Fun fact: the kid who played the main bully, Wang Zhenwei 王振威, joined Jackie Chans stunt team when he grew up

I loved the movie as a kid, it really just hit the right spot in my opinion. It's also very wholesome to hear about your experience watching it and re-living your own experiences. It's crazy how much movies / books / stories in general can just hook us in and make us feel both really good, and really bad.

As someone very unfamiliar with Kung Fu but very familiar with the Karate Kid movies, I loved this 2010 version because it's basically a retelling of the original but with different source material (Karate -> Kung Fu). Maybe I was their target audience, but rewatching it recently I think it hits the emotional scenes better and wow the fight scenes don't hold back, they have this raw grittiness to it. Maybe a remake is what the KK movies needed. Love it.

I love that movie, the best parts being when he starts getting what Mr. Han is saying, the festival scene, the journey up to the mountains, the emotional scene of Mr. Han maintaining a car only to smash it for reasons you need to watch the movie to know. It’s all so good, hell the small moment before the start of the flight where he tries out like some beginner level Chinese on someone and then they go “Dude I’m from Detroit”

I watched this film religiously as a kid, still one of my favorites today.

This video truly epitomises why ranton is probably my favourite youtuber, he has that crazy hyper, borderline mental sense of humour and his equally as crazy editing style but he also makes these breakdown videos and you see a completely different side to him, how intelligent and passionate about martial arts he is. I love u rantoni pepperoni as I'm sure most of your fans do too.

This one actually shows you how to become karate kid better than the original, every item or table or clothes hangar or chair can represent kung fu the way you use it in a way

When I was in school, I used to learn Taekwondo. The Karate Kid was just released, so our Taekwondo master told us to watch it, obviously because there was Jackie Chan in it. So, my dad bought me a DVD of that movie, and I watched it. I really loved it, and also motivated me in doing Taekwondo, and for the competitions. The best part of the movie other than Kung Fu is its music, especially during the scene when Mr. Han and Xiao Dre are climbing that mountain. I often listen to that BGM. Great review @Ranton. It brought back all the beautiful memories of my childhood. Love from India.🧡 Please review the Ong Bak series of Tony Jaa as well.

I saw this movie after I had been living in China for a year or so. It's called 功夫夢 "kungfu dream" in Chinese, so I didn't get hung up on the karate part of the title. I did, however, get bummed out that unlike the original film where the protagonist wins the tournament with the technique he's been practicing throughout the whole movie, Jaden's character pulls a deus ex machina out his butt with that backflip kick he has never once attempted before. But I Iove the reasons that you love this movie. After living in China for 16 years, I now recognize all those places you talked about. I've walked those streets, I've climbed climbed those stairs up the mountain in real life (and many other stairs on many other mountains!) It brought back some amazing memories. Thanks for being positive in a world that so desperately needs that right now.

I absolutely adore this movie. It really connected to me in a personal level too. My father used to take us to weird places and countrys in our vacations. He always said that since he was a kid he wanted to travel around the world and now that he could, he wanted to share this experience with the ones he loves the most. I love my father for that because as a teenager i've experienced so many places and cultures that made me happy. We went to china(beijing), tokyo(japan), australia(don't remember the citys name), we went to seoul, phillipines, mexico and a bunch of other places..

I have similar feelings towards this movie, as it also has a nostalgic value to me and made me respect the art more beyond it's showmanship. The scene where Jackie Chan says "Kung Fu lives in everything we do, in how we treat people" made me cry when I saw it, hit me deeply at that age (15 years old). Those years were tough for me because I just moved from the old big city I was living, leaving behind dear friends and more, and my new life was way more crude and hostile: people were more mean, had a hard time making new friends and had to put up to the aggressions at some point, but it never made me felt at peace... It made me bitter, hostile, rebellious, distrustful of people and myself. At some point, I felt lost and hopeless, as I thought that the "survival of the fittest" were to become an absolute rule for the rest of my life, then clarity came back to me, and that scene reminds me of this a lot. It wouldn't matter if some bad people call you names or just are assholes to you, it doesn't have to make you one, respect is something to be earned, but it wouldn't matter if you can't respect other good people, and yourself. Unfortunately I never got to practice Kung Fu as self-defense, I got to learn the hard way haha, it could've been so badass if I did, but still I found my way back into life soon after :)

I’ve been telling my film bro friends how good this movie is. Every time they laugh because of what they have heard of the movie. I’m glad someone can appreciate just how amazing it is.

