New place. New culture. New enemies. New lessons. New bestfriends.
In a whole new environment he couldn't control nor understand, Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) is in for the biggest fight for his life--to accept his and his mother's new life in China, overcome his fears and earn the respect of the juvenile kids who are expert in kung fu at school.
The Karate Kid (2010, directed by Harald Zwart) is the movie that actually inspired me to take judo classes as I used to get jealous at Jaden Smith having learned karate at such a young age. On the other hand, the movie imparted the true meaning of such sport and how one wimpy kid can even change the life of someone who gave up in living.
His bonding with this rather mysterious maintenance man and kung fu coach Mr. Han (Jackie Chan) truly moved me to tears portraying a father-son-like relationship, especially in the scenes when Xiao Dre slept on his lap after the training, when Mr. Han helped the 12-year-old kid to win back his friendship with Mei Ying (Wenwen Han) and Dre comforted the old man about the death of his family. I loved its amazing and dramatic cinematography in the scene showing only the shadows of Xiao Dre and Mr. Han practicing kung du moves for the tournament.
I was inspired at what Xiao Dre said that he's still scared that's why he still wanted to fight despite his injury during the finals tournament, because "whatever happens, at least he won't be scared anymore."
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