Saturday, June 25, 2011

Kung Fu Panda 2 Review













Kung Fu Panda 2


Release Date: 23rd June 2011 - Australia


Production Companies
DreamWorks Animation

Distribution
Paramount Pictures Australia


Genre: Animation/Family/
Comedy

Rating:
PG

Runtime:
90 minutes


Budget: $150,000,000

Box Office Gross: $665,692,281 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
When a new enemy emerges, he plans to use a new unstoppable weapon, leading
to his conquest of China
and ending kung fu.
Po and the Furious Five
must travel across China
to thwart his attempt and
have him extinguished.
But how will Po ever
prevent a weapon that
could destroy kung fu?
He must look deeper
into his past and unravel
the secrets of his mysterious origins; only then will he succeed in unlocking the strength he needs to master.


Voice Cast
Jack Black - Po
Angelina Jolie - Tigress
Gary Oldman - Lord Shen
Jackie Chan - Monkey
Seth Rogen - Mantis
Lucy Liu - Viper
David Cross - Crane
Dustin Hoffman - Master Shifu
James Hong - Mr. Ping
Michelle Yeoh - Soothsayer
Danny McBride - Wolf Boss
Dennis Haysbert - Master Storming Ox
Jean-Claude Van Damme -
Master Croc
Victor Garber - Master Thundering Rhino

Crew
Director - Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Based on Characters - Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris (Uncredited)
Writers/Co-Producers - Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger
Associate Producer - Chris Sanders
Executive Producer/
Creative Consultant - Guillermo del Toro
Producer - Melissa Cobb
Co-Producer - Suzanne Buirgy
Production Designer - Raymond Zibach
Art Director - Tang Kheng Heng
Character Designer - Nicolas Marlet
Head of Story - Philip Craven
Story Artist/Animation Supervisor/Animator:
2D Sequence Production/Choreographer:
Kung Fu - Rodolphe Guenoden
Head of Layout - Damon O'Beirne
Production Manager - Jeff Hermann
Head of Character Animation - Dan Wagner
Animation Supervisors - Marek Kochout,
David Pate and William Salazar
Animation Supervisor/Animator: 2D Sequence
Production - Philippe Brun
Effects Supervisor - Li-Ming 'Lawrence' Lee
Visual Effects Supervisor - Alex Parkinson
Global Leads - Jonathan Gibbs,
Jin Liou, Phil 'Captain 3D' McNally and
Jason Reisig
Head of Lighting - Dave Walvoord
Lighting Supervisors - Igor Lodeiro,
Aaron Smith, M. Scott McKee, Pablo Valle,
Michael Necci, Liang-Yuan Wang and
Marc Jason Scott
Supervising Character Technical Directors -
Martin Costello and Kevin Oochs
Technical Director - Serge Sretschinsky
Final Layout Supervisor - Richard Shiba
Surfacing Supervisor - Wes Burian
Stereo Consultant - Willem Drees
Editors - Maryann Brandon and
Clare De Chenu
Associate Editors - Mark Hester and
Anna Solorio-Catalano
Supervising Sound Editors - Ethan Van der Ryn
and Erik Aadahl
Sound Effects Field Recordist - John P. Fasal
Re-Recording Mixers - Andy Nelson
and James Bolt
Music - Hans Zimmer and John Powell
Composers: Additional Music - Lorne Balfe,
Dominic Lewis and Paul Mounsey
Scoring Mixer - Alan Meyerson


Review
Not only was KUNG FU PANDA 2 more awesome and funnier than the first movie (click here), but it also has a darker tone and a plot much deeper than the original. This continuation boasts excellent characterisation with other aspects that proved to be positive, including better animation and more well-choreographed action sequences. Alongside Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Seth Rogen, and others are the new additions to the voice cast, such as Gary Oldman, who did a fantastic job of voicing Lord Shen. However, his character is compared to Ian McShane's Tai Lung in the predecessor and is more intimidating than the former. I can't believe all this time that I knew that the goose, Mr. Ping, is not Po's dad. I laughed at the scene when Po says, "My fist hungers for justice!" and then his stomach growls, "That was my... fist."

KUNG FU PANDA 2 proves to be exciting in 3D when it delivers an immersive experience for fans. It was an entertaining, if not a more action-oriented animated sequel.

Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Ever

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2 comments:

  1. Sounds like a really good movie I can't wait to see it. I will be looking forward to seeing it next week.

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  2. it looks like a good movie according to this review and hopefully i will see it and post another comment

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