The Karate Kid
2010 · Movie · 140 min. · United States
The Karate Kid, directed by Harald Zwart (The Pink Panther 2), stars Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, and Taraji P. Henson. Smith plays Dre, a skateboarding video game buff who moves to China after his single mother is forced to go there for work. Unable to speak Chinese, Dre finds it hard to settle in, and gets beat up by the local bully. Chan plays Mr. Han, a maintenance man who spots his black-eye and offers to teach him both martial arts and Chinese, so he can defend against all the kung-fu students.
Direction Harald Zwart
Cast Jaden Smith · Jackie Chan · Taraji P. Henson · Wenwen Han · Yu Rongguang · Wu Zhensu · Wang Zhiheng · Jared Minns · Luke Carberry · Cameron Hillman · Zhenwei Wang · Shijia Lü · Zhao Yi · Zhang Bo · Ghye Samuel Brown · Rocky Shi · Wang Ji · Harry Van Gorkum · Tess Liu · Xinhua Guo · Jijun Zhai · Shun Li · Yanyan Wu · Tao Ji · Chen Jing · Wentai Liu · Geliang Liang · Ming Xu
Soundtrack James Horner
Screenplay Christopher Murphey · Robert Mark Kamen
Cinematography Roger Pratt
Original title The Karate Kid
5.8
29K votes (FilmAffinity)
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