The Karate Kid (2010)

Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan in the Beijing-set remake.

The Karate Kid is a 2010 film directed by Harald Zwart from a screenplay by Christopher Murphey, based on a story by Robert Mark Kamen. The fifth film in the franchise and a remake of the 1984 original, it stars Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan.

Quick Facts

Director

Harald Zwart

Producer

Jerry Weintraub
Will Smith
Jada Pinkett Smith
James Lassiter
Ken Stovitz

Screenplay

Christopher Murphey

Story

Robert Mark Kamen

Starring

Jaden Smith
Jackie Chan
Taraji P. Henson

Music

James Horner

Cinematography

Roger Pratt

Editing

Joel Negron

Lore & Background

Twelve-year-old Dre Parker moves from Detroit to Beijing with his widowed mother and is bullied by a local boy, Cheng. An ageing maintenance man, Mr. Han, turns out to be a kung fu master and teaches him to defend himself.