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Rating: 3.7/5
Review: "The Karate Kid 2010 movie review"
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First of all, this is the remake of an old movie, also named as The Karate Kid. I felt that this is predictable yet entertaining. Well, can't expect that much from a movie which is labeled as a kids movie. But the fighting scenes are surprisingly brutal for a kids movie with lots of bone-crushing. Jackie Chan's fans should not expect him doing Kung-Fu throughout the movie, in fact, he only has one fighting scene which is cool though. As this movie is focused on Jaden's character, most of the fighting scenes feature him and his opponent who is a bully.
The story: It is predictable and straight-forward with some messages. Jaden's acting is not that bad, he manages on his emotions. At least, he is not as annoying as in When the day stood still. Jackie's acting is standard. Nothing new. James Horner's music is cool as usual as I expected. While they are not many fighting scenes, they are cool. There are about three fighting scenes. The chase scene between Jaden and the chinese guys is thrilling. Jackie doing some cool martial arts in one fight scene. The climax is a little short but still delivers.
Overall: It isn't as boring as I thought. With the runtime of 2 hours and 20 minutes, I thought I could be bored. But surprisingly, the pace goes smoothly and brisk. Although, I feel that it could have been shorten, it still manages to entertain me.

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