10:05 i have not laughed so hard in a minute that timing was so perfect cracked me up real good

I've been learning both Judo since I was seven and Japanese Jujitsu when I graduated to the adult class at thirteen, so it was HUGE for me to see you calling out the real names of two of my favorite techniques (ippon seo nage and tomoe nage) as well as giving my chosen martial arts a lotta respect. Personally, I feel that a lot can get lost with Brazilian becoming the most popular version, but the authentic shout-outs proved why you're the best, Ranton! Always appreciate your grounded insight and diverse experience with all sorts of martial arts stuff. Also you're funny as hell.

I've trained Kung Fu for 36 years. The training in this movie was spot on. In one way or another I've done all of this. One thing my teacher passed on was be a badass but always be respectful to others. He always taught us on all three levels. Mind, body, and spirit.

This movie is such a GEM. People are too hung up on Karate in the title. I watch it almost every year, it's just so good.

I remember my Sifu taking all of his students to the theatre to watch this movie, good times. This film will always hold a special place in my heart.

I never expected this movie to be so good, so especialy when it got to the emotional part, i was completly unprepared for That! How Jackie Acts in that scene is just incredible and i love how Jaden Helps Him with the Stick Form to get over his sadness. I felt like i was hit by a Truck!

you legitimately made me want to go back and watch it over cause you made me appreciate parts i otherwise wouldn't have really thought about or realized were so accurate. Great video as usual!

I felt so inexplicably and profoundly drawn to this film and its portrayal of kung fu that I watched it twice in the theaters. I've owned the DVD for just as long and it never fails to illicit the same feelings from the start. Thank you for this beautifully shared appreciation of this movie!

I know that it's probably not a opinion of majority, but this version will always be one of my favorite movies of all time and i very much prefer it over the original...It just feels much more emotional!

I remember watching this movie in theaters and omg the ending when he did the kick had EVERYONE at the theaters screaming happily. I felt such s chill from that. Was quite the experience 😊

I agree. I was living in Asia and went to Beijing (among other places in China) several times around the time this movie was released. In fact, saw it for the first time on one of a multitude of international flights. I also had a background in martial arts, including a several years of kung fu. Like you, it hit me in the feels.

This was one of these movies that really hit me as a kid. After seeing all the negativity online about it it really impacted my view of it. I will have to rewatch it, this video recaptured that feeling I got at first, thank you!

I loved the original, and loved this one. I think they both shouldn't be compared when it comes to the arts they represent, but they sure deliver on the messages they try to convey.

Nah, I’ve always been a big defender of this movie. Underneath the unreasonable title name this movie was given since it should’ve been called Kung Fu Kid, I still none the less LOVE what we got. No, it’s not perfect but to me, neither were the Karate Kid movies. To me, in every conceivable way. This karate kid is the best. It’s just unmatched to me in terms of story telling, acting, and music. Dre is simply lovable as he isn’t an aggressor like Daniel, he makes his mistake of trying to “strike back”, he learns how to fight but learns it humbly, but NOT ONLY THAT. When Mr.Han was broken down in a drunken depression for what was a really dark and heartbreaking scene, Dre lifts Han up, no words, just pure love for his Kung Fu Master, or rather even his father figure. It says a lot. The bond you feel with Han and Dre feels far more personal and full of love than Daniel and Miyagi had in their first movie. People never gave this movie a chance and I understand to a degree. The movie shoulda been called Kung Fu Kid but it was GENUINELY a phenomenal movie.

Everything about the movie makes it deserve the title of "Karate Kid", despite having nothing to do with Karate. It's the same story and spirit of the original.

