Everyone is complaining on the title of this project when it was first announced that this is the remake of the classic film Karate Kid (Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue.) Will everybody should be because this not a film about Karate its actually Kung fu.
This is a remake? hardly, the premise is there.. young kid, bullied and unlikely master came to rescue, but that's it. This film is short of reviving the craze of the old movie, the iconic labor training (or training muscle memory by doing chores with repetitive movements usually counter clock wise to clockwise hand movements) the wax on wax out, the painting and polishing and the famous "crane kick" finale..If they intend to remake the movie they should have stick to it rather making a kung-fu counterpart. It turns out that they only capitalize on the old film and marketed this lame movie on its proven name/title.
The young smith's acting fell short also. If not for the scenic backdrop of China and the presence of Jacky Chan, I will rate this movie lower and add a "remake fail" slogan to it..
6/10
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