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.
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- 5 wins & 12 nominations
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Did you know
- TriviaAs 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.
- GoofsThough 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.
- Crazy creditsThe opening and closing credits for the movie are shown in both English and Chinese.
- Alternate versionsChinese version was re-edited to make Dre seem like the bad guy, and makes it seem like he started all the fights.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Trailer Failure: The Karate Kid, Marmaduke and Robin Hood (2009)
- SoundtracksDo 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
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This movie is actually pretty good and profound. It gets alot of hate for no reason.
So as per the title, This is a good movie but it gets tons of unjust hate because people don't like to or want to properly review it as a reimagination like it is. They labeled it as a remake but that's simply not the case, the setting is different the issues faced by our main character are different, and surprisingly for a movie, funded by China, showcases the issues foreigners, primarily black, face in China.
If you came with expectations to see The Karate Kid modernized you were wrong and paid no attention to any of the marketing for this movie at all. The shots were great and everything done in the movie is well thought out and methodical, I truly can't understand how people can't see Dre being bullied for being different and thinking, "This is poor motivation to learn how to defend yourself." Are y'all good??
If you came with expectations to see The Karate Kid modernized you were wrong and paid no attention to any of the marketing for this movie at all. The shots were great and everything done in the movie is well thought out and methodical, I truly can't understand how people can't see Dre being bullied for being different and thinking, "This is poor motivation to learn how to defend yourself." Are y'all good??
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Kung Fu Kid
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- 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
- Runtime2 hours 20 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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