Monday, June 21, 2010

The KungFu Kid!

Everything is Kung Fu!
          A pleasant and modern remake of the 80's 'The Karate Kid', the 2010 version offers a lot more than chops and kicks. The Karate Kid keeps the vibe of the 80's cult classic alive in the most pleasing way. With the same story line and a lot more in common the newer version has Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith giving spectacular performances, not to mention the awesome Kung Fu moves.
         An emotional connect between the maintenance guy Mr.Han(jackie chan) and the new-in-Beijing Dre parker(jaden Smith) reminds of Mr. Miyagi and Daniel to the many like me who watched the Karate kid movies over and over again. The action sequences between Dre and his Bully buddies is gripping with the finale' i.e the tournament showing some real ass kicking kung fu in a Mortal Kombatish ruthless style.
        The most striking of all the performances is that of jaden smith, he shares the same charisma and presence of his dad and has trained himself in hard core Kung Fu. His performance brings out humor and succeeds in gripping the audience in a few sequences. Jackie Chan is best suited for the role of the master,calm composed and humorous, chan has convincingly portrayed the master.
        The villain, i.e the bully opponent as well has some really ruthless fights and kung fu sequences.Also new, is the way China is picturized. training sequences at the great wall, the forbidden city, shaolin temples, the streets, etc.
        All in all, its an awesome movie and certainly worth a watch. There's a cool rap by Jaden along with Justin biber, the young smith has some cool dance moves as well and is certainly someone to watch out for in the coming years.
       Go watch it for yourself!

3 comments:

Harshvardhan Pande said...

nice review. i wish Jackie Chan would've had more screen time, but then the movie was really good just as it was.

p.s. - wud u consider removing the word verification thingy, and use the comment moderation option if u want to moderate stuff? just a suggestion.

Gantavya said...

thanks... i have made the changes, never noticed it earlier.

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