A fan of the 1984 movie with the cute Ralph Macchio, I didn’t know that it was revived by Jackie Chan until a friend of mine suggested that I watched it.  My friend and I went to The Village and checked the schedule.  Luckily there was one starting in 30 minutes so we had time to walk around the mall then come back for the start of the show.  Ticket costs RMB 80 per head and it wasn’t packed.  The movie theatre itself has nice comfy seats and pretty good sound system.

Sherry Parker (Taraji Henson) is a single mom whose work caused her to move with his son, Dre (Jaden Smith) to China.   While playing basketball, Dre noticed a young lady, Mei Ying, who was listening to music while reading her sheet music.  Dre approached Mei Ying but was later prevented by Mei Ying’s family friend who’s well versed in Kung Fu.  A short fight ensured with Dre in the ground agonizing in pain.  Dre later found out, that they all went to the same school and Mei Ying is applying for a slot with the Beijing Academy of Arts.  As a young man in China, Dre dreams of learning kung fu.  He found a school with her mom one day to only find out that the guy who beat