Honestly I’m not sure why they chose to remake the Karate kid (with no karate). And even more why they decided to take it to China. This really seems to have very little to do with the original movie at this point. The similarities are simply that he gets bullied and fights back. It’s not like this is a terribly original idea anyway, so I don’t see the need to borrow a title from the previous film. Couldn’t this film have been made without any connection to the original?

“But the studio didn’t want to confuse idiotic American audiences, so they thought upsetting a few martial artists by keeping the title the same as the original was the right call.” I mean really… Film audiences these days are more sophisticated than ever. The first reaction I have heard from every single person when discussing this film is “why would they be doing karate in China?”. Oh they are not doing Karate? Then why is it called Karate Kid?? I think the studio did an excellent job of confusing intelligent American audiences.

Yes I Know maybe this is just a silly movie, not grounded in reality or facts. But for me I need some footing in reality to draw me into the movie. From what I have seen so far this movie is about as realistic as Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift. You say it’s very good so I will probably check it out when I get the opportunity to see it for free. If my pre conceived bias is unfounded I’ll happily eat my words.

my only problem is the name of the movie, damn Hollywood execs they should have called it “Kung-fu kid”.

LOL i just realized KUNGFUKID doesnt sound very good.

i havent seen the film yet, but the main problem i have is the short amount of time to learn kung fu. karate is one thing, you can get a working idea in a few months. however, kung fu takes years to be at the beginner level…so i am still on the fence about the believability.

All that aside I was gonna avoid this movie like the plague but this review just convinced me to go see it in the theater.