Granted the dialogue & script didn't help in the film for anyone, but there was also little chemistry between the key leads. He does a fair job, but what made Mr Miyagi so humbling just doesn't come across here. With all due respect to Jackie Chan, who is an adept actor, he is possily too well known to have been able to capture the mystery of a Mr Miyagi (Pat Morita in the original didn't even know any martial arts). I won't rehash the premise of the film as it's so well known, but one things for certain: if you really want to understand what was so special about the original then maybe watching this remake will clearly show you why! Despite having the greater budget, the legendary Jackie Chan and a ready set fan base, this film fails to capture at all what was so great about the original. Many would like to criticise the need for a remake, but it's par the course for films nowadays across many genres, so there's no point restarting that arguement. For a certain generation like mines, there's just no way you can get around comparison to the original which is an undoubted classic of that era.
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