I’ve never wanted to be one of those people who rest on their laurels. However, I have always seen myself as a man of vision… It just fits like sliding on an old pair of comfortable shoes. My transition back into the financial world after spending three years as a political commentator has gone a lot smoother than I expected it to. The deeper we go down the crypto rabbit hole, the more amazing the entire idea becomes-but the story you’re about to hear will absolutely blow your mind. Posted by Shawn Ambrosino | | Money Moves The Most Amazing Crypto Story So Far (Crypto Journey #19) Will the good kid defeat the bad kid in a no holes barred fight? Who knows? Well, actually, everybody knows.Home » Money Moves » The Most Amazing Crypto Story So Far (Crypto Journey #19) It is impossible to spoil the content of this film as everybody has already seen it (at least 1000 times) with a different title. I do respect the fact that they were able to jam every 80's film cliché into just over 90 minutes. You'll have practically the same film as Never Back Down.just much, much better. When the fight scenes are on in the Karate Kid, just turn away and watch some UFC fights on Youtube. Instead of watching this film just watch the Karate Kid and have a computer handy. People have commented that the fight scenes were pretty good. The only difference is that when it came to the soundtrack they replaced Peter Cetera with nu metal in the vein of Linkin Park.and the most pivotal characters in this film were cell phones. Kid starts some heavy duty Mixed Martial Arts trainin g so he can get revenge by kicking the bad boys ass while simultaneously winning the heart of the hottest girl in town. Kid gets the living crap beaten out of him by the town bad boy. Now, if I had to write a summary for Never Back Down in 3 sentences it would be as follows: Kid starts some heavy duty Karate training so he can get revenge by kicking the bad boys ass while simultaneously winning the heart of the hottest girl in town.
If I had to write a Karate Kid summary in 3 sentences, this is what I would write: Sure, there is nothing new under the sun and every film borrows something from other films that have come before it, but this film borders on copyright infringement. I liked this film better when it was titled 'The Karate Kid'. Special acting shout-out to Wyatt Smith as Jake's tennis-prodigy kid brother and Leslie Hope as their stressed-out single mom.
Concerned parents will be glad to know there's not much drinking or kissing, and no matter how hard the punches and roundhouse kicks may be, everybody gets to keep their teeth. Jake even has a wisecracking slacker cameraman sidekick (Evan Peters) who uploads all the fights to the internet.
Director Jeff Wadlow clearly harbors nostalgia for the halcyon days of TOP GUN and FLASHDANCE the emo-rock-scored training montages flow as free as Baja's blonde hair during her frequent slow-motion walks down the hall.
Enter Djimon Hounsou as the local fighting instructor who teaches Jake some self-discipline (and how to throw a cement block at the camera from 30 paces). Jake doesn't want to fight at first but gets goaded into a blind rage and then gets his butt kicked.
Amber Heard plays Baja, the hot blonde who tricks Jake into attending a combination pool party/fight club held at Ryan's MTV cribs-style mansion. Sean Faris plays Jake, the new kid (with a troubled past) who butts heads with rich alpha-male bully Ryan (Cam Gigandet, channeling Brad Pitt in FIGHT CLUB) at Miami High.