Just for Kicks: The Making of 'The Karate Kid' Page #2

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- Okay? All right. Go.

- Okay.

I love you.

Mom!

I said I love you.

Okay, I love you, too.

Okay, have a good day.

- Hi.

- Hey.

You know, we only wear our uniforms

on Uniform Day.

Oh, yeah. I so got that one.

Thanks.

I'm Mei Ying.

I'm Dre.

Sorry about Cheng.

So that's his name.

Is he your boyfriend?

No.

Our parents are very close.

Well, he definitely likes you.

I have to go practice.

Wait.

You eat and practice at the same time?

Yes.

But my mom says if you eat standing up,

it gives you gas.

You're funny.

Sorry.

- Come on, dude!

- Mr. Parker! Stop it!

He just slammed the tray all over me!

Whatever he's saying, he is lying!

Mr. Parker, go.

Mr. Cheng, go.

I hate this place!

Four. Five.

Six.

Seven.

Eight.

Nine. Ten.

Come to fix hot water.

It's in there.

Kid.

Did you just hit me in my neck

with a toothpaste cap?

Hot water fine.

Flip switch.

Wait half hour. Take shower.

Flip switch off.

Why don't you just leave it on?

- You leave on in America?

- We don't have a switch in America.

Get switch. Save planet.

What happened to eye?

I ran into a pole.

Interesting pole.

- Dre? I'm back.

- That's my mom.

And the door handle's messed up.

- Are you ready for school?

- Yeah!

Hey, let me help you.

They have your favorite cereal here.

I found it.

Dre.

For the one hundredth time,

can you please pick up yourjacket?

- One second, Mom.

- No!

Not in one second. Now.

This program's about to be over.

- Give me two minutes.

- Dre, I don't care!

Come pick it up now!

God, how many times do I have to ask you?

Once.

- That's right, make it happen.

- What's it with you and this jacket?

- I'm sorry, what was that?

- Nothing.

Okay, just what I thought. Nothing.

Thank you.

No.

From the top again.

Okay. That's enough, please.

You're rushing it.

You must play the pauses.

Do you know how important this is

for your family?

What it'll mean for your life?

We have to work this weekend.

I'm calling your father.

Well, continue.

How'd that sound?

Almost like Chinese.

Yeah, I'm fluent.

And I don't know

what that guy was talking about.

I thought you sounded great.

Thank you.

So are you practicing for anything?

Like a show or...

Yes. I have an audition next month

for the Beijing Academy of Music.

Beijing Academy of Music.

Sounds important.

You know,

their initials spell "BAM."

What?

Yeah. Yeah.

Gotta go.

Hey.

Can I touch your hair?

Gonna do something?

Just stay away from us.

All of us.

Baby.

Dre, are you asleep?

Hey, can you sign this?

You're going to the Forbidden City?

I think it's funny that you have to get

my permission to go to the Forbidden City.

I got pull in Beijing.

That's not funny, Mom.

Cut it out, grumpy.

I'm serious, Dre, this ice cream,

I don't know what they do to it,

but it's more flavor-istic.

What?

Mom, this is you.

"Oh, my goodness,

this ice cream here is so good,

"and everything in China is

so much better than everything else..."

Mom, come on!

First of all, I don't sound like that,

and I don't move all like that.

We should've got you some ice cream,

it's really good.

- Mom, Mom, come on.

- Dre.

- Mom, come on!

- Wait!

Wait for me, Dre. Wait.

Mom, come on.

- Dre, wait!

- Stop!

- Wait, wait!

- Mom!

Boy, you gonna get a nut

for running from me.

Wow.

Kung fu.

What do you learn here?

No Weakness! No Pain! No Mercy!

What do you learn here?

No Weakness! No Pain! No Mercy!

Begin!

Hi, precious.

- Mom. Mom, come on, let's go.

- What? What? Dre, we just got here.

Come on, Mom.

Dre, what's going on?

Nothing.

Dre, what happened? What happened?

Nothing.

Something happened.

What, you don't like that karate class, baby?

It's not karate, Mom.

Okay, all right. Karate, kung fu, whatever.

Dre, what happened?

We moved to China!

That's what happened!

Okay, stop.

Don't be like that, Dre.

What do you want me to do?

We've been here less than a week

- and I feel...

- I feel like it's a year!

I hate it here!

Dre, please let me help you.

I can't help you if you don't tell me

what's wrong, so please...

You don't care what's wrong!

All you care about is "how happy I am"

and "how great the ice cream is"!

Well, I'm not happy!

I hate it here!

I wanna go home!

Dre, we can't go home. Okay?

There is nothing left for us in Detroit.

This is what we got.

This is home.

Okay?

Hi, guys. Gather around here.

As the emperor was considered to be divine,

no mere mortal was permitted access.

Hence the name

the Forbidden City.

You touch them for good luck.

- I wish someone would just...

- Yeah, me too.

- Just tell someone.

- Yeah, I got it.

Thanks a lot.

The floors of the palace were reinforced

with brick 15 layers deep

to prevent anyone from tunneling in.

Even if an outsider managed to get in...

- Mr. Parker?

- Yes?

Is everything okay?

Yes, thank you.

You're fast.

Not fast enough.

He's had enough.

Don't you remember what we learned?

No weakness! No pain!

No mercy!

Cheng, stop!

Go home.

Come on.

What's up with the light bulbs, Mr. Han?

I thought you were just a maintenance man.

You think only with your eyes,

so you are easy to fool.

It doesn't hurt.

Ancient Chinese healing.

How'd you do that out there?

You, like, didn't even punch them.

They beat each other up.

When fighting angry, blind men,

best to just stay out of the way.

So where'd you learn kung fu?

From father.

Have you ever taught anybody?

No.

Would you?

- Depends.

- On what?

Reason.

What about to kick somebody's ass?

Best fights are the ones we avoid.

What if I wanna avoid

getting my ass kicked?

Stop saying "ass."

Sorry.

Kung fu is for knowledge, defense.

Not to make war, but create peace.

That's definitely not what they're taught.

No such thing as bad students,

only bad teacher.

Oh, that's great.

Well, I guess we'll just stroll in their school

and talk to their teacher.

- Good idea.

- No, bad idea.

If I go in there, I'll get my ass kick...

I'll get beat up.

You'll get beat up anyway.

Will you go with me?

No, sorry.

But you said it was a good idea.

For you. Bad idea for me.

Come on, it's not like you're super busy

or anything, and I don't even speak Chinese.

Very sorry.

Okay.

All right, whatever.

Wait.

What are you doing?

Why did you stop?

Finish!

Come here!

Okay, Mr. Han, let's get outta here.

We do not stop when our enemy is down.

No mercy...

No mercy in the studio...

No mercy in competition...

No mercy in life!

Our enemies deserve pain.

What are you looking at?

He's the one that attacked me.

We are here to make peace.

Let your little thing mind himself.

One to one, no problem...

...six to one, too much to ask of anyone.

I see...

Prepare for match.

Whoa. Mr. Han, does he want us to fight?

We are not here to fight.

You attack my students

and disrespect my studio?!

You want to leave? Not so easy!

Master Li...

You both came here.

One of you fights now.

The boy will fight there.

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