Montreal Film Journal:
I'd never seen a Harald Zwart-directed picture before, as his filmography seems iffy ("One Night at McCool's", "Agent Cody Banks", "The Pink Panther 2"...), but he handles "The Karate Kid" with a lot of skill. Or at least, he's surrounded himself wisely with, notably, cinematographer Roger Pratt, composer James Horner and French Canadian production designer François Séguin (a frequent collaborator of Denys Arcand and François Girard).
Add a cute little romance between Smith's Dre and a Chinese girl, a bunch of semi profound philosophical/spiritual lessons, and detours by some amazing Chinese locations (the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, the Wudang Mountains, etc.), and you get a truly rewarding picture.
The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep Review: At least it wasn't horrifically ugly, but still very forgettable in the wider Witcher saga.
TNS: Captain America: Brave New World isn't the disaster a lot of people expected, but its shoddy script keeps it firmly on the ground.
Bogotá: City of the Lost Review: The movie offers a fresh take on the gangster genre by exploring the experiences of Korean immigrants in Colombia’s criminal underworld. The first half is engaging, but as the movie progresses, it falls into predictable storytelling that lacks emotional depth and excitement.