The Karate Kid, known as The Kung Fu Kid in China and Best Kid in Japan and South Korea, is a 2010 martial arts remake of the 1984 film of the same name. Directed by Harald Zwart, produced by Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, the remake stars Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith. Principal photography for the film took place in Beijing, China; filming began around July 2009 and ended on October 16, 2009. The Karate Kid was released theatrically in the United States on June 11, 2010 and Singapore a day earlier on June 10, 2010.
The plot concerns a 12-year-old boy from Detroit who moves to China with his mother and incurs the wrath of the neighborhood bully. He makes an unlikely ally in the form of his aging maintenance man, Mr. Han, a kung fu master who teaches him the secrets to self-defense.
- Jaden Smith as Dre Parker, the protagonist of the film. An immigrant from Detroit to Beijing, he is bullied by a kung fu expert, and must learn to stand up to him.
- Jackie Chan as Mr. Han, the maintenance man who teaches Dre kung fu.
- Taraji P. Henson as Sherry Parker, Dre's mother
- Zhenwei Wang as Cheng, the bully and film's main antagonist.
- Yu Rongguang as Master Li, a kung fu teacher who instructs his students to be merciless towards their enemies.
- Wen Wen Han as Mei Ying, Dre's crush who quickly befriends him.
- Ming Xu as Bao
- Ji Wang as Mrs. Po, the principal of Dre's new school.
- Yi Zhao as Zhuang
- Tess Liu as History Teacher
- Harry Van Gorkum as Music Instructor
- Luke Carberry as Harry, a boy who also befriends Dre.
- Michelle Yeoh as Woman with the cobra (uncredited cameo)
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