Like most children of the 80s, I consider the original “Karate Kid” to be a classic. While not exactly “Citizen Kane,” it was one of those VHS tapes in the house that got more play than the entire Disney library.

So imagine the skepticism I had walking into the new “Karate Kid,” this one starring 12-year-old Jaden Smith as Dre, a Detroit kid uprooted to China after his mother (Taraji P. Henson) gets a new job. Dre goes shooting some b-ball outside of the school, when a couple of guys, who are up to no good, start making trouble in his neighborhood.

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