*** Official THE KARATE KID (2010) Review Thread (1 Viewer)

[Patrick Sun]

Even with what seems like an over-indulgent running time of 140 minutes, the

film actually mimicks the core plot, which focuses on laying down a

foundation for Dre Parker to learn and train in Kung-Fu by Mr. Han. Dre

Parker is a young 12 year old who has been transplanted to Beijing China due

to his mother's job relocation, and Dre gets picked on by other students

trained in Kung-Fu, and a reticent apartment maintenance man, Mr. Han,

eventually comes to help Dre deal with his issues.


Jaden Smith plays Dre, and does a believable job in his major starring role,

and Jackie Chan, playing Mr. Han, is getting older, but also wiser. The

rest of the supporting cast of "good" and "bad" and "conflicted" give a good

performance to sell the stakes involved in the film.


It was a treat to see some of the footage of China in the film, and it'll

have a wide demographic appeal, even if it's a remake, it's bigger in its

scope at times, but it can also be very local and small to earn some

emotional points as Dre learns the value of respect and discipline and

honor.


I give it 3 stars or a grade of B.

 

[mattCR]

While people gripe at the runtime, you have to remember the original film was 130minutes runtime. So, it's not so much longer then the version that you can get @ home now.


Not a bad film, far better then A-Team for me, a solid B. Decent family fair. Should have been named "Kung Fu Kid" though. The cinematography in this film is very, very good.. and the views of the landscape/scenery are great.

 

[Robert Crawford]

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