The Karate Kid
Twelve-year-old Dre Parker could have been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying but the cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feelings make him an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han, who is a kung fu master. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.
Jaden Smith | Dre Parker | |
Jackie Chan | Mr. Han | |
Taraji P. Henson | Sherry Parker | |
Wenwen Han | Meiying | |
Rongguang Yu | Master Li | |
Zhensu Wu | Meiying's Dad | |
Zhiheng Wang | Meiying's Mom | |
Zhenwei Wang | Cheng | |
Jared Minns | Dre's Detroit Friend | |
Shijia Lü | Liang | |
Yi Zhao | Zhuang | |
Bo Zhang | Song | |
Luke Carberry | Harry | |
Cameron Hillman | Mark | |
Ghye Samuel Brown | Oz | |
Rocky Shi | Ur Dang | |
Ji Wang | Mrs. Po | |
Harry Van Gorkum | Music Instructor | |
Tess Du Cray | History Teacher | |
Xinhua Guo | Tournament Doctor | |
Jijun Zhai | Mat 4 Referee | |
Shun Li | Mat 5 Referee | |
Yanyan Wu | Mrs. Xie | |
Tao Ji | Announcer | |
Chen Jing | Man on Plane Speaking Chinese |
Director | Harald Zwart | |
Writer | Christopher Murphey, Robert Mark Kamen | |
Producer | Susan Ekins, Sanping Han, Xiaoli Han, Tao Jiang, James Lassiter, Chiu Wah Lee, Er-Dong Liu, Mingyu Peng, Jada Pinkett Smith, Dongming Shi, Will Smith, Solon So, Ken Stovitz, Jerry Weintraub, Dany Wolf, Haicheng Zhao | |
Musician | James Horner | |
Photography | Roger Pratt |