The Karate Kid

I went to see this today, and didn't hold out much hope.

I was very pleasantly surprised.

Dre (Jaden Smith) and his mom Sherry (Taraji P. Henson) move from Detroit to Beijing for an unnamed transfer job. They wind up in a flat with Mr. Han (Jackie Chan) as the maintenance man.

Dre is bullied by a kung fu student Cheng whose master teaches them no pain, no weakness and no mercy. You can see where this is going. There is an ongoing struggle with Cheng. Dre is eventually trained by Mr. Han to fight Cheng in a Kung Fu competition.

It is very long at 139 minutes. It could have used a better editor.