
You’d be forgiven for being a little sceptical about The Karate Kid. Appearing as it does in the same week as The A-Team, it’s hard not to think that I Love the ’80s-style nostalgia has reached a new nadir. What next? A biopic of Roland Rat? A live-action remake of Henry’s Cat?
Then there’s the fact that the Chinese government, which is still intent on allowing only a few Western movies to enter its domestic market each year, has ponied…