Rating of
3/4
Action good, acting not so much
patjohnson76 - wrote on 11/28/10
A competent remake of the original, with a few subtle changes but mostly sticking to the same formula. Jaden Smith plays Jaden Smith...I mean, Dre, who moves to China with his mom and immediately has trouble with some local bullies, so Jackie Chan teaches him kung fu. The kung fu scenes are enjoyable enough and Smith does a good job here, however, the script calls for some things that Smith just isn't experienced enough for. One involves the obligatory love story angle, and Smith is way too young to make this believable, in fact it's downright creepy. The other are some dramatic scenes that Smith can't pull through. In time, I'm sure he'll be a better actor.