Funny you mention the styles being similar to fire and water because in ATLA, fire bending is based off of Shaolin Kung Fu and water bending is based off of Tai Chi :) Also with the splits and stretching, I believe they really made Jaden become flexible because Jada mentioned how she demanded that Will make them stop, but he and Jaden decided that he should stick it through and continue all the way~

I loved that movie. I think it captured the spirit about training from Karate Kid and basically transferred it into another martial art. Styles change, even go out of favour, but the underlying message of Karate Kid should never be lost.

I thought the movie was great, I think Jaden as a kid really was a fantastic actor. Whether it was intentional or not, he really hit the emotional spot a good number of movies. Karate Kid and Pursuit of Happiness I think were also fantastic movies for showing this.

10:05 “As opposed to Shaolin which is very…” is so good comedic timing 😂

not too related to the video but, i always, ALWAYS, cry, at the performances during the car breaking scene. this movie was a huge inspiration as a kid

I was a kid when the original came out way back in the day they actually share a story. It's just told in two different ways. I love the original but I actually love the new one so much more. it relates to me probably through Jackie Chan who is beyond a legend. Be blessed my brother I enjoy your content ...

Bro you should write a book. After following you throughout the years I find you’re experiences and feelings towards Shaolin very interesting. I think for people no matter if they practice martial arts/ Kung Fu, like I did for 8 years, or not, you’re knowledge about Shaolin, Buddhism China, Kung Fu and Self Defense combined with your own story’s will give great enlightenment. Keep up the good work in reviews and Kung Fu videos. Grüße aus Deutschland 😉

I absolutely love this movie. In my opinion, the best dramatic acting I've seen from Jackie Chan. And, the seen where he describes "everything is Kung Fu. "It lives in how we put on the jacket, how we take off the jacket. It lives in how we treat people! Everything... is Kung Fu." Never have I heard a more apt way to describe Kung Fu. For me, who did train 5 Animal Style for 10 years, I don't love Kung Fu for "kicking ass". It's a philosophy, a way of life to be better, disciplined, deliberate, and adaptable.

"where did the snake come from" The monk summoned it through the power of post production

Didn't expect such a wholesome video rantoni, I agree with many of your sentiments, the scenes of the city and mountains and jaden exploring the city and its culture outside of the kung fu were my favorites parts of this movie

i love this movie , i always appreciated chinese culture and to see beijing and all the places they filmed gave me more perspective especially growing older and learning actual facts whether it be documentaries and passages from books. this film GAVE me the appreciation i do not just for different cultures but Kung Fu for protection and its philisophy. PLEASE DO KUNG FU PANDA next.

I loved this movie too. In all honesty it was one of my greatest movie going experiences I've ever been in, because when the tournament started happening, the audience was reacting to everything, they were ooh'ing and aah'ing as well as cheering and clapping. When Dre lands that final kick the theatre erupted into applause. I had never EVER been in a movie experience like that. The closest was maybe some horror movies where the audience really gets involved, but nothing like when I saw Karate Kid. I really love that movie as a movie in general, but as a theatre going experience, it's definitely in my Top 3, in terms of crowd reaction in that experience it's Definitely Number 1.

Thank you for making me remember this movie. I don't have such a deep relation with martial arts at all, but I'll never forget the first time I cried at the cinema. Great video!

I lived 2 years close to Chongqing 12+ years ago and spent a few weeks in Beijing, and have had similar feelings watching that movie years later about representing the real 'feel' of it - it was so recognizable, felt like going back there a bit. its shown so matter-of-factly, from the big stuff to the small streets, and the housing. it is so refreshing that the movie does not come across as a documentary pointing fingers at everything (despite the sight-seeing ;)), but it just shows how it really is as a side note, which makes it so much more realistic. Loved that. And Jackie Chan just makes it perfect :D (btw in the small town I lived in, all the boys had kung fu as school sport. they even got grades).

