Overview

• Akiva Schaffer’s Y a-t-il un flic pour sauver le monde ? and Jonathan Entwistle’s Karate Kid: Legends opened in French theaters on August 13, marking the first big-screen outing for these 1980s properties in decades.
• Liam Neeson stars as Frank Drebin’s son in the Police Squad reboot and has been lauded for embracing broad, self-deprecating humor over his usual action roles.
• Pamela Anderson co-stars as the sister of a murdered engineer, and reviewers highlight her playful subversion of the blonde bimbo stereotype.
• Karate Kid: Legends reunites Ben Wang with legacy performers Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio in a faithful continuation of the franchise’s martial-arts coming-of-age story.
• Critics note both films replicate ZAZ-style burlesque comedy in a gentler register, underscoring Hollywood’s reliance on familiar IP rather than original concepts.