Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)
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Po is gearing up to become the spiritual leader of his Valley of Peace, but also needs someone to take his place as Dragon Warrior. As such, he will train a new kung fu practitioner for the spot and will encounter a villain called the Chameleon who conjures villains from the past.
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cast
... Po (voice)
... Zhen (voice)
... The Chameleon (voice)
... Shifu (voice)
... Li (voice)
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_Kung Fu Panda 4_ isn’t the best _Kung Fu Panda_ film, or even the best of the series’ three sequels. However, as a fourth film in a franchise, it’s a ton of fun.
And though it’s action isn’t quite as entertaining as its predecessors and it’s unfortunate to see Awkwafina playing yet another thief (_Jumanji: The Next Level_ says hello), for the most part, _Kung Fu Panda 4_ happily skadooshes its way to animated greatness.
**Full review:** https://bit.ly/KuFuPa4
Director:
Writer:
Glenn Berger (Writer)
Jonathan Aibel (Writer)
Darren Lemke (Writer)
Calvin Tsang (Head of Story)
Gary Graham (Story Artist)
Young Ki Yoon (Story Artist)
Simon Wells (Story Artist)
Johane Matte (Story Artist)
Trey Buongiorno (Story Artist)
Michelle Ku (Story Artist)
Sam Szymanski (Story Artist)
Carder Scholin (Story Artist)
Travis Chen (Story Artist)
Paulene Phouybanhdyt (Story Artist)
Fei Chen (Story Artist)
Ethan Reiff (Characters)
Cyrus Voris (Characters)
Release Date:
2024-03-02
Run Time:
94 min
MMPA Rating:
PG
Reviews of
Kung Fu Panda 4
_Kung Fu Panda 4_ isn’t the best _Kung Fu Panda_ film, or even the best of the series’ three sequels. However, as a fourth film in a franchise, it’s a ton of fun.
And though it’s action isn’t quite as entertaining as its predecessors and it’s unfortunate to see Awkwafina playing yet another thief (_Jumanji: The Next Level_ says hello), for the most part, _Kung Fu Panda 4_ happily skadooshes its way to animated greatness.
**Full review:** https://bit.ly/KuFuPa4
This is probably my favourite of the franchised animated action-comedies, but I think we are now clearly running out of conceptual steam. With "Po" being told by "Master Shifu" that it is now time for him to move onwards and upwards - much to his chagrin - he must recruit a new dragon warrior so he can retreat to more cerebral pastimes. Luckily, though, the "Chameleon" has designs on obtaining all the powers from those now consigned to the nether realm and using the powers of Kung Fu to take over the world. "Po" has to be put his promotion on hold and along with his new-found, and useful, foxy friend "Zhen" try to thwart these heinous ambitions. Though there's plenty of action and self-deprecating dialogue the storyline really is too much of a recycled affair. Even the panda has been drawn into the multi-verse and to be frank, I'm a bit bored with that theme now - especially as it's never really accompanied by much in the way of jeopardy. Yes, this is an entirely predicable story that, in this case, misses out on the characterisations of his pals from the "Furious Five". It's watchable and the story well paced; there's some fun to be had in the wobbly, mountain-top, tavern but I think I've already forgotten most of it.
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Even after more than 10 years, I still miss the first Kung Fu Panda movie as it was genuinely a masterpiece. The story, action, dialogues, character building, the tension between Tai Lung and Shifu, everything was fabulous. Well, I can go on and on about the first Kung Fu Panda, but this is about this unbearable trash Kung Fu Panda 4.
This movie is so bad that calling it boring would be a compliment. Out of nowhere, this Zhen character manifests. All the formula film scenes replicated, unnecessary fights, moving around without any purpose, cracking jokes (painfully unfunny) out of nowhere, and so on. I wanted to leave the movie after 20 minutes but then I thought maybe something good would happen. However, I was wrong till the end.
Pathetic direction, dialogue delivery and unfunny jokes started feeling irritating. No chemistry between Po and Zhen, and somehow they both are ready to die for each other. The Zhen character was uninteresting and annoying.
