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The Karate Kid (2010) Movie
The Karate Kid
Overview
Language
Country
Ratings/Votes
6.2/10 (26005 Votes)
MPAA Ratings
Rated PG for bullying, martial arts action violence and some mild language.
Production Company
Columbia Pictures [us] - (presents)
China Film Group [cn]
Jerry Weintraub Productions [us]
Overbrook Entertainment [us]
China Film Group [cn]
Jerry Weintraub Productions [us]
Overbrook Entertainment [us]
Production Designer
Producers
Ekins, Susan
Han, Sanping
Lassiter, James
Lee, Chiu Wah
Liu, Er-Dong
Pinkett Smith, Jada
Smith, Will (I)
So, Solon
Stovitz, Ken
Weintraub, Jerry (I)
Wolf, Dany
Han, Sanping
Lassiter, James
Lee, Chiu Wah
Liu, Er-Dong
Pinkett Smith, Jada
Smith, Will (I)
So, Solon
Stovitz, Ken
Weintraub, Jerry (I)
Wolf, Dany
Directors
Writers
Release Date
(Indonesia) - 10 June 2010
(Malaysia) - 10 June 2010
(Singapore) - 10 June 2010
(South Korea) - 10 June 2010
(Canada) - 11 June 2010
All Release Dates
(Malaysia) - 10 June 2010
(Singapore) - 10 June 2010
(South Korea) - 10 June 2010
(Canada) - 11 June 2010
All Release Dates
Running Time
140
Tagline
A Challenge He Never Imagined. A Teacher He Never Expected.
Keywords
kung-fu, karate, bully, kid, china, friendship, maintenance-man, single-mother, 12-year-old, boy, drunkenness, train, fear, teacher-student-relationship, car-accident, interracial-romance, first-crush, widow, violinist, bamboo, child-in-peril, training, tournament, bare-chested-male, foot-chase
Technical
CAM:Arricam LT, Cooke S4 Lenses
CAM:Arriflex 435, Cooke S4 Lenses
MET:3733 m - (Portugal, 35mm)
OFM:35 mm - (Kodak)
PCS:Digital Intermediate - (2K) (master format)
PCS:Super 35 - (3-perf) (source format)
PFM:35 mm - (anamorphic)
RAT:2.35 : 1
CAM:Arriflex 435, Cooke S4 Lenses
MET:3733 m - (Portugal, 35mm)
OFM:35 mm - (Kodak)
PCS:Digital Intermediate - (2K) (master format)
PCS:Super 35 - (3-perf) (source format)
PFM:35 mm - (anamorphic)
RAT:2.35 : 1
Cast of The Karate Kid
- Brown, Ghye Samuel (I) as [Oz] <15>
- Carberry, Luke (I) as [Harry] <13>
- Chan, Jackie (I) as [Mr. Han] <2>
- Guo, Xinhua (I) as [Tournament Doctor] <20>
- Hillman, Cameron (I) as [Mark] <14>
- Ji, Tao (I) as [Announcer] <24>
- Jing, Chen (I) as [Man on Plane Speaking Chinese] <25>
- Li, Shun (II) as [Mat 5 Referee] <22>
- Liang, Geliang (I) as [Ping Pong Man] <27>
- Liu, Wentai (I) as [Dude from Detroit] <26>
- Ming, Xu as [Bao] <28>
- Minns, Jared (I) as [Dre's Detroit Friend] <9>
- Shi, Rocky (I) as [Ur Dang] <16>
- Smith, Jaden as [Dre Parker] <1>
- Van Gorkum, Harry as [Music Instructor] <18>
- Wang, Zhenwei (I) as [Cheng] <8>
- Wu, Zhensu (I) as [Meiying's Dad] <6>
- Yu, Rongguang as [Master Li] <5>
- Zhai, Jijun (I) as [Mat 4 Referee] <21>
- Zhang, Bo (III) as [Song] <12>
- Zhao, Yi (I) as [Zhuang] <11>
- Han, Wen Wen as [Meiying]
- Han, Wenwen as [Meiying] <4>
- Henson, Taraji P. as [Sherry Parker] <3>
- Joy, Hannah as [Diane]
- Liu, Tess as [History Teacher] <19>
- Lü, Shijia (I) as [Liang] <10>
- Wang, Ji (I) as [Mrs. Po] <17>
- Wang, Zhiheng (I) as [Meiying's Mom] <7>
- Wu, Yanyan (I) as [Mrs. Xie] <23>
All Cast
Plot of The Karate Kid
12-year-old Dre Parker could've been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying - and the feeling Full Plot >>Business of The Karate Kid
Business Information not foundCertificate of The Karate Kid
PG (USA)(certificate #45416)12 (South Korea)
11 (Norway)
PG (Singapore)
PG (UK)
G (Philippines)(MTRCB)
12A (Ireland)
M (Australia)(original rating)
G (Japan)
Atp (Argentina)
PT (Peru)
10 (Switzerland)(canton of Geneva)
10 (Switzerland)(canton of Vaud)
6 (Netherlands)
M/12 (Portugal)
11 (Sweden)
PG-13 (Malaysia)
PG (Australia)(re-rating on appeal)
Composers of music of The Karate Kid
Cinematographers of The Karate Kid
Costume Designers of The Karate Kid
Distributors of The Karate Kid
Sony Pictures Releasing [id] - (2010) (Indonesia) (theatrical)Sony Pictures Releasing [my] - (2010) (Malaysia) (theatrical)
Sony Pictures Releasing [ph] - (2010) (Philippines) (theatrical)
Sony Pictures Releasing [kr] - (2010) (South Korea) (theatrical)
Sony Pictures Releasing [sg] - (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
Columbia Pictures [us] - (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
Audio Visual Enterprises [gr] - (2010) (Greece) (theatrical)
Columbia TriStar Warner Filmes de Portugal [pt] - (2010) (Portugal) (theatrical)
Emperor Motion Pictures [hk] - (2010) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
