Since I saw the original Karate Kid movie – It would be only fitting to have my son watch the remake. And since it has THE Jackie Chan on the film, all the more reason to watch it. The not so goods: The movie spent too much time showing how the protagonist (Jaden Smith) had a hard time adjusting to his new life in China and how he was severely bullied in school. It also had a romantic angle to it, they even kissed – which felt a bit awkward to me because Jayden looked so young and even smaller than the Chinese girl on the movie. It’s like showing a kid hero smoking Swisher Sweets, pretty awkward. All in all there was simply more talk and less action. There should have been more fighting scenes. The goods: Jackie Chan! All his scenes were as usual nicely choreographed and the points that his character was trying to express was clearly laid out. Too bad he did not get as much action as he deserved – I would have wanted to see him beat the crap out of the dojo master! Well the action scenes of Jayden were good, but some – including his final move were borderline impossible and ridiculous. The worst part of the movie though – like most chinese and action movies, it ends IMMEDIATELY after the last fight. That killed it for me big time. I wanted to know what happened to the other characters and issues which they spent so much time on at the beginning of the movie – but they just pulled the plug! Well that’s classic action movie for you. While I didn’t really dig it, my son loved it to the core and was excited with every scene. Bottom line: 4 out of 5, just because Jackie Chan was part of the movie and my son loved it. Here is Z doing the high kick:
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