Your main reason for loving this movie is so wholesome and relatable, how could we be disappointed about this? 😊

Your videos always help me open my mind about subjects surrounding martial arts and I really appreciate you. Keep up the amazing work. ❤

Nice to have a Shaolin disciple speak well of Wudang Daoist practice, and even compare it favourably in certain aspects to your own. There's so much "my style > your style" it's cool to hear someone who just loves Chinese Martial Arts altogether 👌

I love these calm Ranton videos as much as I love chaotic Ranton videos

Only saw this movie once on a tv channel in India when I was much younger and I really dug it! Appreciated your insights and thoughts on this :) I hope you breakdown more movies like this one. Probably my favorite type of videos that you make!! Hope you're well!

thank you for this video i really enjoyed it and learned new stuff :D

Imagine seeing this as the first video of Ranton and checking out his channel expecting more of this and then seeing one of his game reviews

Super glad you made this video, I loved this movie when it came out so much, and it felt wrong cause all of the hate it was receiving because people kept comparing it to the original. Love the video as always!

I actually prefer this movie over the original. That doesn't mean the original is bad, I've watched both. I like this one better.

soo stoked to see a new vid from ranton!!!

I always enjoy your breakdowns

This is honestly my favourite karate kid I watched it hundreds of times through out my life it never gets old

Never been to China, never learned any Kung Fu, still feel nostalgic for this movie as it gives me 15 year old on holiday in Malta watching it in the cinema visiting a friend that had recently moved there memories. I've genuinely not seen it since that day might have to give it a re watch.

very fun take Ranton bro I enjoyed your video thanks!

I love how he's a good and chaotic flipping teacher, please make more of this kinds of videos and I love you, your videos and your energy.

i rewatched this movie a 1000 times when i was a kid, can not get how people like the original more

There’s a deleted scene in which Jackie fights the the teacher after jaden smith wins the event and i kinda wish they kept it in the movie. At one point they start fighting each other with small benches it was pretty funny

I can't lie I love these slower paced videos of yours.

10:01 - the way you describe Shaolin here made me laugh so much 😂

I spent a year and a half in south west China. This movie reminded me a lot of my experience with the country as a westerner as well. I didn’t do martial arts, but the beauty of the landscape and the ancient culture mixed with the modern culture was interesting, and this movie depicts it really well.

I actually prefer this movie. First one is an OG but so goofy too. They then took that goofiness into Cobra Kai for it and worked well too tho

Chi is your breathing, and it's incredibly difficult to control. Perfect explanation

Love your channel man! Subbed

Love your insight, as I'm Chinese but born in the Netherlands I never really got to know much about my heritage or Chinese culture in general. Keep doing what you love! ❤

I liked the movie also. I think it did the original justice for sure. I can vividly remember asking my parents at 5 years old if they would send me to the Shaolin temple so I could learn kung fu and become a master. They sadly said no and to this day I feel like I truly missed out at what I was supposed to become.

this is the video i have been waiting for

I also really enjoyed the Kung Fu Kid

It’s honestly amazing how much Ranton can make a truly insightful, well-composed reflection of a film that truly reshaped my viewpoint of it after finding it mediocre on my original viewing. Especially given this is the same guy who makes the most insane, crackhead, obscene, ADHD-fueled fever dreams of game reviews. He is truly a man of two sides

Some people like it some people don't but hey I actually really really enjoyed it so much. I love movies that showcase not just great scenes but also the exploration of different cultures from around the world and Chinese culture is definitely one of the most beautiful and awe inspiring ones I've seen.

I looked at different styles and wu dang is the style in most I retested in. I had no idea that was the style in the movie. Thank you for this Raton!

You’re so right bro, I think this movie is so underrated! This movie needs more positive attention.

i learned martial arts as a kid thanks to this movie, so i really relate with your sentiments. It may not be Karate but it's origin does come straight from Kung Fu.

Seeing Ranton saying Judo Throws and watching as a Judo Sensei... Damn, I can feel the Martial Arts being fully completed when used together. BTW, I trained Taiji a few years ago, and I still believe it would be a great plus at my Judo training with my students. (I will go to Wudang to learn it in a few years. Im just making the $ to go)

this was the first movie ive ever remembered watching as a kid back in my home town. the moment i hear "do you remember", i can vividly; see, hear, and smell my childhood. funny how the movie was also a burnt disk with 240p quality. its my loved nostalgia. cant believe its been more than a decade.

Bro, I love your review videos. You shed light on the reality of Buddhism and kung fu that most media tends to ignore or misrepresent.

