4/10 - Can't say I didn't enjoy the movie, I can't say the casting was paticularly bad or that direction was of poor quality, the reason for a lower than average score is because of the movie and what it attempts.
It seemed to try so much, comedy, martial arts, heart felt, struggles, tackling adversities but it ended up failing on all.
Genuinely If they'd have taken out the poor comedy or the attempts of heart felt moments, it may have been a much better movie.
The lead without fully explaining why was a coward, it never explained how he went from a revered martial artist to a middle aged, out of shape, unreliable coward.
If they went serious with this movie (karate kid style) they obviously had the talent and fight direction, they had the cast, they even had the story line for a comeback path but they again tried so much and it felt like an unsatisfactory mess that just ended.
Might have even been great for kids but with clear racism (the n-word) being shouted out, it doesn't even qualify really for that.
All in all, a frankenstien-esq movie that never realised what it was, so it tried everything and achieved next to nothing.
It seemed to try so much, comedy, martial arts, heart felt, struggles, tackling adversities but it ended up failing on all.
Genuinely If they'd have taken out the poor comedy or the attempts of heart felt moments, it may have been a much better movie.
The lead without fully explaining why was a coward, it never explained how he went from a revered martial artist to a middle aged, out of shape, unreliable coward.
If they went serious with this movie (karate kid style) they obviously had the talent and fight direction, they had the cast, they even had the story line for a comeback path but they again tried so much and it felt like an unsatisfactory mess that just ended.
Might have even been great for kids but with clear racism (the n-word) being shouted out, it doesn't even qualify really for that.
All in all, a frankenstien-esq movie that never realised what it was, so it tried everything and achieved next to nothing.