Kung Fu Panda 2

Threre are few sequels that are better than the original. This is one of them.

Smarter, with good plot and an amazing animation. Perfect for a movie session with the family.

Admittedly, I wasnt the biggest fan of the first Kung Fu Panda. Dont get me wrong, its alright, but thats all. Just alright. The jokes about him being big and clumsy get old after an hour and a half, to the point where it almost seems like a movie thats trying to (ironically) fat shame kids.

Kung Fu Panda 2 is really more of the same. Same characters, same plot, same jokes. Its extremely predictable with literally no surprises, giving the characters little depth. What we are presented with here is essentially a paint-by-numbers family film. If youre okay with that, then more power to you. Its pretty harmless brain candy, but if youre looking for more substance or any way to challenge your kids a little, look elsewhere. Again, its just kind of...there. Ironically zen, in a way.

Kung Fu Panda 2 excitedly kicks, punches and belly flops its way through overused visual humour. Everybody was kung fu fighting! much more so in this sequel when compared to its predecessor. The Furious Five were slapping Shens army of diabolical wolves left, right and centre. Master Shifu prodding his stick conveniently during the climactic battle. And a plethora of other anthropomorphic beasts harnessing the power of said martial art. This very much felt like an animated martial arts feature, one aspect the original was sorely missing. However, despite DreamWorks best efforts in continuing Pos search in becoming the Dragon Warrior, its quality offers no improvements. Unable to surpass the boundaries of family-friendly humour that reduces ...

After his surprising success as the "Dragon Warrior", the cheery "Po" is hoping to take it easy. History, though, has no intention of letting him sit on his laurels as it emerges that the slighted peacock villain "Shen" has designs on taking over the globe. We learn from a brief retrospective a bit about the cause of his bitterness and it seems that he and "Po" have an overlapping provenance that might just explain a few things for both of them. Thing is, "Shen" has developed an all-conquering secret weapon that can cause even the most formidable of fortifications to tumble, so it's going to take all that "Po" and his five best friends can muster if they are to thwart the dastardly plan and save the nation from the peacock with feathers as ...