Movie Review: Karate Kid 2010

I will talk about the movie Karate Kid, in which actors Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith (son of Will Smith) took the role of master and apprentice.

Jaden Smith is a young boy from New York who, because of a promotion her mother has, moves to Beijing, China. He doesn't speak chinese nor has any friends there. One day he meets a chinese girl that speaks English and they become friends. The problem is that there is a boy that likes the same girl, but because of the customs of China and the domination of the male over the female, he assumes control of her life and friends. This kid is a Kung-fu fighter and in a quick movement kicks Jaden. He then gets the help from Jackie Chan who is a Kung-Fu master and they enter in the national tournament of Kung- Fu. In the way they learn things about each other and become friends.

One of the great things about the movie was the location, and a great scenography, with the basic idea that less is more and great natural locations found in China (The great Wall, the Forbidden City, etc)

Another thing was the coreography of the fights and knowing of the art of Kung- Fu, (if you have a master of entertaining Kung-Fu like Jackie Chan)

Although the story of the main character with the girl is silly and takes a wrong turn, overall, the movie was very good, but still, nothing compared to the one from the 80's. Jackie Chandid a good job in personalizing the Kung-Fu master and Jaden Smith wasn't so bad.