Karate kid 2010 movie
(linda kartika army)
12-year-old
Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) and his mother, Sherry (Taraji P. Henson), arrive in
Beijing from West Detroit to start a new life. Dre develops a crush on a young
violinist, Mei Ying (Wen Wen Han), who reciprocates his attention, but Cheng
(Zhenwei Wang), a kung fu prodigy whose family is close to Mei Ying's, attempts
to keep them apart by beating Dre, and later harassing and humiliating him in
and around school. During a particularly brutal beating by Cheng and his
friends, the enigmatic maintenance man of Dre's building, Mr. Han (Jackie
Chan), comes to Dre's aid, revealing himself as a kung fu master who adeptly
dispatches Dre's tormentors.
After
Han mends Dre's injuries using fire cupping, they go to Cheng's teacher, Master
Li (Yu Rongguang), to attempt to make peace, but the brutal Li, who teaches his
students to show no mercy to their enemies, challenges Dre to a fight with
Cheng. When Han declines, Li threatens him, said that they
will not be allowed to leave his school unless either Dre or Han himself
fights. Han acquiesces, but insists the fight take place at an upcoming
tournament, and that Li's students leave Dre alone until the tournament. The
amused Li agrees.
Han
begins training Dre, but Dre is frustrated that Han merely has Dre spend hours
taking off his jacket, hanging it up, dropping it, and then putting it back on
again. After days of this, Dre refuses to continue, until Han demonstrates to
him that the repetitive arm movements in question were Han's method of teaching
Dre defensive block and strike techniques, which Dre is now able to display
instinctively when prompted by Han's mock attacks. Han emphasizes that the
movements Dre is learning apply to life in general, and that serenity and maturity,
not punches and power, are the true keys to mastering the martial arts. During
one lesson in the Wudang Mountains, Dre notices a female kung fu practitioner
(Michelle Yeoh, in an uncredited cameo[4]) apparently copying the movements of
a cobra before her, but Han informs him that it was the cobra that was
imitating the woman, as in a mirror reflection. Dre wants Han to teach him this
technique, which includes linking Han's hand and feet to Dre's via bamboo
shafts while practicing their forms, but Dre's subsequent attempt to use this
reflection technique on his mother is unsuccessful.
As
Dre's friendship with Mei Ying continues, she agrees to attend Dre's
tournament, as does Dre her upcoming recital. Dre persuades Mei Ying to cut
school for a day of fun, but when she is nearly late for her violin recital,
which has been rescheduled for that day, she tells him that her parents have
deemed him a bad influence, and forbid her from spending any more time with
him. Later, when Dre finds Mr. Han despondent, he learns that it is the
anniversary of his wife and son's deaths, which occurred years ago when he lost
control of his car while arguing with his wife. Dre reminds Han that one of his
lessons was in perseverance, and that Han needs to heal from his loss, and
tries to help him do so. Han then assists Dre in reading a note, in Chinese, of
apology to Mei Ying's father, who, impressed, allows Mei to attend the
tournament.
At
the tournament, the under-confident Dre is slow to achieve parity with his
opponents, but soon begins to beat them, and advances to the semifinals, as
does Cheng, who violently finishes off his opponents. Dre eventually comes up
against Liang, another of Master Li's students, who is instructed by Master Li
to break Dre's leg. When Liang insists that he can beat Dre, Master Li sternly
tells him that he doesn't want him beaten, but broken. During the match, Liang
delivers a devastating kick to Dre's leg, along with a series of brutal
follow-up punches. Although Liang is disqualified for his illegal strikes, Dre
is incapacitated, which would allow Cheng to win by default.
Despite
Han's insistence that he has earned respect for his performance in the
tournament, Dre convinces Han to use his fire cupping technique to mend his
leg, in order to see the tournament to the end. Dre returns to the arena, where
he confronts Cheng. Dre delivers impressive blows, but Cheng counters with a
debilitating strike to Dre's already injured leg. Dre struggles to get up, and
adopts the one-legged form he first learned from the woman on the mountain,
attempting to use the reflection technique to manipulate Cheng's movements.
Cheng charges Dre, but Dre flips, and catches Cheng with a kick to his head. Then, Dre became the winner in the tournament. Since
that, Dre and Cheng became a best friend.
-----------The End-----------
