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The Karate Kid

  • 20102010
  • PGPG
  • 2h 20m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
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Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith in The Karate Kid (2010)
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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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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
182K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,088
269
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    • Director
      • Harald Zwart
    • Writers
      • Christopher Murphey(screenplay)
      • Robert Mark Kamen(story)
    • Stars
      • Jackie Chan
      • Jaden Smith
      • Taraji P. Henson
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Harald Zwart
    • Writers
      • Christopher Murphey(screenplay)
      • Robert Mark Kamen(story)
    • Stars
      • Jackie Chan
      • Jaden Smith
      • Taraji P. Henson
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 542User reviews
    • 265Critic reviews
    • 61Metascore
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 12 nominations

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    Jackie Chan
    Jackie Chan
    • Mr. Han
    Jaden Smith
    Jaden Smith
    • Dre Parker
    Taraji P. Henson
    Taraji P. Henson
    • Sherry Parker
    Wenwen Han
    Wenwen Han
    • Meiying
    Rongguang Yu
    Rongguang Yu
    • Master Li
    Zhensu Wu
    • Meiying's Dad
    Zhiheng Wang
    • Meiying's Mom
    Zhenwei Wang
    Zhenwei Wang
    • Cheng
    Jared Minns
    • Dre's Detroit Friend
    Shijia Lü
    • Liang
    Yi Zhao
    • Zhuang
    Bo Zhang
    • Song
    Luke Carberry
    Luke Carberry
    • Harry
    Cameron Hillman
    • Mark
    Ghye Samuel Brown
    • Oz
    Rocky Shi
    • Ur Dang
    Ji Wang
    • Mrs. Po
    Harry Van Gorkum
    Harry Van Gorkum
    • Music Instructor
    • Director
      • Harald Zwart
    • Writers
      • Christopher Murphey(screenplay)
      • Robert Mark Kamen(story)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      As noted on a featurette, Jackie Chan was the one who came up with the "jacket" routine as a means of teaching Dre Kung Fu moves.
    • Goofs
      Though the plot of the movie revolves around kung fu rather than karate, the title "The Karate Kid" is a direct reference to the bullies calling him the "Karate Kid" when he takes up a stance at the beginning of the fight.
    • Quotes

      Mr. Han: Being still and doing nothing are two very different things.

    • Crazy credits
      The opening and closing credits for the movie are shown in both English and Chinese.
    • Alternate versions
      Chinese version was re-edited to make Dre seem like the bad guy, and makes it seem like he started all the fights.
    • Connections
      Featured in Trailer Failure: The Karate Kid, Marmaduke and Robin Hood (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Do You Remember
      Written by Jared Cotter, Sean Paul (as Sean Paul Henriques), Jay Sean (as Kamaljit Jhooti),

      Robert Larow, Jeremy Skaller, Lil Jon (as Jonathan Smith) and Frankie Storm

      Performed by Jay Sean featuring Sean Paul & Lil Jon

      Courtesy of Cash Money/Universal Records

      Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

      Lil Jon appears courtesy of Universal Republic Records

      Sean Paul appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.

      By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

    User reviews542

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    Top review
    9/10
    No wax-on wax-off but this Karate Kid would make Mr. Miyagi proud
    Over the years, I have taken a lot of grief from friends for making The Karate Kid, the 1984 movie directed by Rocky Oscar winner John G. Avildsen, one of my five favorite movies of all time. So it was with apprehension and low expectations that I went to see the remake.

    Wow, what a magnificent job of re-creating the first film while modernizing it, setting it in China, and bringing all the tension, man-love, and depth back to the big screen. This time, Dutch director Harald Zwart added wonderful scenic views of China and lost a bit of the sometimes-cheesy dialog. But to his credit, he kept a great deal of the original plot intact. Mom is transferred to Beijing and takes her son with her without much worrying about his feelings. Dre immediately finds trouble as the American outsider who befriends the beautiful Chinese girl. There is the evil sensei of the trained-to-maim thugs who rule the school that our hero, Dre Parker (Jaden Smith), has been thrown into. The bad kids target him, and he gets the heck beat out of him.

    To the rescue comes the maintenance guy in the apartment building in which he lives. Played by Jackie Chan, Mr. Han isn't quite as sage as Mr. Miyagi but he uses almost the same technique (not exactly wax-on-wax-off, paint-the-fence, and sand-the-floor but close). His personal secret remains essentially intact, too, which when discovered by Dre, motivates him to work harder. The role of Dre's mom, played here by Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), is beefed up from the part that Randee Heller played in the original. The young girl, Meiying (Wanwan Han in her first role), looks vaguely like Tamlyn Tomita, who played the love interest in The Karate Kid: Part 2. The rest of the film plays close to the original as well but I won't tell you if he wins (as Daniel LaRusso did in the original) or loses (as Rocky did).

    Jaden Smith proves that he may be a force in the business for a long time. His parents, of course, are Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, and they have created a natural. That was evident in The Pursuit of Happiness. Hand it to the kid: he worked really hard to learn kung fu (it's not karate). And while I preferred Ralph Macchio because he was so raw and not talented as an actor, Jaden Smith knows the camera is always there, which I think he will grow out of over time. Jackie Chan is really quite good here, shedding the recent tongue-in-cheek comedy roles. This part fits him perfectly and Morita would have been proud had he lived to see it.

    After my disappointments with so many other remakes, I was pleasantly surprised. The director and cast clearly found the balance.
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    FAQ11

    • What is 'The Karate Kid' about?
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    • Why does Cheng hate Dre so much and continuously harass him?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 11, 2010 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • China
    • Official sites
      • Facebook
      • Sony Pictures
    • Languages
      • English
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • Kung Fu Kid
    • Filming locations
      • Huangshan Mountains, China
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Overbrook Entertainment
      • Sony Pictures Releasing
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $40,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $176,591,618
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $55,665,805
      • Jun 13, 2010
    • Gross worldwide
      • $359,126,022
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 20 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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