Why I LOVE The Karate Kid (2010) with Jackie Chan & Jaden Smith

Thats right, you heard me. I love the Karate Kid movie and i dont care that its not called the Kung Fu Kid. And if that doesnt bother me, it shouldnt bother you. Right after The Shaolin Temple Movie from 2011, the Karate Kid is probably my second favorite kung fu film, although thats not for its fight scenes but for other reasons. Enjoy the video!

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[jackloyce]

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

[vedomedo]

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.

[RazziPermana]

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.

[KapilGaikwad-dgob]

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.

[jjbizzare]

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

[WamboWomboWompo]

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.

[Hmty]

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 :)

[videos]

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

[RamseyDewey]

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.

[hellion]

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.

[rom]

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.

[Pale_]

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”

[wolfnsoul]

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!

[MrNobodyNR]

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..

[cedy]

The only problem is that it should've been called KUNG FU kid, NOT Karate Kid

[MrWeiyin]

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.

[roadtomma]

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

[gulagbatman]

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.

[FlynnTheRedhead]

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!

[fionnbeith]

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!