Just like contemporary movies where people get everything without any sacrifice or struggle, they managed to "Mary Sue" Zhen by making her the next dragon warrior.
I am glad that this movie ended this way. At least now I know I won’t be watching any more trash from this franchise.
If you loved the first Kung Fu panda, please stay away from this. Please save and cherish your good memories. You have been warned.
*I wanted to give it 1.5, but the sliding scale couldn’t select it, so I gave it 2/10.
I'm into movies that simulate the 'watching a video game' experience. Classic Shang Tsung end boss. Shadow of the Colossus gameplay. Maybe a diss to Dune? It's predictable and full of dumb shit but I found myself enjoying it. Jables does good. I found abrasion to be front-loaded and maybe he mellows out but... a muted, yet powerful performance. I did smoke weed during the first few minutes.
I love Awkwafina.
Out of nowhere, this fox character manifests! Out of nowhere, this panda character manifests! Out of nowhere, these villain characters manifest! We have got some top notch reviewers on this website, Souljaboytellem!
Dialog writers need to remove certain words from their joke book, like "method", as in method acting. When I hear method acting, I think Jared Leto. Associating Jared Leto's "method acting" with your movie probably isn't a good thing. Method acting and Jared Leto occupied real estate rent free for the entirety of this movie. It didn't help that they couldn't stop themselves from thinking "it's so nice, we'll say it twice".
The story is predictable, made worse by the spoon feeding. To add insult to injury, the back and forth between Po and Zhen up until the "big stink" is good enough to maybe throw you off if you haven't seen it a dozen times already or if they hadn't spelled it out.
Po's dads are fine. He has a biological widowed father and an adopted father. We know these characters. Their subplot is kinda unnecessary but the "two dad's" thing isn't rocket science.
'Kung Fu Panda 4' is much like its predecessors for me, I'm cool with them but they don't hit any deeper than being just solid movies. I had to watch a recap of the previous entries, naturally, and didn't remember much, aside from the cast and main characters.
I reckon I'll be saying the exact same thing in X amount of months about this one, that doesn't necessarily mean a film is bad though - because this release isn't. The voices we hear are perfectly satisfactory, from Jack Black to Awkwafina, Viola Davis (the best, away from lead) and the rest.
The music here is good. There is one piece of the score, which is heard a couple of times and during the end credits, that must be a homage of sorts to television show 'Dexter' - weird connection granted, but it sounds practically exactly the same to me.
On the note of the sound, I enjoyed Tenacious D's rock cover of "...Baby One More Time". I listened to it an embarrassing amount when it first released alongside this movie, the video was admittedly part of the reason why - I'm always a fan of seeing film casts in music videos.
There's a decent story told, alongside nice animation. It'll no doubt be forgettable to me personally, but I can still acknowledge it as something that I deem passable.
At first I was disappointed that the 5 weren't in this one but the humor was actually better in this movie than the previous one so that more than made up for it. The problem with watching all 4 one after the other is the story looked very similar in all 4 movies and even a copy of the second movie in the fourth. But having such a strong cast of acting voices and enough of a progression in the story line it was enough to make this a great movie to watch.
