Other than comic book movies which get rebooted all the time, this is the first iconic movie of my generation to get this treatment. There’s a reason The Rock’s Tooth Fairy didn’t get an 11 Points list.)īecause it’s called The Karate Kid and it’s considered a remake/reboot/re-whatever of the 1984 classic, all I could do as I watched (and all I can do now) is compare it to the original.Īnd it’s going to lose that battle. If this movie had any other title, I could review it for itself. This review doesn’t exist in a vacuum because it fundamentally can’t - I am unable to evaluate 2010’s The Karate Kid on its own merits because it is called The Karate Kid. You know the story, you know the original, and nothing I write is going to change your enjoyment if you go see this movie. There are a few scattered spoilers but, come on, there’s nothing to spoil here. last Friday, my friend Adam and I went to see the new Karate Kid. ![]() And I was right to be trepidatious.Īt 12:01 A.M. As I huge Karate Kid fan, I went into the Jaden Smith/Jackie Chan remake skeptical.
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