer
Alexandre Chen .... adr voice group
Yi Song 'Scarlet' Chen .... second unit script supervisor
Ewan Chung .... adr loop group
Nikki Clapp .... script supervisor
Kyle Cooper .... title sequence: creative director
Celeste Den .... adr voice group
Shay Ensley .... assistant: Jada Pinkett Smith
Joe Everett .... unit publicist
Dustin Felder .... acting coach: Jaden Smith
Ruben Ferguson .... first assistant accountant
Shakira Vanise Gamble .... executive assistant to Will Smith
Gary Glushon .... development executive
Victoria Hamilton .... assistant: Will Smith
Victoria Hamilton .... translator: Jaden Smith
Cyrano Hardy .... production assistant
Eric Jensen .... assistant: Mr. Wolf
Fiona Landreth .... production accountant
Fiona Landreth .... production controller
Christie Lee .... production assistant
Jianlan Li .... assistant: Mr. Wolf
Xiaoyuan Li .... assistant: Will Smith
Yun Li .... assistant: Mr. Wolf
Michelle Lo .... assistant production coordinator
Eva Perry .... assistant: Mr. Lassiter
Alexis Seton .... assistant: Jada Pinkett Smith
Wei Shen .... production assistant
Cira Sims .... associate: Mr. Lassiter
Andrew C. Smith .... key production assistant: Second Unit
Wendy Wang Wei .... production assistant
Adam Wang .... adr loop artist
Molly Donna Ware .... assistant: Mr. Zwart
Diana C. Weng .... dialect coach: Jackie Chan
Kika Wei Wenxi .... production secretary
Kim Wiethorn .... assistant: Mr. Stovitz
WenQian Yu .... production assistant
Cindy Zhang .... assistant: Mr. Chan
Xianting Zhang .... assistant: Mr. Stovitz
Benjamin Benedetti .... post facilities manager (uncredited)
Henry Hobson .... main title design director (uncredited)
 
Thanks
Jana Babatunde-Bey .... special thanks
William Kong .... special thanks (as Bill Kong)
Peter Loehr .... special thanks
Tracey Nyberg .... special thanks
Gareth Wigan .... special thanks
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"The Kung Fu Kid" - International (English title) (bootleg title)
"Best Kid" - Japan (English title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for bullying, martial arts action violence and some mild language
Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
140 min
Country:
USA | China
Language:
English | Chinese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS
Certification:
USA:PG (certificate #45416) | South Korea:12 | Norway:11 | Singapore:PG | UK:PG | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Ireland:12A | Australia:M (original rating) | Japan:G | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Netherlands:6 | Portugal:M/12 | Sweden:11 | Malaysia:PG-13 | Australia:PG (re-rating on appeal) | Canada:PG (TV rating) | Germany:6
Filming Locations:
Beijing, ChinaSee more »
Company:
Columbia PicturesSee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
The style of Kung Fu that the woman standing on the dragon's head is practicing (at the temple, before the dragon well) is Crane Style Kung Fu. Practitioners of this style are very adept at balancing on one foot, as a crane does. It is interesting to note that she is controlling a cobra (likely in the same style as a snake charmer). This could possibly be a nod to the original The Karate Kid (1984) in which Daniel defeated a member of the Cobra Kai dojo by using the "Crane technique".See more »
Goofs:
Continuity: After Dre gets beaten up at the playground, you see him in the bathroom putting on his mom's foundation over his black eye. He puts the foundation on almost an inch under his eye, only covering about an inch in height on his cheek. Yet if you look closely in the next scene when he is walking to school with his mom, the foundation is now directly under his eye and covers most of his cheek.See more »
Quotes:
[first lines]
Sherry Parker:Dre, you ready?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.140" (2011)See more »
Soundtrack:
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FAQ

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113 out of 216 people found the following review useful.
Like it - or - Hate it, 16 June 2010
Author: thieniscool from United States

Before watching this movie, I read the reviews online and there has been a harsh division between 1 and 10 rating.

Honestly, this movie does not deserve a 1 or a 10, whether it is: Acting, Cinematography, Music, or Story.

Objectively, I think this movie is worth watching. Definitely not the worst, but not the best. Its content is interesting and is a visible step above the original Karate Kid, even though this movie does not feel like a remake (so stop comparing >0).

The movie entertained and left me with a satisfied reminiscence of the experience.

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