The Karate Kid
Twelve year old Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) is the most popular kid in Detroit, Michigan until he and his single mother Sherry (Taraji P. Henson) move to Beijing as a result of her being transferred by the car making company she works for. In their new home in Beijing, Parker falls for a young school student named Mei Ying that he sees in the park. As Dre flirts with Ying, an infamous bully named Cheng comes to pick on Parker's strange dance moves. As Dre tries to fight back, he is hurt even more in the process, with a restrained Ying forced to watch. At home, Sherry is oblivious that anything has happened. The next day, on Parker's first day of school, Sherry realizes that Dre has makeup covering a black eye, but Dre is able to dismiss it by saying he ran into a pole. During school, Parker is "accidentally" bumped into by Cheng, who he realized earlier goes to the same school. Afterwards, he discovers Mei Ying's talented skills with the violin, but sees that her teacher thinks that she rushes and thinks that practicing during lunch is not enough, so she must make time during the weekend. Both Parker and Mei Ying find it difficult to form a solid friendship with each other because of their cultural differences and because Cheng seems to disapprove of them even making eye contact, and bullies Parker whenever he sees this.
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