I'm not going to say much about the movie, because there are a few people I know who still want to see the movie but haven't yet. I will say three things though:
- The movie would more accurately be titled The Kung-Fu Kid and billed as a spin-off of The Karate Kid, instead of using the same title, since Kung-Fu is the actual martial art which is taught/learned/used.
- With only two major changes (setting and specific martial art) and a few minor ones (such as the age of the protagonist, and the name/nationality of the protagonist's teacher), the plot of the movie is pretty much a re-telling of the original Karate Kid movie.
- Despite the predictability inherent in #2, the director did a great job in keeping the story interesting, and I will definitely want to buy it when the DVD comes out.