Coming from Australia, I have the same feeling you get for this movie with an Australian movie called "Napoleon" which is a dog movie. You get to see Sydney like it was when I was a kid. Especially the monorail which is no longer there

Preach! I'm a child of the 80's. The original Karate Kid was my gateway into the martial arts and I will love it till the end of time. That being said the 2010 Karate kid is a much better movie in my opinion. I love it.

Great review, and heatrfelt comments. You have convinced me to watch it!!!! thanks

Your impersonation in 3:27 makes me laugh so hard. So much on point.

I absolutely adore this movie. Will never forget when my dad took me and my sister to watch karate kid

i loved this movie and rewatched it multiple times throughout the years. Imo people hate on it because of Jaden Smith and how weird he got later in his life. To my knowledge, weirdly, there aren't many movies where Jackie is actually a Shifu/Teacher. This one, was pretty good in that regard, if not for anything else.

Amazing 🎉🎉🎉 loved the vid

Great video and yes, hell yeah leopard style is pretty cool.

No way ranton loves this movie. i was not expecting it.

That was a good remake, stands on it's own without dragging the original one down. Also I don't know if you have seen the original, but the whole "take/pick up your jacket" thing is there for a reason (other than the philosophical significance or meaning) is an indirect nod to the original where Mr. Miyagi used similar ways (with the painting brush).

this movie was always one of my fav, im really happy ranton thinks that as well ^^

I really like the lego Home Alone house in the background, got mine from my wife for christmas🙂Thx for the great video and greetings from Austria

I really enjoyed this movie a lot. I was actually glad that it took a different take from the original. I’m glad I’m not the only one. Loved your commentary.

I once talked with one of my sifu about the topic of ground techniques in Kungfu. He right off the back told me that there is no ground in Kungfu, if you fall on the ground, it is the end of the combat-basically means you are dead because you can just step on the head, throat, control and break the arm of the person who fell on the ground.

now i do wushu and haven't seen this movie in the longest time thx for letting me appreciate it more as i can somewhat relate due to the movements they do. subscribed.

I honestly love Jackie’s acting it’s one of the few times I’ve seen him in a more dramatic role and it’s something I can’t get enough of.

I always did feels so sad how much people hated this movie, because I found it so fun and like. Earnest. And even if I never had a chance to train in a martial art, I was an athlete as a child and I remember running stares and blisters turning to callouses. It may not be the “Karate” Kid, but it was a great reimagining.

This is a highly underrated film. I consider myself a loyalist to the original but I felt a deep connection with this one as well. My sons connected with it because I think they enjoyed Jaden's performance and like me appreciate Kung Fu more than Karate.

Since seeing this move about 10 years ago I’ve always wanted to go to those mountains and just get lost, meditating or practicing there would be so serene

8:19 I love the trope of doing chores to learn martisl arts, I think its funny and a bit inspiring. I don't know how common it is, I watched a movie awhile ago that was older than "The Karate Kid (1984)," that sort of had this trope, "Return to the 36th Chamber."

Finally someone has the same opinion as me when it comes to this movie. Absolutely love the original but this version is more than valid and effective at creating the wonder inside child’s head. It did for me and I love it to this day 🙏🏾

I also loved this movie as a kid. I was about 14. I had never seen the original karate kid movies so i didnt have anything to compare it to. I think as a stand alone movie its good, but nostalgia kinda makes it so that it will never live up to the originals.

Hey Ranton, cool video, if i got it right, u are an ex shaolin student or something like that right? If u watched the movie then u have probably seen the fight scenes on tournament, for example Cheng vs Wu Ping (the one with blue gi), ive been searching now for a quite long time what style of kung fu is Cheng performing, from what i found and saw it reminds me sanda with modern shaolin, im not so sure tho, but if u know what type it is or im right, can u please give a reply? It would be lovely since i really want to learn this style, also one more thing, when u focus and look closely on the fight scene, u can see there cheng after rolling spinning, i thought first its only a styling thing but could it have like a bigger meaning? Idk maybe like getting to his dominating side? (through the rotation) Anyways cool video, earned my sub and respect

This actually put me onto Kung fu and Jackie Chan as a master when I was about 4