Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Antonia Tejeda Barros Jaden Smith is awesome in his role of Dre! Don't listen to the haters. This is a very cool movie for all the family. Jaden Smith is super cool and the film is super entertaining. We are huge fans of the original Karate Kid, and this remake is really cool, fresh and fun. My kids love it. We have watched it like 10 times. The worst: This film should be called The Kung Fu Kid, because it's about Kung Fu, not Karate. The best: All the rest: Jaden Smith, the tournament, the story, Jackie Chan, the girl, the violin piece. Watch it, cheer up and enjoy!

cojmpr This is such a poor movie that could have been so much better. I watched it only because I am such a big fan of Jackie Chan and his obvious professionalism and gentlemenllyness that he always shows on and off screen. I despise the blatantly obvious for real spoilt behavior, that never changes, that Jaden Smith brings to the screen. His mom and dad should be ashamed that their child acts this way on and off screen. You can definitely tell that Will Smith used Jackie Chan for favors to get this made, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree there and unfortunately you can read that attitude throuout the whole movie and unfortunately the plot does nothing to remedy that behavior, how can it when the parents, writer, producer, director, etc promote that behavior.

sarahatack Covered bullying, self-defense, the difference between a good and a bad teacher, honor, respect, keeping a promise, how to study, different cultures (even... opposing cultures), hard work, ethic, perseverance, character development through suffering. The main character has a lot of reason to complain, and yet it's not the predominant theme of the movie. Instead, he rises again and again, copes with defeat, and you watch him get progressively stronger through the whole story, climaxing with the scene where we see his motives no longer are trying to punish his bullies, or be able to boast in his own strength, but he desires to press on because he's still afraid and doesn't want to be imprisoned by his fear. This driving motivation enables him to exhibit the most self control yet, and he emerges fearless.

michael-stenlund No spoilers is what I have to promise you here.This movie was a clear 10-out-of-10 because it carried all the ingredients that a true Kung Fu movie needs. It showed how life has kung-fu written all through it, and how strength does not come from our muscles, but it comes from the heart. The film portrays a young 12-year old boy from Detroit Michigan who moves to China with his mother. By showing this boy the formula for the kung fu religion, his teacher tells him the true story of his own life and how what he may have lost in life, made him a master in kung fu. This makes the boy, in turn, also become an eager learner because he too... loses something very valuable.And the story goes on from there.I have never seen a better kung fu movie in my life, and this in my honest opinion blew away the original because it brought back so many of the missing themes that the book has. This felt more like the book.I hope that some of you agree that rating this under a 10 is not acceptable. Life is Kung fu, live with the yin and yang or you do not live at all.