The Karate Kid IMDb 6.2 140 min In search of a fresh start, the widowed mother, Sherry Parker, and her 12-year-old son, Dre, move from Detroit to Beijing in China, after a job transfer. Amazon.com: The Karate Kid [2010] (2010) Jaden Smith; Jackie Chan; Harald Zwart: Movies & TV. Alienation is a part of growing up. At some point, we’re ripped from the warm pile of indistinguishable other humans, handed arbitrary distinctions, and made to feel like there’s no one else on the planet that feels what we feel or experiences things the way we see them. It’s this rite of passage that is the most noticeable theme in The Karate Kid, and it doesn’t leave any character behind. Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) and his mother Sherry (Taraji P. Henson) have been relocated (with no other real financial options) to China, where Sherry will be working in the automobile plant there. When Dre gets his eyes blackened by another boy on playground, he becomes obsessed with learning how to defend himself, and finds an unwilling mentor in maintenance man Mr. Han (Jackie Chan). ![]() Dre falls in puppy love with Meiying (Wenwen Han), but he faces difficult training ahead and the threat of fighting his attacker in an open kung fu tournament. This movie, directed by Harald Zwart, is about as seriously dramatic as you can aim at a younger audience, only lit occasionally by sparks of humor. For the most part, it weighs just heavily enough to make all of the situations of its story seem intimately dire. The humor comes from a sarcastic young lead and the ubiquitous warmth of character that can be found in just about any movie Jackie Chan sets foot in, but the moments are few, far between, and welcomed not because of the heaviness of the film, but because of its effectiveness in making the audience feel almost as isolated as Dre. Tonally, it’s a very quiet film that builds to its crescendo steadily. In the beginning, Dre and Sherry are the only characters focused on – they are in a foreign country, don’t speak the language, don’t understand the culture, and Dre is graphically, violently bullied on his first day. The physicality and impact of some of the fighting sequences – especially early on when Dre can’t fight back – are brutal in light of the fact these are 11 and 12 years old fighting. Finally, a movie with the kind of child-on-child violence America has been demanding. But it works. The Karate Kid is decidedly un-campy in its attempt to show what it might really be like to be young and forced to move away from the safety of everything you know. Watch The Karate Kid 1984This is matched by Mr. Han’s storyline – an ultimately tragic one that explains why he’s so sullen until he finds the small joy of Dre taking to the training. It’s also matched in some small way by every main character. Dre is a stranger in a strange land, his mother Sherry is upbeat but also never shown socializing with anyone but her son, Mr. Han barely speaks or interacts with anyone, and the love interest Meiying is isolated by her parents’ pressure on her to succeed as a violinist which results in her practicing away her childhood for hours on end. Beyond probably over-thinking the theme of isolation, the movie is shot with technical and artistic proficiency – either in showcasing close-ups of the characters or the vast beauty of some of China’s more glorious attractions. South movie 2017 hindi dubbed. One scene in particular that puts both on display is during a class field trip to The Forbidden City. After the giant doors are opened, the sweeping view of the city is revealed, but before exploring it the camera chooses to look down from above the ornate door on Meiying telling Dre that people rub the golden knobs for good luck. Their relationship is almost instantaneous (because she finds him funny and, in an interestingly accurate cultural tip, wants to touch his dreadlocks), but it also builds really well, delivering an insight into young friendship and a life raft for Dre to cling to while feeling alone.
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