The name of the movie, promos, trailers, pictures of the movie all makes the story a much predictable one. But director Harald Zwart, still keeps the enthusiasm in each viewer with his beautiful screenplay. It never looked like a remake version of the 1984 movie, however the location here is from Detroit to Beijing.
An American kid and his mother move to china for living, and he is bullied by his Chinese school mates. How he faces them and how he overcomes these fights along with the nice essence of ethics of kung-fu leads the movie nicely.
Jackie Chan in a completely different role has proved that he is just not an action hero. He coaches the kid to face a free style kung fu competition and the different techniques of coaching keeps the movie going. You never seemed to get bored in the complete 120 minutes.
Music by Atli orvarsson, adds more effects to the movie. It is very remarkable and better than his older ones, like Babylon and Vantage Point.
The Art director of the movie has to be appreciated for his work. That too in the scenes of having a broken car in the living room shows how real it is. He has given the viewers a complete Chinese experience.
The beautiful scenes captured over the busy Chinese streets and the emptied china wall gets the salute from the viewers.
Coming back to Jackie chan, he doesn’t look much older as he should be, he could still be a hero in the upcoming movies, than being a coach. He still a master of his own world. His fans might not like to see him as a simple coach, they still want him to show more action. However in this movie he is a better coach than The Forbidden Kingdom.
Jaden Smith s/o Will smith reminds me an old tamil saying “Thaai ettadi paindhal…kutty padhiradi paayum” i.e., if mother (father in this case) jumps for 8 feet her kid can jump for 16 feets. He has given his best shot in acting, emotions and as a comedian. He might once again get an award for this role.
Overall The Karathe Kid is a good entertainer and after many days a Hollywood movie is making money in Bangalore.
Rating :- 3/5
No comments:
Post a Comment