“The Karate Kid” Movie Review

“The Karate Kid”

 

Movie Review

 

The Karate Kid is a 2010 martial arts drama film directed by Harald Zwart and the fifth film in The Karate Kid franchise. It stars Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan in lead roles, and it was produced by Jerry Weintraub, James Lassiter, Ken Stovitz, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. While marketed as a remake and following a similar narrative as the original The Karate Kid film from 1984, with the setting moved to China, and the martial art changed despite the film's title from karate to kung fu, the film is set in the same fictional universe as the previous films, retroactively serving as a standalone sequel to The Next Karate Kid in 1994.