The plot concerns a 12-year-old boy from Detroit who moves to China with his mother and incurs the wrath of the neighborhood bully. He makes an unlikely ally in the form of his aging maintenance man, Mr. Han, a kung fu master who teaches him the secrets to defense himself and finally became kung fu champion.
The message from the movie is pretty direct where bad guys were so bad, bully the weak (quite violence and no police in China it seems), the bad kung fu master was inputting the cruel fighting or killing skill to the kids, whose subsequently bully others in school with their kung fu. While the good master emphasize on self defense, art of kung fu in life and avoid fighting. The one being bullied, get proper trained, won the kung fu championship and get over his fear. Dre Parker had successfully shown that to stand up from the place you fall. Never say never.
Perhaps Jackie Chan has admitted the truth of his aging, let the young play the role now. In this "The Karate Kid", I think he has played his part very well. Not like most of his previous productions, only highlight on his kung fu movement and heroic legend. I still remembered one of the "horrible" match that stars Jackie Chan and Kim Hee Seon in "The Myth", the girl was so pretty and young but Jackie Chan...err...like (grand)father and little girl =.="...
The Karate Kid 2010, not fighting against other but fight with your own fear and challenge in life.
