How stupid is this? Let me count the ways.
1) Angry young man goes into "serious" martial arts dojo and is immediately disrespectful. He would have been kicked out in real life.
2) He continues to be disrespectful and breaks the rules. Still in.
3) He falls in love with the girl who set him up and is the squeeze of his nemesis. Huge cliche. I can see wanting Amber, though.
4) High school kids are allowed to maim each other in "underground" fights in a club? Sure. It's televised on social media. Cops would never show up.
5) He injures his ribs early on in tournament. Takes a lot more pounding and manages to keep going. Jake "Balboa" Tyler.
6) Forget the ribs. He is in a choke hold and right before passing out he just whips his arm backwards around the nemesis's neck and reverses the situation. Sure.
7) Mom moves family 1000 miles to get little brother into a tennis school. And he's not all that good.
8) You are not allowed to kick a man on his knees in real MMA but it's okay here.
I give this film two stars because Amber is hot and Hounsou is pretty good (except for the stupid part about his kid brother and Dad.) Otherwise, it was an unrealistic, horrid ripoff of the Karate Kid.
1) Angry young man goes into "serious" martial arts dojo and is immediately disrespectful. He would have been kicked out in real life.
2) He continues to be disrespectful and breaks the rules. Still in.
3) He falls in love with the girl who set him up and is the squeeze of his nemesis. Huge cliche. I can see wanting Amber, though.
4) High school kids are allowed to maim each other in "underground" fights in a club? Sure. It's televised on social media. Cops would never show up.
5) He injures his ribs early on in tournament. Takes a lot more pounding and manages to keep going. Jake "Balboa" Tyler.
6) Forget the ribs. He is in a choke hold and right before passing out he just whips his arm backwards around the nemesis's neck and reverses the situation. Sure.
7) Mom moves family 1000 miles to get little brother into a tennis school. And he's not all that good.
8) You are not allowed to kick a man on his knees in real MMA but it's okay here.
I give this film two stars because Amber is hot and Hounsou is pretty good (except for the stupid part about his kid brother and Dad.) Otherwise, it was an unrealistic, horrid ripoff of the Karate Kid.