The...er...Kung-Fu Kid.

Watched the latest version of The Karate Kid tonight, the one with Jackie Chan. Was pretty good.

Generally speaking, if you've seen the original - it's China instead of Japan (which applies through to everything), that's also where they moved to, and the main kid is African-American and only 12. Apart from that, most things are the same.

The well-known 'wax on, wax off!' has become 'jacket on, jacket off!', which is interesting.

If you have seen the original, it's interesting watching to see which bits are the same, which are translated across, which are referenced only briefly (notably, catching the fly with the chopsticks), and which are new.

It also explores ideas and themes that are more inherent in kung-fu than karate - for example, things like it being a way of life, rather than a fighting style.

All in all, a very interesting movie, and certainly worth a watch, whether you're familiar with the original or not. Though if you're not, do yourself a favour and watch it first, you'll get a lot more out of it.