When running at each other, Cheng trips him up. Han (without the chopsticks incident!) going on with his meal and Dre says without a clue: "Um, I can always come back if this is bad time."ĭre gets in fighting position. In 305, where the hot water's not working." Han's action in the following way: "That's nasty.
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Han gets the fly with the chopsticks which he subsequently use for his meal.ĭre, disgusted at first but then full of hope to get help, comments Mr. The International Version shows Dre longer kicking against the door, followed by shot of Dre addressing Mr. One of the men repeats "Han?" and they finally understand resp. He tries to keep it simple and makes an attempt to express himself with hand signals: "No hot agua." That is the reason for a further shot of him being outside.ĭre: "Mr. Han's name, they can make it clear to him by hand signals that he needs to go one room further. the men are just looking at him when he speaks to them in English. The language barrier becomes an issue again resp. Therefore, it is longer in the International Version and an additional scene follows: before he comes to Mr. The exterior tracking shot starts a bit earlier on the HK DVD. Each of them is less than 0.5 seconds longer on the HK DVD. The following shots slighly differ as well. When Dre reaches for his suitcase, the shot begins a few frames earlier on the HK DVD. On the HK DVD, the following shot of the old man near the flower starts insignificantly earlier (no screenshots). Harry: "So how come you guys are moving to China?"ĭre: "My mom got transferred. Dre mentions the reason for moving to China.
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On the HK DVD, the credits are smaller plus there is additional writing in Chinese - exemplary only screenshots of the title.Įxtended shot of Dre and Harry walking to the new apartment while chatting. The credits of the following scenes differ as well.
The additional logos on the HK DVD at the beginning. So it seems that it doesn't concern any Asian country. In Japan, the International Version was released by the way - according to the stated length. Whether it was a precautionary measure or required alterations is a whole new ball game. It's quite interesting though what needs to be considered to release a motion picture on a particular continent / in a particular country. Han doesn't get dead flies with his chopsticks falls into the same category.Īll in all, the HK Version should be avoided. The forbidden town for instance is being described much more positively and Jackie says about Master Li's presentations that it wouldn't represent China. There are still a few hints on the HK DVD though but physical contact like that was obviously too much.įurthermore, a few statements about China and its culture have either been changed or added to the audio track. The romance between Dre and Meiying has been toned by one cut in particular: they do not kiss. And in the finale, he doesn't suggest to break Dre's leg either. He is still strict but he doesn't teach his students to crush their opponents anymore. In this conext, Master Li's behavior must be pointed out, too. Curiously enough, it seems as if Dre was provocing them for no reason.
They do not treat Dre as obnoxious and ruthless as they do in the International Version. This way, Cheng and his boys appear entirely different. Apparently, this version is only for the Asian market or - to be more specific - for the Chinese market because all the alterations have one goal and one goal only: to make the fellow countrymen look better.Įspecially the fight and bullying scenes are either much shorter or they have been completely removed. But then again, there is a little bit exclusive footage in it as well. The HK DVD/Blu-ray which is usually an option for some people confirmed that assumption. Here and there, it was implied that the Theatrical Version in China was different.
But in parts of Asia, it was a whole different story because of the conflict between the Asian and the Western culture which didn't exist in the original Karate Kid series. In order to keep it simple, a very few more missing moments with a length of less than 0.3 seconds (not removed for censorship reasons!) haven't been considered.īasically, only one version of the remake shot in 2010 was released internationally and most of our readers probably don't see any reason at all for censoring it because the picture is quite family-friendly. Compared are the censored Chinese Version available on the HK DVD and the uncensored International Version available on the German Blu-ray