The Karate Kid (known as The Kung Fu Dream in China) is a 2010 family martial arts drama film directed by Harald Zwart, and part of The Karate Kid series. It stars Jaden Smith, Taraji P.
Henson and Jackie Chan in lead roles, and it was produced by Jerry Weintraub, James Lassiter, Ken Stovitz and Jaden’s parents Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. In search of a fresh start,
the widowed mother, Sherry Parker, and her 12-year-old son, Dre, move from Detroit to Beijing in China, after a job transfer. Before the obvious language barrier and the daunting task of acclimatizing to a foreign culture and a new school,
Dre is indeed a friendless stranger in a strange land, and to make matters worse, he will soon catch Cheng’s eye, the school’s fearsome bully. As Dre tries to impress the young violinist, Meiying,
he will learn the hard way that his pitiful karate is no match against Cheng’s excellent but vicious kung fu; something that the building’s janitor and inconspicuous kung fu master, Mr. Han, is eager to remedy. Suddenly, an upcoming tournament will give a new meaning in Dre’s life, however, will he finally make a stand against his powerful opponent?
