The Karate Kid is a 2010 wuxia martial arts drama film produced by Jerry Weintraub, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Lassiter and Ken Stovitz, directed by Harald Zwart, written by Christopher Murphey and starring Jackie Chan, Jaden Smith and Taraji P. Henson. It’s a modern remake of the 1984 classic The Karate Kid, which was also produced by Weintraub.
PLOT!!! 12-year-old Dre Parker has moved to China, and finds himself like a fish out of water. He befriends a fellow classmate, Mei Ying, only to make a rival, Cheng, who starts to bully and attack Dre. Soon, Mr Han, the maintenance man of Dre’s apartment, fends off Cheng and his friends when they are attacking Dre and signs Dre up to fight in the Kung Fu tournament in return for the bullies laying off of Dre. Dre realizes Mr. Han is much more than a maintenance man, when he’s revealed as a master of Kung Fu and Dre soon learns that Kung Fu is about self defense and peace.