Emperor Motion Pictures [hk] - (2010) (Hong Kong) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
FX Network [us] - (2012) (USA) (TV)
Sony Pictures Entertainment [jp] - (2010) (Japan) (theatrical)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment [ar] - (2010) (Argentina) (DVD)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment [nl] - (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment [us] - (2010) (USA) (DVD)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment [us] - (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
Sony Pictures Releasing [ar] - (2010) (Argentina) (theatrical)
Sony Pictures Releasing [be] - (2010) (Belgium) (theatrical)
Sony Pictures Releasing [de] - (2010) (Germany) (theatrical)
Sony Pictures Releasing [fr] - (2010) (France) (theatrical)
Sony Pictures Releasing [nl] - (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Finland [fi] - (2010) (Finland) (all media)
Editors of The Karate Kid
Misc of The Karate Kid
- Alfred, Tarrance (location manager: second unit)
- Bernini, Lark (production coordinator)
- Byars, Unjoo Lee (main title producer)
- Chen, Alexandre (adr voice group)
- Chen, Yi Song 'Scarlet' (second unit script supervisor)
- Clapp, Nikki (script supervisor)
- Den, Celeste (adr voice group)
- Everett, Joe (unit publicist)
- Ferguson, Ruben (first assistant accountant)
- Glushon, Gary (development executive)
- Hamilton, Victoria (IV) (assistant: Will Smith)
- Hamilton, Victoria (IV) (translator: Jaden Smith)
- Hardy, Cyrano (production assistant)
- Hobson, Henry (main title design director) (uncredited)
- Jensen, Eric (V) (assistant: Mr. Wolf)
- Landreth, Fiona (production accountant)
- Landreth, Fiona (production controller)
- Lee, Christie (II) (production assistant)
- Lo, Michelle (II) (assistant production coordinator)
- Smith, Andrew C. (I) (key production assistant: Second Unit)
- Wang Wei, Wendy (production assistant)
- Wang, Adam (adr loop artist)
- Ware, Molly Donna (assistant to director)
- Weng, Diana C. (dialogue coach: Mr. Chan)
- Yu, WenQian (production assistant)
Quotes of The Karate Kid
Dre Parker: You know, you have a car in your living room, Mr. Han.Dre Parker: You don't know the rules?
Mr. Han: Of course I know the rules. Simple. You hit him, don't let him hit you.
Mr. Han: You've already accomplished everything you wanted to. Why do you still want to fight?
Dre Parker: Because win or lose, I don't want to be afraid any more. And I'm still afraid.
Dre Parker: So what are we learning today?
Mr. Han: Chi. Internal energy. The essence of life. It moves inside of us. It flows through our bodies. Give us power from within.
Dre Parker: I get it. Like the Force in Star Wars. You're Yoda and I'm like... I'm like a Jedi.
Mr. Han: Jacket on! Jacket off!
Dre Parker: Mom, look. In China, everything is old. There's old houses, old parks, old people. Look, this guy is at least four hundred years old.
Dre Parker: [being beaten at ping-pong by an old man] C'mon, man. I'm twelve.
Dre Parker: [Cheng says something in chinese] Whatever he's saying, he is lying!
Mr. Han: What happened to eye?
Dre Parker: I ran into a pole.
Mr. Han: Interesting pole.
Sherry Parker: Dre, what happened?
Dre Parker: We moved to China! That's what happened!
Mr. Han: I don't Full Quotes >>
Trivia of The Karate Kid
- The style of Kung Fu that the woman standing on the dragon's head is practicing (at the temple, before the dragon well) is Crane Style Kung Fu. Practitioners of this style are very adept at balancing on one foot, as a crane does. It is interesting to note that she is controlling a cobra (likely in the same style as a snake charmer). This could possibly be a nod to the original in which Daniel defeated a member of the Cobra Kai dojo by using the "Crane technique".- After Dre and Mr. Han climb the mountain, when they enter the temple, we see people in white clothes moving slowly and methodically, as if dancing. The martial art they are practicing is Tai Chi Chuan (literal translation "Supreme Ultimate Fist").
- SPOILER: Before the tournament, Han ('Jackie Chan (I)' (qv)) gives Dre ('Jaden Smith' (qv)) a shirt to compete in. Dre comments that the shirt is just like one that 'Bruce Lee (I)' (qv) wore. One of Jackie Chan's early breaks in movies was to be a stunt coordinator in Lee's films; Chan also had small parts in _Jing wu men (1972)_ (qv) (aka "Fist of Fury") and _Enter the Dragon (1973)_ (qv).
- The American title for this film was kept as "The Karate Kid", to maintain Full Trivia >>


