![]() ![]() Han tearfully explains that he crashed the same car years ago, which killed his wife Zhang and 10-year-old son Gong Gong. Han, but finds him drunk and depressed, smashing a car he was working on. This makes her nearly late for a violin audition, and her parents thus deem Dre a bad influence, forbidding her from ever seeing him again.ĭre heads to see Mr. Dre goes to see Meiying, persuading her to cut school for a day of fun. After many weeks of laborious training, Mr. There, Dre witnesses a woman making a cobra reflect her movements and later drinks the water from a Taoist well. Han takes him to a Taoist temple in the Wudang Mountains. Through this, Dre develops muscle memory. Han makes Dre perform repetitive motions using his jacket. He conveys that serenity and maturity, not punches and power, are the true keys to mastering Kung fu. Han begins to teach Dre Kung Fu by emphasizing movements that apply to life in general. Li begrudgingly accepts as long as Dre shows up at the tournament. He requests that his students leave Dre alone to train until then. Han instead counters that Dre compete against Li's students at an upcoming Kung Fu tournament. Li harshly rebuffs the peace offer and challenges Dre to a fight with Cheng. Han refuses and instead brings him to Li's Fighting Dragon studio to make peace. Intrigued, Dre asks if Han could teach him Kung Fu. He explains that Cheng and his friends are not inherently bad, but made so by Master Li, who teaches his students to be merciless towards their enemies. Han heals Dre's injuries using the ancient Chinese medicine methods of fire cupping. Han, a maintenance man who repaired for Sherry, intervenes and fends off the boys, revealing himself to be a Kung Fu master. Enraged, they chase, corner and brutally beat Dre at an alley. As revenge, Dre throws a bucket of dirty water over Cheng and his gang after a school field trip to the Forbidden City. However, 15-year-old Cheng, a rebellious Kung Fu prodigy whose family is close to Meiying's, keeps them apart by constantly attacking, teasing and bullying Dre. There, Dre meets Meiying, a young violinist who reciprocates his attention. ![]() The film earned $359 million on a $40 million budget.ġ2-year-old Dre Parker leaves Detroit for Beijing after his widowed mother Sherry gets a job transfer at a car factory. ![]() The Karate Kid was released theatrically worldwide on June 11, 2010, by Sony Pictures. ![]() Principal photography took place in Beijing, China, and filming began in July 2009 and ended on October 16. It is an international co-production between China, Hong Kong, and the United States. The film's music was composed by James Horner. The screenplay was written by Christopher Murphey. Han ( Jackie Chan), a kung fu master who teaches him the secrets of self-defense. He makes an unlikely ally in the form of an aging maintenance man, Mr. Henson) and runs afoul of the neighborhood bully Cheng (Zhenwei Wang). The plot concerns 12-year-old Dre Parker ( Jaden Smith), from Detroit, Michigan, who moves to Beijing, China with his mother ( Taraji P. This film does not take place in the same fictional universe as the four previous Karate Kid films, but is instead a remake of the original 1984 film with the setting moved to China, and the martial art changed (despite the film's title) from karate to kung fu. 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. The Karate Kid is a 2010 martial arts drama film directed by Harald Zwart, and part of the Karate Kid series. ![]()
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