The Karate Kid (2:20) 2010

The Karate Kid is a remake of the 1984 popular classic. In this version, Dre (Jaden Smith) is a twelve year old whose mother has taken a position in China. Dre misses his home and friends in Detroit. Further complicating his adjustment is  Cheng, the class bully. Dre enlists Mr. Han, Jackie Chan, to train him in kung fu. Mr. Han has high expectations for Dre and pushes him to new heights. The final scene is the tournament  where Dre faces Cheng. This movie is now available from Netflix Watch Instantly. I purposely saw this movie on the big screen when I learned that The Karate Kid was the first movie to receive permission to film within the Forbidden City since The Last Emperor. The scenes inside of the city and of The Great Wall were fantastic. What I did object to was the violence. Dre is a 12 year old boy and the tournament match seemed like child abuse. The blows and kicks were intense, leaving bruises and doing real harm and injury. It seemed so unbelievable that the adults and/or officials would not have stopped the match early on.