Shifu tells him, “If you only do what you can do, you’ll never be more than what you are.” The panda responds with, “But I like who I am,” to which Shifu says, “You don’t even know who you are!” Throughout the rest of the film, Po goes on a journey of self-exploration. But for the most part, these talented voice actors take a back seat to the main characters.Īfter a particularly bad day of teaching, Po is ready to quit. One of the biggest weaknesses from the first two films was its failure to give the Five enough lines, and this continues in the third film, although not to as great of an extent. The film boasts an impressive cast, with Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen and David Cross voicing the Furious Five. Now all that stands between Kai and world domination is Po and a bunch of pandas, whom Po must train to prepare for the final showdown. Meanwhile, Kai has gotten word that the Dragon Warrior is in this secret panda village, so the water buffalo decides to pay them a little visit. Li teaches Po how to live the panda way – eating with hands instead of chopsticks, rolling instead of walking (“We’re pandas! We don’t do stairs!” Li tells his son), and sleeping past noon every day. Li brings Po to a secret village in the mountains of China where the Dragon Warrior meets pandas just like him. Then Po the panda is hit with a bombshell when he meets his birth father, Li Shan (Bryan Cranston). After Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) announces he is stepping down from teaching kung fu, he appoints Po to follow in his footsteps. Simmons) is a water buffalo who has escaped the spirit realm and is now traveling across China, turning all of the kung fu masters into jade statues and stealing their “chi ,” and he won’t stop until he has defeated every warrior.Īs this is happening, Po (Jack Black), the Dragon Warrior, struggles to transition from student to teacher. But this villain is more powerful and more ruthless than the ones before him. This film follows the blueprint of the first two movies – bad guy from the past comes to wreak havoc and the title character Po, a panda, has to stop him. The latest offering from DreamWorks Animation, “Kung Fu Panda 3,” takes the familiar and meshes it with fresh material to create an action-packed and thought-provoking 95-minute ride through the geese-, bunny- and pig-populated land of ancient China.
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