I finally watched the Karate Kid remake. I was very pleased to find out that it was the story all about how Jaden Smith's life got flipped turned upside down. You see, he was chilling out, maxing, relaxing all cool, shooting some b-ball outside of his school, when a couple of guys (who were up to no good) started making trouble in his neighbourhood. He got in one little fight, then his mum got scared, and said "You're gonna learn karate from the maintenance guy downstairs."

This film is amazing.

It takes a bad eighties martial arts kiddie film and manages to make it even worse.

Bravo.

Talent apparently skips a generation.

Poor Mini-Smith.

Well, he'll probably never be poor. But it's sad that he'll have to make buckets of money without any real talent.

Right....

I'm sure everyone and their dog has asked this question, but seriously....

WHY IS IT CALLED THE KARATE KID IF HE IS NOT LEARNING KARATE?

Why don't they just call it Kung-fu kid?

Watched this last night with my son. It was his first time seeing this film. While I can't say it better than the orginal, it sure is a lot of fun. The acting was good, had lots of humor and the fights were great. My son loved it also and asked if we could watch it again tonight!

Decent remake which is sufficiently different yet sufficiently similar to please fans of the original.

This movie sucks/ Here's why:
- Jaden Smith having a face you want to punch
- An awkward relationship between him and a girl who looks twice his age
- 11 year olds kissing each other
- He suddenly becomes a karate master in like 6 weeks
- One dimensional villan
- Unrealistic CGI fights
- Laughable finishing move
- Not being able to understand Jackie Chan
- Half the people in China are stupid American white children

Fun movie that relies on fantastic performances from Jaden and Jackie. Some of the scenes that are direct references to the original Karate Kid are fantastic, including the scene where Jaden learns what his seemingly useless training is for and the scene where Jackie confronts the gang and Jaden realises he knows martial arts.

I only wish they had been a bit older. Its a little disconcerting seeing pre-teen - early teens fight and bully each other.

This film is amazing.

It takes a bad eighties martial arts kiddie film and manages to make it even worse.

Bravo.

Talent apparently skips a generation.

Poor Mini-Smith.

Well, he'll probably never be poor. But it's sad that he'll have to make buckets of money without any real talent.

Right....

Decent remake which is sufficiently different yet sufficiently similar to please fans of the original.

Jackie Chan & Jaden Smith star in an excellent remake of the 80's classic (& it's sequel), with a Chinese twist. 8/10.

Worst remake I've ever seen

About as inspirational & sweet as you could expect from a movie about a pre-teen learning to beat the crap out of his peers.

Well this is a remake of the Karate Kid movie from 1984. I prefer they change the title into the Kung-Fu Kid.

The story has some similar things from the old movie but this one is really unrealistic. Jacky Chan playing mr Han doesn't had the mystics Noriyuki as mr Miyagi had in 1984. The training wasn't as classic as the old one.

I hoped this remake had the same classic 'wax on wax off'stuff. Unfortunately they didn't use the recognizable things from the old movie.

Viewed on Netflix

When this film was first released, a friend, who saw it in theatres, said to me "It's better than the original". I didn't believe him. Now, I can honestly tell him, It's Not.

The Karate Kid (2010) is not as bad as I thought it would be. Jaden Smith did a good job carrying the picture. Jackie Chan was fine as well. The casting of the main bully was excellent. That kid looked like he could do some serious damage to Jaden Smith.