Karate Kid (2010)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Karate kid |
| Original title | The Karate Kid |
| Country of production | United States , PRC |
| original language | English , Chinese |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 140 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 6 JMK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Harald Zwart |
| script |
Christopher Murphey , Robert Mark Kamen (Story) |
| production |
Jerry Weintraub , Will Smith , Jada Pinkett Smith , James Lassiter , Ken Stovitz |
| music | James Horner |
| camera | Roger Pratt |
| cut | Joel Negron |
| occupation | |
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Karate Kid (original title The Karate Kid ) is an American martial arts film and a remake of the film Karate Kid from 1984. The director was Harald Zwart . Jackie Chan played the main roles as Mr. Han and Jaden Smith as his student Dre Parker. The film was produced by Jerry Weintraub , who has produced the entire Karate Kid film series, and by Jaden's parents, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith . The film grossed $ 56 million in the United States on the opening weekend and is the most successful film by Jackie Chan as a leading actor to date, with grossing approximately $ 358 million. The script is based on the original story by screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen .
action
Twelve-year-old Dre Parker is very popular in his hometown of Detroit , but when his mother makes the crucial career leap, they have to move to Beijing . At the school where Dre is now being taught, he falls in love with the young student May Ying, who plays the violin. Cheng, a young Kung Fu student , notices this and harasses Dre. He only does this because he is in love with her too and cannot solve his problems with him in any other way. Cheng can beat Dre very easily with the help of his friends who know Kung Fu like him and also makes him the mockery of the school. When Dre is injured on the ground, Cheng tries to give him one last punch. However, this does not happen because the caretaker at Dr's apartment complex, Mr. Han, can stop him. He fights the thugs and manages to bail Dre out of trouble.
When the two go to Cheng Combat School to clarify the incident, the school's teacher, Master Li, demands a duel between Dre and Cheng. Han suggests Dre take part in the kung fu tournament, and Li agrees. Until then, Cheng is not allowed to bully Dre. The young American has time to learn real Kung Fu with Mr. Han before the fighting tournament, at which the two will meet again. At first he gave him seemingly nonsensical tasks, which soon turned out to be the basic techniques of Kung Fu. Han takes Dre to a monastery in the mountains, where he also learned Kung Fu. Dre drinks from the dragon spring, which is said to give kung fu fighters powers.
May Ying takes part in an audition with her violin. Because she is almost late for the appointment because of Dre, she is no longer allowed to see him on the instructions of her parents. With a haunting speech by Dres in Mandarin, he can persuade May's father that she can support Dre at the tournament.
Han completes Dr's preparation for the tournament and is positive about the course. Dre starts the tournament very nervous, but can then advance to the semi-finals. Since model student Cheng has already qualified for the finals, Li instructs the student, who is fighting Dre in the semifinals, to lose on purpose. This fights Dre with unsportsmanlike means, injures him seriously and is disqualified for it. Han can heal Dre enough before the final that he can assert himself in the final fight against Cheng and even defeat him.
synchronization
The German synchronization was for a dialogue book and the dialogue director of Axel Malzacher commissioned by the Berliner Synchron GmbH in Berlin .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Dre Parker | Jaden Smith | Lukas Schust |
| Mr. Han | Jackie Chan | Stefan Gossler |
| Sherry Parker | Taraji P. Henson | Sanam Afrashteh |
| Mei Ying | Han Wenwen | Lucia Xu |
| Cheng | Wang Zhenwei | Lucas Holdermann |
Differences to the original
- It is Kung Fu instead of Karate taught.
- The action takes place in Beijing and not in California as in the original film.
- A distinctive exercise for learning Kung Fu or Karate in the remake is not polishing the cars, but putting on, taking off, picking up and hanging up a jacket.
- The actors in the remake are much younger. The average age is around 12 years, not around 16 as in the original film.
- The striking fighting movement, which is ultimately victorious, is not the crane here, but the cobra.
Trivia
There is an alternate ending to the film. In this one, Mr. Han and Master Li fight each other when Master Li tries to beat his best student. After Mr. Han defeats Master Li, a dialogue arises that is roughly the same as in the 1984 film.
Reviews
“Another smooth-ironed 08/15 remake, which in this case slavishly adheres to the original - but still doesn't manage to convince. […] The original is a story about friendship, with surprisingly bitter nuances. The remake is music video junk with no claim, logic and above all without characters that really stay in the memory. "
“Thanks to Chan, the impressive shots of Beijing and the exaggerated but [...] appealingly staged action scenes, KARATE KID could have been solid mainstream cinema - if it weren't for the 2.5 hours it was way too long, so the positive aspects would have Cannot carry the film for the entire duration. What remains is the (over) ambitious attempt to reinterpret a classic in a modern way, which ultimately fails despite some good approaches and thus at least shows where the qualities of the original lay. "
“Why the remake by Harald Zwart ( Agent Cody Banks ) takes almost two and a half hours for this simple plot is due to the relocation of the event to China. How Dre (Jaden Smith) moves with his mother to the economic miracle Mecca of Beijing and is taken under the wing of the kung-fu caretaker Han (Jackie Chan) is embedded in a propaganda-like picture show about the cultural heritage of the co-financing host country. The fact that the chemistry between Jaden and Jackie is right cannot be hidden. The only irritating thing is that Klein Smith seems to reel off his father Will's mischievous casualness and is even allowed to prove the rap talent inherited from Papi in the final song. One gets the feeling that a boy who is obviously enthusiastic about acting is being burned as a mini-clone of his superstar father. […] And by the way: There is no trace of karate in the new Karate Kid . In the case of a school assignment, this would mean: 'Missing the topic'. Conclusion: Children like to enjoy the film despite its length, critical adults do not "
"A resounding success of this all-round entertaining martial arts adventure for the whole family [...]"
Awards
- Nomination in the Favorite Family Movie category
- Nomination in the Favorite On Screen Team category for Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith
- Winner in the Favorite Action Star category for Jackie Chan
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
- Winner in the Favorite Movie category
- Jackie Chan won the Favorite Male Butt Kicker category
- Winner in the category Best Performance in a Feature Film for Jaden Smith
Web links
- Karate Kid in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Karate Kid atRotten Tomatoes(English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for Karate Kid . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , June 2010 (PDF; test number: 123 167 K).
- ↑ Age rating for the Karate Kid . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Karate Kid beats up the A-Team spiegel.de
- ↑ The Karate Kid. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on July 8, 2020 .
- ↑ Karate Kid - film review on moviepilot.de, accessed on June 17, 2010.
- ↑ Karate Kid - Review on dasmanifest.com, accessed June 17, 2010.
- ↑ Cinema.de: film review
- ↑ Karate Kid - film review on kino.de, accessed on September 14, 2010