In a marketplace mad for 3D, it’s good to see a dramatic adventure built for young audiences (and the rest of us) that achieves its depth the old-fashioned way, with characters struggling and maturing ...

Call it a kung fu hustle. Judging by "The Karate Kid's" title, you'd never guess that this remake of the beloved 1984 hit knows the difference between karate and kung fu. After all, it's set in China, ...

A long day's journey into kickass, The Karate Kid meanders through Chinese scenery and philosophy for much of its 132 minutes, as a 12-year-old Yank learns lessons about discipline and forbearance.

Like its predecessor, 2010’s Harald Zwart–directed The Karate Kid begins with an uprooting. Young Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) and his mother (Taraji P. Henson) are introduced in the Detroit apartment ...

This is an actual line of dialogue from "The Karate Kid," which, many of us have figured out already, is not about karate at all. It's about a youngster who is new in town and bullied by roughnecks, ...

One of the headscratchers of the year is: Why is the remake of “The Karate Kid” set in China? Karate, of course, is Japanese. It turns out that Sony’s relentless sucking up to China (see the ...

There are plenty of high kicks and back flips in "The Karate Kid," which is about 12-year-old Dre (Jaden Smith) who gets uprooted from his home in Detroit to China. The movie, which opens Friday, is ...

Though he’s not yet even a teenager, Jaden Smith appears as dedicated to his craft as a seasoned pro, putting in the hard hours to make his characters believable. For his starring role as Dre in the ...

“The Karate Kid” is a kung fu kick of a film that hits more than it misses, with its fresh prince of Beijing in Jaden Smith, its scene-stealing grand master flash, Jackie Chan, and a shiny-happy China ...

Every one of us, at some point in life, has moved cities, schools or even from one section to another within the same school. It is completely normal to feel a sense of fear about this change no ...

What's up with the movie industry today? Are there no original ideas left in Hollywood? Lately it seems as if all they do is remake classic films that I don't think necessarily need updating. Next on ...

12-year-old Dre Parker could've been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying - and the feeling is ...