Cast & Crew of
Kung Fu Panda 4
Cast
... Po (voice)
... Zhen (voice)
... The Chameleon (voice)
... Shifu (voice)
... Li (voice)
... Mr. Ping (voice)
... Tai Lung (voice)
... Han (voice)
... Fish (voice)
... Granny Boar (voice)
... Mantis (voice)
... Panda Pig (voice)
... Boastful Komodo / Frightened Ram / Goose Jail Guard / Bunny Bartender (voice)
... Bull Officer #2 / Ram Worker / Master Villain #1 (voice)
... Bull Officer #1 / Ram Foreman / Questioned Boar (voice)
... Bear Crime Boss / Last Ram / Tavern Patron #2 (voice)
... Den Bunny #2 / Piglet #1 / Piglet #2 / Action Figure Pig Kid / Picture Bunny Kid / Restaurant Bunny #2 (voice)
... Den Bunny #3 / Action Figure Panda Kid / Restaurant Bunny #3 (voice)
... Den Bunny #1 / Restaurant Bunny #1 (voice)
... Pig Patron #2 (voice)
... Autograph-Seeking Fan #1 (voice)
... Autograph-Seeking Fan #2 (voice)
... Adoring Fan (voice)
... Old Bunny Patron (voice)
... Pig Patron #1 / Questioned Croc (voice)
... Badger Crime Boss (voice)
... Wolf Crime Boss / Bunny Waiter / Citizen #1 / Questioned Sheep (voice)
... Croc Crime Boss (voice)
... Disheveled Bunny / Pig Thief / Questioned Bull (voice)
... Tavern Patron #3 / Citizen #4 (voice)
... Antelope Thief / Citizen #2 / Tavern Patron #1 / Master Villain #2 (voice)
... Questioned Antelope / Citizen #3 (voice)
... Transforming Rhino (voice)
... Transforming Wolf (voice)
... Transforming Croc (voice)
... Annoyed Komodo (voice)
... Fire-Breathing Croc (voice)
... Manta Ray (voice) (uncredited)
Crew
... Editor
... Original Music Composer
... Animation
... Associate Editor
... Production Design
... Original Music Composer
... Casting
... Writer
... Writer
... Associate Producer
... Animation Supervisor
... Visual Effects Supervisor
... Co-Producer
... Head of Animation
... Animation Supervisor
... Art Direction
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Visual Development
... Production Assistant
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation Supervisor
... Writer
... Executive Producer
... Co-Producer
... Animation Supervisor
... Animation Supervisor
... Animation Supervisor
... Effects Supervisor
... Sound Designer
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Animation
... Animation
... Co-Producer
... Animation
... Lighting Supervisor
... Character Designer
... Animation
... Animation
... Head of Layout
... Sound Designer
... Associate Editor
... Animation
... Head of Story
... Animation Supervisor
... Visual Development
... Visual Development
... Effects Supervisor
... Lead Character Designer
... Effects Supervisor
... Visual Development
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Visual Development
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Orchestrator
... Animation Supervisor
... Lighting Supervisor
... Supervising Sound Editor
... Lead Animator
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Lead Animator
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Lighting Supervisor
... Visual Development
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Music Editor
... Lighting Supervisor
... Lighting Supervisor
... Effects Supervisor
... Supervising Sound Editor
... Visual Development
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Conductor
... Orchestrator
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Orchestrator
... Story Artist
... Character Designer
... Score Engineer
... Story Artist
... Story Artist
... Story Artist
... Assistant Editor
... Story Artist
... Associate Editor
... Other
... Additional Production Assistant
... Story Artist
... Other
... Scoring Mixer
... Story Artist
... Post Production Supervisor
... Foley Artist
... Production Coordinator
... Story Artist
... Story Artist
... Associate Editor
... Production Coordinator
... ADR Editor
... Foley Mixer
... Assistant Sound Editor
... 3D Modeller
... First Assistant Editor
... Character Designer
... Sound Effects Editor
... Mixing Engineer
... Foley Mixer
... Sound Effects Editor
... Foley Editor
... Dialogue Editor
... Foley Artist
... Production Coordinator
... Sound Designer
... Other
... Post Production Coordinator
... Sound Effects Editor
... Assistant Sound Editor
... Foley Mixer
... Production Accountant
... 3D Modeller
... 3D Modeller
... Casting Associate
... Production Assistant
... 3D Modeller
... 3D Modeller
... Casting Assistant
... Story Artist
... Production Coordinator
... Other
... Sound Designer
... Production Assistant
... 3D Modeller
... Producer
... Co-Director
... Animation
... Director
... Story Artist
... Stunts
... Music
... Stunts
... Intern
... Lead Animator
... Lead Animator
... Lead Animator
... Production Coordinator
... Characters
... Characters
... Songs
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Kung Fu Panda 4
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