Ben Meyers’ rating: 4.0|5.0
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Kung Fu Panda 3—much
better than the last two, some flat dialog spots—overall, is a fairly good
animated movie.
Film Poster Courtesy of Wikipedia
Storyline
Po
(voice of Jack Black) becomes the new teacher of Master Shifu’s school, but
becomes unsure of his abilities due to injuries sustained by the Furious Five under his tutelage. He goes
home to Mr. Ping (voice of James Hong) and meets a panda named Li Shan (voice
of Bryan Cranston) who has broken Po’s record for eating dumplings. Po finds
out that Li Shan is his biological father. Kai (voice of J.K. Simmons), a
spiritual being who is told he will be defeated by a Dragon Warrior, becomes
mortal and begins searching for Po. Po needs to learn Chi in order to fight
this new evil. Po’s biological father says he can teach Po this skill. They
travel to a panda village where Po discovers his biological father knows
nothing about Chi. Po begins training for the fight with Kai. Villagers say
they will help him fight. Po realizes the best teacher/warriors are those who use
their innate abilities and assets to wage necessary war. His friends unite to successfully
battle Kai.
Additional Thanks
Great Work for Director Alessandro Carloni and
Jennifer Yuh Nelson. Thank you to Executive Producers Guillermo del Toro, Mike
Mitchell, La Peikang, and Rui Gang Li for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Master
Shifu (voice Dustin Hoffman), Tigress (voice Angelina Jolie-Pitt), Monkey
(voice of Jackie Chan), Mantis (voice of Seth Rogen), Viper (voice of Lucy
Liu), Crane (voice of David Cross), Mei Mei (voice of Kate Hudson), Bao (voice
Steele Gagnon), Lei Lei (voice of Liam Knight), Master Oogway (voice of Randall
Duk Kim), Big Fun/Hom-Lee ( voice of Wayne Knight), Grandma Panda (voice of
Barbara Dirickson), and Sum (voice of Al Roker).
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes.
Even though this is a sequel in a series of three, it stands on its own as a
story and can be shared by the child and adult with equal enjoyment. If you
have to see one film of the series, this movie is the best of three.
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