The Karate Kid (MOVIE / 2010)Here we are presented with a good reason to remake a movie with the release of The Karate Kid. Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan take us back to the realm of martial arts competitions and life lessons being learned from the most unlikely tasks. Only the plot is carried from the original movie, and even then it more resembles The Karate Kid 2, as these are new characters with new motivations. Jaden's Dre is fully capable in all of the scenes we see him training to an ob absurd degree. Even more remarkable is the performance of Jackie Chan who is finally allowed to play a roll other than that of comic relief or pure fighting. There are real emotions evoked and we learn the same lessons from the first film, which is why I enjoy these remakes. The Karate Kid, or Kung Fu Kid as it is called internationaly (and even refered to in movie as purely kung fu, never karate), teaches a lot of things in a very entertaining way. Repackaging these stories for a new generation is getting the story out there in a way that it would otherwise never be able to accomplish with the originals (seriously, try and watch the original without laughing).
Tyler Says: GREEN LIGHT
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