Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

It really is insulting that they called it The Karate Kid in America. We are not that stupid. Karate is from Japan.

Just got back. It is an entirely satisfactory remake. I didn't think it could work but it does.

In the movie it very clearly makes the point that kung fu is not karate. I can kind of see the choices they had to make in that while kung fu is the martial art involved, it is very much a remake and not a sequel or a spin off or inspired by the original and using the same title makes that point. But yeah, I'd have preferred a different title. But fortunately, the title is pretty much the only insulting thing about the movie.